GPS specific for RV's

GoPackGo wrote:

1775 wrote:
CoPilot app is made for IOS and Android. For ten dollars it does everything the standalone GPS units do and has RV Mode for routing around low clearances and propane restricted roads, bridges, and tunnels. Lifetime free maps. No need for a data connection as all maps are stored on the phone or tablet's memory. There is traffic routing which does require a data connection (uses very little data) and this is free the first year and costs $10 a year after that by subscription.

I think this is all great stuff but for starters, you're talking about a very small phone screen vs a 7 inch full featured GPS. For a few short trips in the summer it would probably be ok, but once you use one of the dedicated RV GPSs, like my RM 7720, I think you'll see the advantages.

There's a reason these GPSs have large screens. It's easy to glance at them and get the whole picture. My 7720 has all kinds of info on the main screen. And additional info is just a tap away.

You can install CoPilot on a tablet with any size screen you want - even 10.1". So screen size is only limited by the device you have to run CoPilot on. I can duplicate a Rand 7720 with a $60 seven inch Android tablet and $10 CoPilot, total $70 as opposed to a $300-400 Rand GPS. And all the info is right there on the screen along with the map, the route, and selected POIs.

Two years ago I bought a Rand McNally RV GPS and had it route me from my home out of state. The first part of its route was onto a highway with a height clearance allowance of 7'10" with the Rand set to route no lower than 13 feet. Of course, I did not follow that route - and the Rand was returned for refund the next day. When I contacted Rand McNally they told me that they can't know about all of the low clearance roads - this one is a major route in NY and is listed as low clearance in their paper trucker's atlas. CoPilot routed correctly.