The best Truck Driver GPS

For some reason I doubt this is true. Tom Tom has a number of long term OEM contracts.
If you would, please post a link to this announcement.

 

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/24/to...-getting-out-of-devices-shareholders-rejoice/

It looks like they are backing away from the "PDA" market, but are focusing instead on embedded systems and connected OEM solutions.

 

I heard this on the Kim Komando Tech Show this weekend. She is nationwide and syndicated and pretty much gets all the info so I'm sure she is correct in this. I would shy away from Tom Tom to be safe. There are far too many other good GPS units out there to be stuck with an orphan.

 

After researching the units I bought (well suggested to my girlfriend as a great christmas present) a Rand Mcnally 500. I got a re-conditioned one at an outlet sight online for about $110. So far it seems pretty good. Places I've punched in have been accurate but some of the roads that I travel have been re-rated as truck routes due to replaced bridges and the unit still says that they are restricted and tries to send me the long way around. I don't really consider this a flaw as the suggested directions by the unit are still good and would do the job if I didn't know the area and roads. It has not sent me onto a non-truck route yet.
Some of the features like the auto-logging I don't need as we use paper logs but they would come in handy as a reminder if I was running distance and not paying attention to the time I had been driving.
I find the 5 inch display plenty big enough and can't think of a reason I would want a 7 inch. That would be too big and distracting, imho.
GPS lock on is quick and steady.
The feature of showing how far to the next turn, direction of the turn then a small icon under that showing the one after the next turn is great. It gives you an idea of what you are going to do after the next turn and gets you ready.
So far I like the unit and can recommend it.

 

My trainer had one and it would lock up all the time....I would stay away from it.

 

Anytime you find a road/bridge that has been re-rated by all means let Rand know so that we can update also. It may take up to a year or it may slip through the cracks paperwork wise.

Thanks,
mark

 

That was the first GPS I bought.It was terrible in the North East(NyCity,Jersey,Baltimore,DC.,Ect)I kept it until one day i decided to clean the screen, I sprayed it with Windex, wiped it off , and that solved my problem,It never worked again. I replaced it with a Garmin Nuvi and it works great.

 

I will, Mark. I just havn't read the instructions on how to do the update to Rand McNally yet. I talked to another driver last night who had bought a 710 for Christmas and he loved it. Nothing but good things to say about it.

 

I second that. The 500 is great!

 

I have the cobra 7750 and it is the worthless piece of crap I ever owned it cant find the house numbers alot of the time and take you a longer way around it should not be sold on the market its just a screwing your getting if you buy it I,am a trucker and it sits in my closet call me if you really want to know how I feel 207-649-3950 cobra says they cant fix it I sent it to them dont buy it it sucks I would wipe my butt with it but it might scratch me