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Blazing_Zippers
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Feb 15, 2018

Best GPS?

Hey folks. We just drove the truck from North Idaho to Florida and back. We helped family repair storm damage, eat fried chicken, and went to the Cape for the Falcon Heavy launch. The final evening meal was shrimp, wrapped with bacon, dipped in butter. Huh? Huh? I still lost over 5 pounds.
We have/had an old Garmin GPS that went crazy as we entered Georgia. It finally was removed from service and thrown away. Now, we're shopping a new GPS to use with the truck/fifth wheel combination.
My question is; what is the "best" GPS? After reading the online comments, there are lots to be desired with what is on the market.
  • My opinion is that a dedicated vehicle GPS is much better than a phone. I'll use my phone when I need to, but the dedicated unit provides much more. Pictures of complicated exits and indications of which lane you need to be in before you get there are a big deal to me.

    I've been helping a Luddite friend's wife learn their Garmin RV 760LMT. It has the typical weight and height information for an RV unit, but one thing that has sold me on it is the ability to plan a route and then upload it to the unit for use on the road. I can see that being a big advantage when you want to apply some brain power to choosing the best route and still have the GPS give you turn by turn guidance.
  • My Nuvi died last year and I replaced it with a 10 inch Android tablet and Osmand GPS app. Way better than the Nuvi ever was.
  • We have an old nuvi but when it dies, it's the cell phone that will take over. Just doesn't make sense to carry and update a uni-tasker when the cell will work just as well and automatically updates the maps.
  • My old boss uses a truck one that gives bridge heights and such.. Lifetime maps etc.

    If I was higher then 10 ft 7" I would get one..

    The cell phone apps lead me on too many wrong paths.. especially the i phone one.. Google is better but nothing beats a device thats made just for roads...

    I only owned garmins.

    https://explore.garmin.com/en-US/dezl/
  • I have been using google maps for the last several years and is as good as any Garmin or TomTom dedicated unit I had before. The only real gps that I use is an older Garmin for hiking.

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