Do you have a Good Sam Rand McNally RVND-7725-Lm GPS

We are interested too, I read that it has liftime free updates. Think it is a newer unit on the market.

I had it. It is a good unit. I found out it is the same thing as the software they offer for the Ipad. Seeing as how I had an Ipad I sent the unit back and bought the software for 99 bucks. I have a mount in the RV for the Ipad and the Ipad screen is big and nice.

You can put in the width and height and weight of the RV and it will guide you around low overpasses, restricted bridges, etc.

It will show the campgrounds from woodalls, good sam and private campgrounds on the screen if programmed to do so. I purchased ours from Amazon for 349.00

I would recommend it over the garmin units. It has free lifetime updates for maps and POI's. You generally hook it to your computer for the updates as it won't download it on its own. It even has an Icon to tap on to get current weather for your location as long as you have a connection to the internet through wifi. I have the one on Ipad with the unlimited data so that is not an issue for me. It is always connected to the internet.

Hope this helps.

Well Jim & Cindy...lets hope we can get some user answers,,,,as the unit is on sale Camping World online right now.
Its late in PA...its 82 and 6pm here in Vancouver, Wa. (and sun is still shinning)
Jo

Thx RS..no plan to get a Ipad but info is good

Take a look at the Garmin 2013 series GPS units. I am not saying that one if better than the other, but you should certainly give it a look.
As an aside, I do not believe that Good Sam has anything at all to do with the Rand GPS.

Looks like they do now Bill.

http://www.rvbusiness.com/2013/04/good-sam-rand-mcnally-forming-partnership/

That's like Wal-Mart forming a partnership with Rand. It has nothing to do with anything other than putting a worthless "brand" in front of the product name. Rand McNally has put together a GPS unit. Period. Whatever else you see is hype.

We have one and like it. The height and length feature is nice but its imperfect. Is it better than a GPS without it? Yes, definetely. But, when you get into more rural areas it tends to be more of a guideline than a factual route. Its really an issue of mapping data I think. Not enough of it exists to make that functionality perfect.

RV GPS Review- Decent write up about all the RV GPS options. They like the 7720 and the DEZL 760 as the top of the line options.

I think most people vote for one or the other in most of the threads I have seen.

Mremdal33 wrote:
We have one and like it. The height and length feature is nice but its imperfect. Is it better than a GPS without it? Yes, definetely. But, when you get into more rural areas it tends to be more of a guideline than a factual route. Its really an issue of mapping data I think. Not enough of it exists to make that functionality perfect.

RV GPS Review- Decent write up about all the RV GPS options. They like the 7720 and the DEZL 760 as the top of the line options.

I think most people vote for one or the other in most of the threads I have seen.

Since you actually own the Rand McNally unit I have a question. I have read several reviews and the biggest complaint that I have read so far is that the screen is hard to see in the daylight. This is the case even with the shade that you can buy for it. Is it hard to see in the daylight?

I currently have the Garmin 465T which is the truck unit they had available at the time. It has features that I don't need like weigh station notices but it serves its purpose for now. From what I have read the new Garmin DEZL 760 has an RV mode as well as a truck/car mode. I am thinking about a new unit but I am currently torn between the Rand McNally unit and the Garmin unit. TIA

I used the 7720 for a trip from Baltimore, MD to Natchez, MS in April and did not have problems with visibility at any time of the day or night. I am very pleased with its performance to date.