What potable gps to order tonight

SCVJeff wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:
best Garmin you can afford, or want to pay for. you want a GPS, get a GPS not an adapted toy.
bumpy

I'll put my "adapted toy" up against your "real" GPS any day. Do you even know what that means? They are both computers, smartphones being WAY faster, and both use the exact same database.

So what's the difference?

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Fizz wrote:

how large is the screen on your toy? my GPS is 7 inches.
bumpy

My toy can hook up to a 55" HDTV.
What's your point?

55" makes a fairly large GPS all right. hope you can see out the windshield.
my point is that if you are using a "smart" phone as a GPS your screen sucks as far as size goes unless your smart phone is tablet sized. I have gone from 4 1/2, to 5 to 7 inches for GPS screens and the increase greatly helped read the unit.
bumpy

how large is the screen on your toy? my GPS is 7 inches.
bumpy

My toy can hook up to a 55" HDTV.
What's your point?

RedRocket204 wrote:
There is also a newer version of the Garmin RV 760LMT which is the RV 660LMT :h

Seems like a newer version would have a higher number, not lower... but...

Anyway, it is the version I recently got but have not towed my TT using it yet. The RV 660LMT seems to have good options and I am quite familiar with Garmin GPS units including the traffic updates which have always worked well for me traveling in different cities for work. The RV 660LMT also works in conjunction with the new Garmin wireless back-up camera BC30.

We decided on the 760 instead of the newer 660 because the 660 has a metal case that we read poor reviews on about it getting hot in the sun and shutting down. By the way, LMT stands for Lifetime Maps & Traffic.

Again, a REAL GPS app with onboard data, owned by Garmin or Navigon, also owned by Garmin. This discussion has nothing to do with mis-routes because we have all been there regardless. But Apples to Apples, there is zero difference between a stand-alone GPS, or one in a smartphone with the app and data owned by the same company.

As for traffic data, the smartphone has it all over a stand-alone GPS that relies on picking up that data from an FM transmitter. While these work well in metro areas, they don't once out on the road, and the FM stations charge to carry that data which is never appealing. I still have a Garmin that used a far faster and superior system to what's currently used, owned by Microsoft. One day MS decided to take their toys and go home and that was the end of that. It's a great GPS but the FM cable is now nothing but a power cord. In cell land the coverage is obviously far greater and faster than FM distribution could hope to be. Personally that's why I run Waze in the background. Being essentially real-time can easily be 20-30 min faster than a Garmin traffic monitor service driven (hopefully) by law enforcement folks.

RedRocket204 wrote:
There is also a newer version of the Garmin RV 760LMT which is the RV 660LMT :h

Seems like a newer version would have a higher number, not lower... but...

Anyway, it is the version I recently got but have not towed my TT using it yet. The RV 660LMT seems to have good options and I am quite familiar with Garmin GPS units including the traffic updates which have always worked well for me traveling in different cities for work. The RV 660LMT also works in conjunction with the new Garmin wireless back-up camera BC30.

760 is the old model and yes the 660 is a inch smaller - I got it this summer and love love it - especially the up ahead feature =I set mine for truck stops, rest areas and restaurants - voice command feature is also very handy

I like it better than the Garmin I have in my newer Jeep

SCVJeff wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:
best Garmin you can afford, or want to pay for. you want a GPS, get a GPS not an adapted toy.
bumpy

I'll put my "adapted toy" up against your "real" GPS any day. Do you even know what that means? They are both computers, smartphones being WAY faster, and both use the exact same database.

So what's the difference?

how large is the screen on your toy? my GPS is 7 inches.
bumpy

SCVJeff wrote:
So what's the difference?

Options for RV specific routing?


There was even a post earlier in this thread where the smartphone routing indicated going down side residential streets and I am quite familiar with that behavior when I use google maps traveling for work without the TT in tow.

Maybe a smartphone app using google.maps will be available eventually that takes into account RV routing.

EDIT, wasn't aware of the just mentioned RV app for a smartphone. Is it any good?

There is no right answer to if you prefer a dedicated GPS device or smartphone for mapping... only the user preference.

strollin wrote:

Fizz wrote:
A new iPhone with GPS uses satelites just like a regular GPS stand alone.
With it you can have dozens of specialized apps for whatever needs you have.
You also get a decent pocket camera.

Yup. NEWER iPhones have real GPS. Android phones always did.

iPhones have always had GPS built in, so what's that mean? What the newer iPhones have that I'm not sure about Android (probably some) is also the GLONASS constellation as well, making them often far more accurate than a GPS constellation-only device