Garmin 760lmt GPS review so far

I've done all that, many, many times.

 

Purchased the 760 today. Will return it tomorrow. Many great features, but the smartphone link does not work with the iPhone so there are many features unusable for me. Too bad, I really like many of the other features and Rand has really let me down as of late.

 

Oh how I miss my iPhone! Samsung galaxy sux!!!

 

Funny, I have the exact opposite opinion of those two phones. There is no way I could go back to an iBrick.

However, that's exactly why we have the selection of phones that we do have. Everyone likes something a little different.

 

I run the Garmin 760LMT, I guess if you only travel on major highways the features would be nice, but most of the highways I am on it says unknown.

 

Does anyone know if they "fixed" the issue where the unit kept stating you were on overweight roads? I want to get my husband one, but I'm not sure what to think. He had a Rand McNally 700tnd and basically had all sorts of cord issues (going inside the unit)

 

I've only had a few issues with that but believe that would be a map issue, not a Garmin issue.

 

One of these days I'll upgrade to the larger screen. Mainly so I can see more map since I use the expanded display to see ETA, miles to go, direction, etc.

I've used the 560 for a little over two years. Like any other GPS, the local routing can suck at times. It's an honest problem, as there is no way any data publisher could truly keep up with that level of detail.

From my observations, those local routing flaws usually relate to what are known truck routes and restrictions. In many cases, the gps will priority route on a road with no information over one that has a little information. Or it will attempt to route you on known truck routes to the last possible turn, which will again result in a weird out-of-the-way route and put you in the wrong streets for a truck. Usually narrow residential streets with low trees and wires where a big truck doesn't belong. In those cases, you just have to bridge the gap with other tools. Either an atlas or google maps + satellite view.

Two places this comes to mind are Tyler, TX and Gainesville, GA. Tyler has a truck bypass. If you have to go inside that, the routing will run you in circles because the inbound routes it attempts are narrow streets impossible to turn into. In Gainesville, there are about a half dozen chicken plants inside the city. GPS routing will take you the long way around in some heavy traffic, sometimes through some downtown streets that a truck would never fit in. Since I know where I'm going now, I just ignore all the recalculating and truck route warnings once I get close. It's kind of funny to see 5-10 minutes come off the ETA clock as I get close to the destination using a sensible route that I know.