New gps time

I use the Garmin DEZL 700… I’ve had mine for several years and have not had any issues with it… This one is actually like a small tablet and has the ability to download new map software annually and software updates multiple times a year from my phone

 

Unless you have compelling new info or other evidence that RM has recently improved their GPS build quality -- I would stick with a Garmin product.

-- L

 

I've always used a rand but too each their own.

 

I grabbed a refurbished Garmin OTR1000 from Amazon a couple weeks ago.

Yes it is a version of 2 behind but that's OK with me. The large screen works well for me and my "progressive" eye glass prescription.

2 minor complaints

1) the charger is a USB-B not the now standard USB-C
2) small memory so the map update deletes current map to make room for new one. There is a empty SD Card slot so you can supplement the memory up to 256GB

 

Garmin makes mistakes sometimes that are puzzling. But it's still way better that the RM I once had and has lasted 4x as long

 

I got 2.5 year old rm 1050 it’s a 10 inch screen. I’m pleased with it. Pretty reliable, biggest complaint is the mount. The one mount has 3 plastic tabs that will break off in 2-3 weeks. Just file a warranty claim, and they sent a replacement plus one that screws into a mount to mate to a ram mount setup. That’s better but one of the magnets just fell out. Lasted a long time though. But can’t buy that particular one. So I gonna try a ram x grip. That’s my biggest complaint. I update the maps whenever I’m on hometime and seems to be good. It’s still behind on some truck stops though. Like a pilot that has turned into a one9. It’ll show it as a pilot. And some new truckstops don’t show up, but I use the free version of trucker path to help plan for stops, so isn’t that big of a deal.

 

The new Rand McNally real time live traffic updates like Google Maps, Co-Pilot and Trucker Path. I'll probably spend the $300 some time next month to replace the one I got with the last Covid 19 Stimulus.

 

I have only used Rand McNally. The hardware is crap. The point of failure for me always seemed to be the plug , or rather the receptacle/slot/hole in the GPS unit. After 2 or 4 or 6 months the unit would just go blank, maybe after a hard bump in the road but more often for no apparent reason, shut off and I would have to wiggle the plug around or move it back and forth in the hole to try to find the sweet spot where the green light and screen would come on and stay on. Then fine for a week until next time which eventually became the last time. I must have bought a new one or two every year for a while and then stuck the old defective one in the box and got a refund on it until they stopped selling that model (520 or 530 ) anymore.
Until finally I got one that lasted...have had it 5 or 6 years now. Maps are occasionally exposed as outdated, can't update them, but I get by with phone as backup. But now it is starting to go bad too, same plug/input issue. Craps out a few times over and over again maybe one twice a week and I have to mess around with it for a few minutes til it feels like staying on. But I'm sticking with it til the end. Not giving them or Garmin a dime let alone 300 dollars until I have to. And will probably stick with Rand when/if that time comes , stupidly, because I don't want to "learn" a new GPS even if it's likely a better one.