RV Specific GPS
I have been looking into the RV specific GPS's and have got a lot of varying opinions. The question that I have is what logic does the Garmin 760 and RM use to determine routing for your RV? Many repo...
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Gjac wrote:
My conclusion after reading Bill Satellite's reply is that the Garmin 760 and the RM 7725 both use a truck routing logic to rout your RV. This would keep you on truck routs only. Why would one spend $400 on a "RV specific GPS" that would keep you off of direct routes? It seems these GPS's have some more RV POI's than the standard ones, but not sure it is worth $300 more than a standard GPS.
I have the Garmin RV 760LMT GPS. I have no idea what Garmin uses as the basis for their routing but it doesn't take you out of your way. Typically the route it calculates is the one I would take, I always check my routes before leaving. Sometimes it surprises me. On a recent trip to the California delta I was expecting to be on the interstate most of the way but it chose a more direct route over state highways.
Do you need an RV GPS? No. Most of the time, not always but most of the time, I find that the routes it calculates for cars and RVs are the same, at least for the basic trip. Where it may vary is at the start and end of the trip where you leave the highway and travel local streets to and from the campground. That all makes sense to me, the potential trouble points for RVs are not on the highways.
I travel the western US, maybe things are different where you live.
