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Jul 26, 2015

Rand McNally RVND 7710 7-Inch GPS vs. Garmin

I recently ranted (!) about the Rand McNally GPS in the Infotainment System in our new Winnebago ERA 70X (the rant, in all its glory, is in our blog, too www.era70x.com)

Because I cannot depend on the built in GPS (which cost $1,500), I'm thinking about buying a standalone GPS. Interestingly, the Rand McNally 7710 GPS reviewed on Amazon has a lot of the same freezing up/latency/defects of the built in GPS (which, by the way is vended by Xite (2014 XSG2NA-X1 Infotainment System Family
with Rand McNally RV GPS).

I wonder if it is the Rand provided software to Xite that makes the unit so buggy and worthless. In any event, any input from users on the best Garmin, Magellan, TomTom, Rand (!), GPS units (for RV or otherwise) would be appreciated. Cheers, Mike era70x.com
  • I've owned Garmin, Magellan, Tom Tom. Of the three, the Garmin has been the best, followed by the Tom Tom. The Magellan I had was awful. But... They all sent me down roads to nowhere, told me to turn left when I knew the destination was on the right, and other curious quirks. I would never pay for a built in unit unless all updates were free forever, and I could do them myself.
  • We have had the Garmin RV760LMT for about a year, now. I just spent some time on it today using the trip planner... a little cumbersome, but you can force the route to do things like go around DC and Baltimore (or even more off the beaten track, if you like).
  • My Garmin 760 works fine. The only "problem" I've had is I haven't been able to down load additional POI files into it, but I'm sure that's me and not the GPS.

    Bill
  • Lot's of previous posts on this subject if you will search this Forum for `gps' then search the results for `garmin' or `rand' etc. Our dezl760LMT seems to be working well for us. It has the options for `car', `rv', or `truck' and supposedly routes accordingly. You can input the RV dimensions to, hopefully, avoid low underpasses. I have used Garmin for years on my boat and now my tow vehicle and think it does a good job; not perfect but far better than map reading.
  • I have the Garmin RV 760LMT. Have had no such problems...

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