GPS
I'm planning on buying an RV-oriented GPS. I currently have a standard Garmin and am happy with it, but it doesn't provide low clearance warnings etc. like an RV gps. What brand is best? I tow a tr...
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pnichols wrote:From what I have read the downloaded POI's for bridges for example only warn you before you get to the bridge they will not route you around the low bridge like the Garmin 760( pick a route without the low bridge). Is this your experience?
My standard Garmin is no longer standard because I have maybe over 800,000 POI's in it over and above what Garmin supplies. This includes POIs such as thousands of bridge clearances (with active warnings), commercial campgrounds, free public camping areas on public lands, and just about every body of water in the U.S. whether they have water in them full time or only part time from winter rains.
I keep both it's Garmin-supplied and POI databases current. We travel all over with it - across the U.S. and into obscure off-highway boondocking areas. A standard Garmin (with enough memory) can be made way more powerful than how it's deliverd, but it takes some effort.
