GPS

Just my opinion. NEVER solely rely on any GPS while driving a motorhome. We've had to unhook our tow vehicle when our gps took us to a cul-de-sac by mistake. We always carry the gps in the car while exploring. Streets & Trips type trip tickets work well for us.

HavaRaptor wrote:
What are you folks using and what would you recommend?? Am purchasing a class A. Have them in car and PU but they are factory installed.. Thanks in advance...Jerry

Just asked the same question about two weeks ago. I really got some great imput. Your may wat to look back at some old post. Anyway, I purchased the Garmin 760LMT last week. It has the Truck and RV mode and many other features you may be looking for. Go to their site and check it out. I purchased mine through Best Buy, free shipping and got it in two days.
Good luck...

tropical_ron wrote:
Just my opinion. NEVER solely rely on any GPS while driving a motorhome. We've had to unhook our tow vehicle when our gps took us to a cul-de-sac by mistake. We always carry the gps in the car while exploring. Streets & Trips type trip tickets work well for us.

That's very good advice. Even with my new Garmin 760 that gets free lifetime updates, i plan to look the area over on a map or Google Earth.

Bought the large Garmin dezl 760 because I like Garmin products over the others, but have not really used it yet.

Whatever you buy, get one with the lifetime maps. You don't really need to update them very often, but it's nice when needed. One of my older GPS', which would cost about $50 to upgrade the maps, doesn't show the new (5 years old?) cloverleaf on the highway, so it always shows that I'm out in the trees when I go home. When I go to Vancouver, WA every year, I always update that GPS because there's always new overpasses or exits down there.

Bill

I used to be a Garmin fan, but I switched over to the Magellans. They are all pretty good and all have some bugs, but the Magellan has a better search feature than Garmin.

Aside from using this forum to search the previous GPS posts of which there are literally hundreds, I vote for the Garmin Dezl 760LMT. While not made specifically for a RV, its trucking features are close enough for our needs.

If your looking for outside resources we found these two articles helpful when we were shopping:
What’s The Best GPS For RVers?
RV GPS Comparison and Review: What are the Best Options?

There are a myriad of options out there but I'd try to get a "last generation" model with lifetime updates.

I'd only buy Garmin. TomTom is horrific in my experience.

I'd buy based on parameters - the latest ones should have:

Spoken street names (text to speech)
Correct lane identification for complex interchanges (awesome feature)
Flat profile for packing if needed
Lithium ion battery if for some reason disconnected from power
Traffic updates
Under $150 or 200 unless that is not a concern

For RVers, there are also options for truckers that includes height limits in navigation and truck routes.

I have owned Garmin (Several), Tom Tom, and my DW bought me a Magellan Roadmate 9165T for Christmas two tears ago. They will all have you scratching your head as to why in the world is it sending me this way. I always found it amusing they will send you one way to get to a destination and a totally different one on the way back.

Of the those that I have owned, Garmin appears the least problematic.

The DW got the Magellan at CW to use in the RV as it was supposed to be RV friendly and recommended by CW/GS. I find it interesting that CW/GS has not logoed a Rand McNally product as their GPS unit.

I don't like the fact it won't recharge itself when connected to the laptop for map updates. You have to be sure to have a full battery before you start the update process.

msmith1199 wrote:
I used to be a Garmin fan, but I switched over to the Magellans. They are all pretty good and all have some bugs, but the Magellan has a better search feature than Garmin.

I've got multiple Garmins and one TomTom (in-dash). The TomTom wouldn't even make a good boat anchor. Looking at replacing it with a Kenwood/Garmin in-dash. As for searching in Garmin, all of mine are different. I wish they'd try and use the same User Interface on all units, but it's a small price to pay for something that blows the doors off TomTom.

BTW, the Kenwood/Garmin I'm looking at is new this year. It's the DNX570HD that lists for about $850 but can be picked up at some places for $600. I'm surprised at how much the prices have come down from last year's models.