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General Boards => General Discussion => Topic started by: Allen Hughes on June 01, 2017, 08:50:44 PM
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There are several earlier posts (2015) regarding GPS systems on the forum. 2 years brings a lot of changes in technology. I would like to hear from those who have made recent GPS purchases and how they are working or not. Thanks!
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Allen, We purchased the Rand McNally from camping world in April, very user friendly I believe the model 7735. we also purchased the sand bag mount, very happy. lots of extras.
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Allen, we recently purchased the Garmin 770 DEZL 7 inch truckers GPS from a, Pilot fuel stop. We tried the new Magellan and the Rand McNally from Camping World but did like them as well. Admittedly, we were use to the Garmin format. The trucker Garvin routes your vehicle based upon the size of your tractor and trailer ( tow car ). It's only draw back is that it not as easy reserching shopping locations but great with everything else. I did not ivestigate the new Rand McNally tablet GPS at Camping World as it looks interesting. Hope this helps
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Allen,
I have a Magellan 7" Roadmate, I forget the exact model number right now but I've had it for about 4 years. We bought it at the Quartzsite RV show when we first joine the Beaver Club. I am ready to replace it, and I think I'm going to go with the Rand McNally 7730 LM RV GPS that has lifetime map updates. The Magellan has taken us on some routes that you really wouldn't want to be on with a Motohome despite the function that you can enter the vehicles height, weight, etc. On the Rand McNally web site you can setup trips and get directions there. Rand McNally also has a tablet with a built in dash cam. The BAC Amazon page also has these.
Cheers!
Dean
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Allen
We decided on a different approach. We have a tablet that uses Verizon and gives us maps with sattelite views. There are a couple of APs that take care of the routing issues like steep grades or low overpasses. The DW does all the navigating.