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it is time to purchase a new GPS ---- Any Suggerations ?

Yahoo Message Number: 102548
it is time to purchase a new GPS ---- Any Suggerations ?

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Yahoo Message Number: 102549
I have a rand McNally 7735 made for RV. Works great.  Avail at camping world.
Glen 2003 intrigue

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The Garmin 760 model is getting good reviews. It can be had with lifetime maps which is a good thing. Looking at one myself, just haven't got around to purchasing one.

Don

'02 Intrigue 11427
'02 Intrigue #11427

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We've had lots of 'fun' with our DEZL 560RV (Know it's DEZL, and think it's a 560 model. The 7" unit came out within a few week of my wife buying this as a Christmas gift for me.

We only switch it to RV mode, when we feel we're traveling in an area of risk for height or weight restricted roadways. Auto seems to give us better routing results then RV mode does.

It has been wrong often enough, that we cross now always:

1) Trip plan with MS Street & Trips
2) Put locations into the Garmin, under auto, for where we're headed that day of travel.
3) Cross reference the Garmin routing with the MS S&T, plus my wife then turns on her iPhone ATT with 'turn by turn' routing.

And, we always check the printed atlas against the planned routes, as well as the Mountain Directory book too.

Our DEZL has been wrong, plain down wrong and way off, enough times that we do those above sanity checks. It has also got us where we wanted to go a few times, but for sure not the most efficient way.

I do like the way the Garmin assists in what lane to be in while driving. It has done a good job on that, and only one time had me in the wrong lane - which was easy to see and correct before any damage.

Our previous Garmin C540, still in the coach as a back up, did a better routing job then the DEZL. Just not as good of display.

I would still by another Garmin today, probably the one mentioned by Don. May just need to accidentally 'drop' the DEZL a few too many times...

And sure not knocking the McNally, or other units. I think it's one of those things where the first one you buy, is the brand you stick with the most often:)!

Good luck Stan!!!

Smitty

04 Allure 31017
04 Allure Sold to a nice new owner! Now enjoying a 07 Magna Rembrandt 45' ISX600 #6775
"We're ONDROAD for THEJRNY!" (Toad and Coach license plates, say Hi if you see us!)
 

Re: it is time to purchase a new GPS ---- Any Suggerations ?

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I just purchased the Rand McNally 7735 ( Amazon.com: Rand McNally RVND 7730 LM RV GPS with Lifetime Maps and Wi-Fi:... ) on this trip to Utah, Montana, Washington, Oregon, and back to Ca.. In Spokane it told me to turn different than the new Kenwood in dash GPS and the Magellan and the route was an extra 2.5 miles.  I followed it to the RV park. I asked about the shorter route and they said no, the only way in was the way I cam because there was two low bridges on the other route.

My wife questioned me when I bought it and used all three but now she doesn't. I hate the Magellan. The new 7735 has lifetime maps and my old 7710 didn't. The new maps were enough that I just bought the new unit especially when I started having battery charging troubles on the old 7710 around Provo Utah.

Mark and Helen Surber
07 Intrigue 12162
06 Jeep Unlimited LJ

Thank You

Mark Surber
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