Stand-alone GPS or smartphone?

I loved MS streets and trips--but I don't think it runs under win 10. Win 7 now has some vulnerabilities.

Not ready to give up MS S&Its 2013 yet. The roads have not changed that much. Use it alongside the Garmin 770 RV. Good thing too. The Garmin wants to send us some crazy routes sometimes

I use a Garmin RV 660. I like it. Wish I had it last June and July of 2018 when we made our trip to the Rockies and high plains. On that trip, we had my old Garmin Nuvi 855.

My navigator will use her phone to check traffic on the road we're using from time to time, especially if we're going through an urban or built up suburban area.

I also use the Co-Pilot app on my tablet. Its offline navigation is very reliable.

SteveWoz wrote:
...This was my first post to the forum and I'm amazed by the level of response.

Welcome!

SteveWoz wrote:
...By the way, I'm fairly tech savvy but I'm finding this platform to be fairly clunky.

Yes, it is very outdated software, but it is free, you can't even donate if you wanted to, so we get what we get.

SteveWoz wrote:
...Is there a way to respond to the individual replies in a given thread? I want to ask a few follow-up questions to specific posters. Thank you in advance.

Just click the quote button below the post to which you wish to follow-up. Which is what I've done to your question, and then I edited it a bit to clean it up and make it flow better. You can use private messages as was mentioned above, but frankly, asking your question in open forum means we can all share the answers. I avoid going to PM unless the info needs to be private, or is straying too far off topic, or maybe I just want a personal convo.

You can click on users name and select private message.

I want to thank everyone who posted for taking the time to help answer my question. This was my first post to the forum and I'm amazed by the level of response.

By the way, I'm fairly tech savvy but I'm finding this platform to be fairly clunky. Is there a way to respond to the individual replies in a given thread? I want to ask a few follow-up questions to specific posters. Thank you in advance.

JaxDad wrote:

04fxsts wrote:
Something that is related to the I-pad it's self is even though I keep it plugged into a charging port if driving all day it uses more charge than it is getting. So by the end of the day it will be dead and needs to be shut off and recharged.

Jim.

A typical phone charger only has a 0.5 amp charger, you need a higher powered, minimum 1.0 amp charger for an iPad.

I thought mine were 2.1 amp, but haven't checked to be sure.
bumpy

Use the nav system in the truck and it's wonderfully large screen. Good maps, Good Zoom when turns are approaching and my favorite part, the display below my gauges gives me a meter that slowly shrinks as I get closer to the turn so I know exactly where the turn is which is really handy when your in a area with many streets close together.

To be fair, I do usually have google maps running on my phone also just for the real time traffic updates and suggested alternate routes if needed. Between the two, I feel nicely prepared and have never had an issue getting into a bad situation.

04fxsts wrote:
Something that is related to the I-pad it's self is even though I keep it plugged into a charging port if driving all day it uses more charge than it is getting. So by the end of the day it will be dead and needs to be shut off and recharged.

Jim.

A typical phone charger only has a 0.5 amp charger, you need a higher powered, minimum 1.0 amp charger for an iPad.