Stand-alone GPS or smartphone?
My wife and I just purchased our first Class A motorhome (2015 Holiday Rambler Vacationer) and we’re eager to hit the road. I’m wondering what opinions you more experienced drivers might have about GP...
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Clearly some of you only use your navigation system to guide you to a location. Of course that is the primary purpose, and the cell phone works good for that. Staying up to date as well as updating based on traffic is where the cell phone shines.
As a boondocker, I have campsites stored in my Garmin from 10 or more years ago. As well as intersections for obscure dirt roads to fishing or hunting locations that are really hard to find in the dark, and those locations where my memory would fail. It's awful to not be able to find some place that you loved from 5 years ago.
That's where the Garmin shines for me. My database has grown pretty large, but it is a single file on the GPS unit that I can backup and that can be moved to a new device when the time comes. It can even be read and translated if a future format should come along. GPS used to be a hot ticket for thieves, but seems they don't bother with them much anymore, but I would be very heartbroken if my database disappeared. So I back it up to PC now and then, but should do it more often.
By the way, my old S4 Galaxy GPS does not work without cell coverage. But I know the new ones do.
As a boondocker, I have campsites stored in my Garmin from 10 or more years ago. As well as intersections for obscure dirt roads to fishing or hunting locations that are really hard to find in the dark, and those locations where my memory would fail. It's awful to not be able to find some place that you loved from 5 years ago.
That's where the Garmin shines for me. My database has grown pretty large, but it is a single file on the GPS unit that I can backup and that can be moved to a new device when the time comes. It can even be read and translated if a future format should come along. GPS used to be a hot ticket for thieves, but seems they don't bother with them much anymore, but I would be very heartbroken if my database disappeared. So I back it up to PC now and then, but should do it more often.
By the way, my old S4 Galaxy GPS does not work without cell coverage. But I know the new ones do.
