Leaving on long trip, best GPS
We are leaving in 6 weeks on our longest trip to date (6 weeks) From Florida to Maine. We need to buy a GPS,do we need an "RV" GPS?? Opinions please!
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gbopp x 2. I have a Garmin zummo 660. Lately it has been messed up and taking me off track. I paid $50.00 for the map update but that still didn't fix it. I have also gone on line for updates. I recently mapped out a route to a simple destination and then watched where it wanted to take me. It made 3 errors with things like taking me off on an exit and right back on. Another error would have me going west on 10 from Sam Houston 8 and then telling me to go back east.
Problems like this obviously are not acceptable when pulling a FW, and on top of it I will now be pulling double at 63 feet!!!!! I'm not blaming all gps units but the bottom line is you still need to know where you are going. I'll be doing my research before I break camp and writing my directions down then use the gps as an additional helper. It is excellent for locating gas and food on the fly.
Last winter it took me off the Natchez Trace and down a dirt road that turned into one lane dirt rd and up a hill that was 4x4 territory and luckily ended up at girl scout camp with a large turn around. I dont usually go down roads like that unless I have scouted them on Google earth and street view. I no longer trust this thing. Just think of it this way, pretend it broke in the middle of your days travel so now what are you going to do? Well....do that before you leave and take the dummy along to maybe help out with lunch and fuel. :) Same issue with a cell phone if you lose signal. Yes, signal loss is common for us even with Verizon.
Problems like this obviously are not acceptable when pulling a FW, and on top of it I will now be pulling double at 63 feet!!!!! I'm not blaming all gps units but the bottom line is you still need to know where you are going. I'll be doing my research before I break camp and writing my directions down then use the gps as an additional helper. It is excellent for locating gas and food on the fly.
Last winter it took me off the Natchez Trace and down a dirt road that turned into one lane dirt rd and up a hill that was 4x4 territory and luckily ended up at girl scout camp with a large turn around. I dont usually go down roads like that unless I have scouted them on Google earth and street view. I no longer trust this thing. Just think of it this way, pretend it broke in the middle of your days travel so now what are you going to do? Well....do that before you leave and take the dummy along to maybe help out with lunch and fuel. :) Same issue with a cell phone if you lose signal. Yes, signal loss is common for us even with Verizon.
