Best GPS for RV
I am ready to pick up a new GPS for RV use. Any opinions are appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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I am looking for a good RV/truck GPS and LOVE Garmin but these reviews are really giving me pause. I have owned Garmin GPS since the early days when we could buy them and love Garmin customer support etc but these reviews definitely are not good. I am going to check out the RVND to see what people says. Here is another thoughtful review of Garmin 560LMT:
1.0 out of 5 stars Tested for 6 months = IT FAILED MISERABLY for BIG Rigs, May 23, 2012
By
Charles Wert (Cochranville, PA, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garmin dezl 560LMT 5-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable Trucking GPS Navigator with Lifetime Map & Traffic Updates (Electronics)
If a reviewer states "I've had this GPS for 3 days now and it is absolutely the best GPS in the universe blah, blah, blah"... move on to a more intelligent review. It will take a couple of months of hard use to make a fair evaluation ! I pull a large RV 5th wheel (13 feet high x 37 feet long). Like most RVer's we do not camp in the interstate rest areas. If you do - this is the GPS for you. If you drive from exit to exit on interstates only - this is the GPS for you. If you need a GPS to do this you are one scary dude or dudett :-). A paper map will be cheaper and another career will be safer for you and us.
Most drivers who pilot big rigs that are going to travel off the beaten path WILL get into trouble with the Garmin Dezel 560 GPS. I input the specs of my rig and I drove around for 6 months in my car "pretending" to be the BIG RV. This GPS told me (every couple of annoying minutes) to exit at the next road because I was on a "truck prohibited road" when in fact I was on a state road approved for trucks. In fact, I live in the country on a truck approved road and was told to get off the road I live on ! Several times I did as told just to see where Mr. Garmin would send me. WOW! I was put onto narrow roads with low trees, weight limited one lane bridges and anything but truck friendly. Several times the roads would have required me backing up way too far not to hit something, in one case over a mile !
I also put it into positions which I knew were not truck capable, let alone truck friendly. I deliberately went down a convoluted road to a 9' 10" train under pass. Mr. Garmin never even warned me ! This thing screwed up so many times I cannot recount them all. Suffice to say it was one time after another.
As a trucker, most drivers buy these type units for `off the interstates', if a GPS is needed between exits another career should be chosen. Once off the interstates, the fun begins.
Oh yeah, Garmin like others always put the legalize "Not our fault, you should have checked your route first before trusting our word for it. In the case of the Garmin 560 Dezel - this means every trip, every mile. WHO NEEDS THIS GPS THEN ? I'm sharing with you now... you better listen to and heed their lawyer talk because they mean it.
Garmin, I'm really disappointed in you. Did you not try this unit before selling it to a customer base that used to have blind loyalty for your products ? NOT ANY MORE, YOU MUST RE-EARN OUR TRUST.
I gave it 1 star because zero stars was not a choice, you'll have to trust me it is a zero hero. As a trucking GPS it is a great big ole ZERO. It works well for cars, hiking and truckers you don't like :-)
1.0 out of 5 stars Tested for 6 months = IT FAILED MISERABLY for BIG Rigs, May 23, 2012
By
Charles Wert (Cochranville, PA, US) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Garmin dezl 560LMT 5-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable Trucking GPS Navigator with Lifetime Map & Traffic Updates (Electronics)
If a reviewer states "I've had this GPS for 3 days now and it is absolutely the best GPS in the universe blah, blah, blah"... move on to a more intelligent review. It will take a couple of months of hard use to make a fair evaluation ! I pull a large RV 5th wheel (13 feet high x 37 feet long). Like most RVer's we do not camp in the interstate rest areas. If you do - this is the GPS for you. If you drive from exit to exit on interstates only - this is the GPS for you. If you need a GPS to do this you are one scary dude or dudett :-). A paper map will be cheaper and another career will be safer for you and us.
Most drivers who pilot big rigs that are going to travel off the beaten path WILL get into trouble with the Garmin Dezel 560 GPS. I input the specs of my rig and I drove around for 6 months in my car "pretending" to be the BIG RV. This GPS told me (every couple of annoying minutes) to exit at the next road because I was on a "truck prohibited road" when in fact I was on a state road approved for trucks. In fact, I live in the country on a truck approved road and was told to get off the road I live on ! Several times I did as told just to see where Mr. Garmin would send me. WOW! I was put onto narrow roads with low trees, weight limited one lane bridges and anything but truck friendly. Several times the roads would have required me backing up way too far not to hit something, in one case over a mile !
I also put it into positions which I knew were not truck capable, let alone truck friendly. I deliberately went down a convoluted road to a 9' 10" train under pass. Mr. Garmin never even warned me ! This thing screwed up so many times I cannot recount them all. Suffice to say it was one time after another.
As a trucker, most drivers buy these type units for `off the interstates', if a GPS is needed between exits another career should be chosen. Once off the interstates, the fun begins.
Oh yeah, Garmin like others always put the legalize "Not our fault, you should have checked your route first before trusting our word for it. In the case of the Garmin 560 Dezel - this means every trip, every mile. WHO NEEDS THIS GPS THEN ? I'm sharing with you now... you better listen to and heed their lawyer talk because they mean it.
Garmin, I'm really disappointed in you. Did you not try this unit before selling it to a customer base that used to have blind loyalty for your products ? NOT ANY MORE, YOU MUST RE-EARN OUR TRUST.
I gave it 1 star because zero stars was not a choice, you'll have to trust me it is a zero hero. As a trucking GPS it is a great big ole ZERO. It works well for cars, hiking and truckers you don't like :-)
