Goodbye Rand McCrappy

I have a RM GPS. It's worked well over 5 years.
Maybe RM doesn't repair the items. They just replace entire unit under warranty.

No repair shop in house, so the person you talked to, really didn't know an answer to give you.

 

I own a useless rand. It was not worth the money. some routes that are only a couple hours would show as 5 or 6 hours. Never worked in places like KC. Hard to change anything cuz had to tap hard on it and finally cracked the screen. Every time I would hit a bump it would turn off. The list goes on. Did not use it for a couple years and it no longer turns on.
I just use Hammer now if I need a map.

 

The 730 still works better than the 740, which they obviously knew was a pos, because the 750 came out only a couple months later.

Haven't tested the 750, but after selling me the 740, gonna go Garmin or tablet based on the next one.

Can't recommend them any more.

 

I've been using Hammer since I started driving about 8 mos ago. Once I figured out most of the glitches, and they were few, were because of my phone my confidence in it went way up. I can't remember the last time there was a glitch. I'm running Geotab now and run Hammer along side because Geotab doesn't always get it right.

 

I had the same problem with garmin now I don’t even use a gps.

 

I have not used one in years. Mostly do the same thing every day but when I need to go somewhere else I usually just open up hammer and look at the map. Fairly accurate.
Google on the other hand has sent me the wrong way many times. " turn right...now make a uturn...."

 

the only thing I really like about the Rands is the ETA which accurately reflects the time zone, I've tried Garmin but I couldn't really get used to it, the new Rand 2.0 routing sucks badly, if Garmin could fix the ETA issue I would switch

 

My Dezl770 always gives the correct ETA for the time zone I am going to. If yours won't, switch to hours to get there and do the math.

 

My 780 does this correctly also.
It does some other things wrong, though. It loves to send me out of route, then 2 left turns or a u turn, that sort of thing.

Once it craps out, I'm going back to Smart Truck Route 2, I'll put it on a small tablet and be happy again.

For the MOST part, my Dezl 780 is ok, but definitely not a good value for the price. The occasional routing error alone is ridiculous, and handled far better by an app that costs less than 5 bucks a month.