083 | GARMIN DEZL OTR800 IN-DEPTH UNBOXING & REVIEW 

Thank you for taking the time to make this I just spent the last hour following you step by step. This video made me feel 100% confortable with the Garmin DEZL 800

10 inch? Damn. Can’t wait for the 32 inch

I have my Garmin 570 for almost 6 years and it still works. The 800 has cool new features and I'm confident it will last at least as long

I have the DEZL 580. I like it, didn’t want the bigger 7”, found it unnecessary and obstructed view. Generally very good. I think the reputation is the Garmin is more durable than the Rand McNally. As with any GPS, always use intuition because sometimes it wants to take me on a wild journey. For example, in the Arkansas Ozarks it wanted to route me off of the main state highway across a bunch of little roads because the state highway had a few bridges that had a 78,000 limit and I have my Garmin set at 80,000 truck. I would have been on a route that was 100 miles longer and on bridges and roads not designed for a semi. Just be aware that these are only as good as the data that is available to them and often it isn’t current or correct. No doubt it is indispensable, but don’t always trust it blindly.

What a wonderful THOROUGH video. I literally followed every step and set up my Garmin 800 to my liking thanks to you

I was pretty happy with the 580. But ALWAYS pre tripped with Google maps as well, especially for what I called the "final mile". loved the magnet mount of the Garmin and the build quality.

Super helpful, especially the explanation of how to enter coordinates from Google Maps at 40:07.

I care LESS to have a GPS figure out my breaks... I just need it to find the place I'm heading to, accurately! The weather is a cool feature, though.

Thanks for making such an informative review. It answered all my questions. Purchased OTR 800. I drive at night making deliveries to supermarkets in interior of BC. Finding your way into most of them is similar to been a contortionist! If entering wrong your up the creek big time... The ability to create routes, edit them and store them is great. 8 months later I'm not relying on memory to setup correct approach. More great tools are the traffic ahead, road closures and weather. In BC we have to contend with hwy 1 through Fraser Canyon, hwy 3 Crows Nest Pass and hwy 5 Coqahalla or the 'coke' as we call it. These highways are subject to frequent snow slides and rock slides. Combined with severe winter weather requiring frequent chaining up. Combining Google Maps, OTR 800 and weather media, provides excellent picture of route ahead.

I recently bought the otd800. Your video was great and useful. Thanks a lot for doing this.

I picked up the otr800 last week. Much better then the RM750 I bought the previous week. I haven't had any problems with the otr800.

Well, ok, I bought one and going through your video once again! Very very helpful, so appreciate you doing this! Thanks again

Thank you for making this video. I’ve been waiting for someone to make one about this gps

I agree with you mount gps Low to the dash,blends in with hood sight line no obstruction of view out windshield

I bought the dezlcam 710 yesterday didn't really like it. Felt like a cheaply made android tablet. I took it back and got the 810. It's definitely an improvement in quality.

this is a very thorough review. thank you so much. I have enjoyed it

Great review, extremely helpful for a guy who's had enough of Rand McNally (I'm on my third RM unit, all had power supply failures). I've been thinking of making the switch to Garmin--and your video has convinced me--it's definitely time.

Thank you for this very informative video. I just bought the otr700 but i am not a trucker, just a car driver. I wanted something reliable. I had a cheap Chinese brand before and it conked out on me!!

Very helpful. thank you for taking the time to make the video. I am in the process of looking over the various systems and you have given me a chance to see what is in the device. Thank you again.

I love the big screen but there is a map error at Kansas City, Missouri The slow curve icon at I-70 w getting onto 435 s doesnt give you a long enough warning before you reach the life wreacking curve and Garmin has the speed limit for that curve set for 45mph when in reality it is only 25mph

Thanks for the review Scott. Be safe out there brother.

Galaxy Tab s5e + Sygic Truck it's working for me. The only think i like it's how this Garmin Android tablet looks. Otherwise, hardware it's outdated and you can see this when you zoom in on map, have delays. Thanks for the video. 👍

First, I want to invite your subscribers to drop by Pop's Mother Road Flatbed Report for a try on. Second... GREAT vid, man. I'm about 2 millimeters away from pulling the trigger and getting one. Your video really helped!

I've bought 2 Rand Mcnally TND80 tablets, and they both suck! You definitely helped make this decision to purchase a Garmin.

Great video I got the 10 inch but yes mine is on top windshield and so far It has not fell off the magnet is extremely strong even with rough roads. Lol I had my old cobra gps and finally gave it a peaceful resting place garbage about 15 years. I wish it would show rest area on map and not all these restaurants. But I learned alot from your video)) . I only had it 5 days lol so I did not have much time to play with it

There are a lot of features on this I think are important. Not sure where to order one in New Zealand, but I'll keep cross referencing with the paper maps when I get one.

Great review, thanks. Safe travels.

There are a few things I prefer about the Rand McNally GPS unit I had over my Garmin dezl 800, but overall I much prefer my Garmin. I just wish I could change my HOS settings from the 6/70 to the 7/80. I've been trying to figure out how to do that and the only thing I can find is that I need to install the Garmin ELD to be able to make that change.

Garmin should pay you!! Really detailed review. I'm shopping for one and I think this is what I"ll go with. H

In Kentucky I-64 E, be very careful trying to get to Lexington from Louisville, do not get off at exit 48 KY-151STAA, if you are over a certain amount of feet, DOT or state trooper will nab you, $163 ticket, $20 for the ticket and $163 or $143 for the curt fees. I only got out from going to court the last day because of COVID, case was dismissed.

I have my Rand McNally tnd 500 since 2014 still working like new. Started acting up and figured out the cord was messed up. Ordered new cords on Amazon and working like new clearer screen etc. I bought the RM 1050 when I thought my 500 died but now I'm returning the 1050 probably getting a small Garmin as backup and a dash cam and headset depending how much I get from the return.

*UPDATE 7/10/20* since making this video, I’ve made multiple phone calls through this unit and every single time the pop up phone screen freezes and won’t go away... needs to be fully rebooted. It has also routed me 3 very stupid ways I don’t think I can recommend anyone buy this unless you’re a hardcore Garmin lover. The Rand McNally 740 is better in many ways. I plan on reviewing the brand new RM 750 with the 2.0 navigation software so stay tuned!

They need to make GPS’s more efficient for local drivers that drive down town or do deliveries in other dense cities like Orlando,Fl;Tampa,Florida,NewYork,NewYork

I’ve got the Garmin 770, had it for almost 3 years. It’s a great tool. I had the Rand McNally that was comparable at the time. It sucked, in my opinion. But not familiar with 2.0 navigation software. I pretty much know where I’m going anyway these days but the Garmin is a good tool to program my fuel stops and such so I don’t fly by them. Plus I have it setup for voice command which works very well with the Garmin. The 770 is a 7 inch but hey, we could all use an extra inch. But I’m curious about this new one. I’ll probably pick one up from Loves and return it if I don’t like it.

Good review but you have to take 285 around Atlanta. Trucks are prohibited from entering Atlanta. Only local trucks can be access 75 past the 285 beltway. Reference Rand McNally road restrictions.

Well, nice video. I been driving for over 30 years now an still truckin. I always depend on my McNally map. I personally don't see spending so much money on a unit that i can get the same with my phone Google map is great. I downloaded Pilot, Love, Petro, Cat Scale , Rest stops app. Weather an traffic alert on my phone works great. Again just don't see why driver spend so much money while you have all these technologies on the phone. Just my opinion.

I have a Garmin but only use it as side tool . I still look at a paper map and use google earth. To get the full picture

I will use the garmin in Portugal, thanks for explanation

Thank You 🙏 for Your Service

i use a garmin myself. not sure if ill upgrade anytime soon but i do like the one you just showed

I watched the whole hour video or listened rather at 2am - 3am , rather on I-70 westbound between Corbin Kansas & Limon Colorado still undecided between the 785 which has a dash cam and the 800....I think the 1000 might be a little too big

Looks like you got one of the best ones. Good vid

Great review really in-depth

Thank you so much, lorn a lot from this video

Wow, finally! Seems like I've been waiting for the 8 inch forever. Almost bought the 7 inch, glad I waited. Did you say they also have a 10 inch 😲 Dang, that must be huge 😂 Thanks for the review 👍

Well cat scale has a app u can type it in on your phone and set destnation

Thanks for your time and efforts.

Thanks great video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It will go in my truck but its only a Toyota 4Runner haha.

Watching this for the third time LOL, notice something new every time I watch it. This time I noticed that it has a railroad crossing box to check off , I’ll be driving buses so this will be helpful. Would love it if it would flash or sound a warning for those railroad crossings as we have to stop at each one. Do you know if it does do that???

We need a GPS for local,downtown,dense deliveries to place like Orlando,Florida & Tampa,Florida where you have to deliver to stores like #Publix

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Thank you. Very very helpful

It'd be really nice if Garmin would allow you to set it to cash or no easy pass on toll roads.

IT WOULD OF BEEN NICE TO HAVE A 360 PROTECTOR FOR THESE

Here is what you have not heard or been told. The OTR800 unit is designed for professionals and Truckers and only for the open road and not for city driving. I provide professional repair services to my clients. Garmin (or anybody) really does not make a GPS device for delivery drivers and service professionals and they should. TheOTR800 is not well suited to the daily driver commute type. The car mode is a joke. It is easy to use but its a lot to learn too. Voice command recognition is better but you can no longer rename the device and are stuck saying "OK Garmin ~~~~~" I had a DEZL 770 and then a DEZL780. I only "upgraded" because Garmin is famous for not supporting older models. and I wanted a larger screen. The older models Navigated better with more options. Shortest route, Fastest route, street only, and economy mixed route. This way I could chose to save on gas or save on trip time. The OTR800 does not do this. Its navigation is one minded and the route it chooses most of the time is not the most direct route. Nor can you choose an economy route. Plus you have no choice of what route you you get. Its navigation is far worse tan Google Maps. and Worse than my Dezl780, which was not perfect. The OTR800 wants to use only the fastest route and it loves freeways. Example: If you want to go east on to a destination a half mile away on the same street you are already driving east on and there is a freeway ramp miles north, south or west of your present location. The OTR800 will plot a course way out of the way to that on ramp, telling you to traverse ground you already covered. Just to get you in the freeway. It does not even consider most of the time that the best route is straight ahead unless it can not find an on ramp within its search radius. So you have to IGNORE the device your paid nearly a Grand for or use Google maps to find the address. Plus if you ignore it, it is gets very pushy, tells you are going in the wrong direction, to repeatedly make a U turn until you are within a quarter mile of your destination. THIS IS INSANE. So do not plan on saving any fuel. Now if you are in the open country and need the interstate as truckers do, it works great. But for local city driving, I would go back to my 780 if I could to save on gas. My other gripe is that it's OS is only Android 6. We in 2022 are on Android 12. So most modern apps will not run on it. Also WARNING: APPS Drive and Dezl can not be killed or shut off. They consume power and data constantly I do not recommend installing Drive app and Dezl app on any phone, until such a time as users have full control over the apps. For nowhere in the user agreement does it indicate these apps run 24/7 and can not be shut off. I think they are secretly collecting personal data. The apps really do not help me navigate. They are supposed to warn me of real time traffic and speed traps. This is yet to happen once, in the six months I have owned the OTR800. Last gripe is the on screen warnings and agreement you see EVERY time you boot up the device. Annoying and takes too long. Does not remember the last mode, Truck, Van, Car etc it was in either.. The first thing a good GPS device should do when you turn it it on is show you a map of your present location and ask you where you want to go. Garmin does not think this is important. So Is it better than a 780. No not for my application.. It does find addresses and house numbers very accurately, better than the 780. But on several occasions it took me way out of the way and on several occasions had me drive in circles or drive to the wrong place THEN correct itself. Garmin should add back in the 780 economy features, retain last user settings and learn efficient practical routes from Google maps. mrgcav@gmail.com .

Switching over from Rand McNally, I find there are many things that I do like about the Garman over the ran McNally but there are some thing that are not as good as ran McNally. The one thing I miss the most is that Garman does not give you the name of the town that you’re in or near. That is a huge issue for me!

Excellent review...Thank you so much

Thank you very much for this video .

Wow! What a great review! Thank you. Does it show radar coming up?

Great video very helpful ,stay safe 🇬🇧👍

Interested in the OTR 500. Same unit smaller form factor

The speaker and sound volume is very bad on that new garmin, i just returned.🤷🏼‍♂️

Great review. Pretty cool.

Good stuff I just got 1 this was helpful

Very informative video. Thanks much.

The Garmin will route you still through there at exit 48, even though your put your truck size and weight into the Garmin.

some states, like Michigan will write you up for having the suction cup in the path of the windshield wiper

Thank you. Very useful info. I've been trucking for 3 years now using only Google maps off my phone. Lol. Now I'm wanting one. But don't know if I should get the Mc Nally or the Garmin?? Plus I got over 300 points on my pilot/flying j rewards card. So I'll be using them points on one of their electronic devices. Thanks again for the run down on the Garmin. Much appreciated.👍

Thank you so much, awesome video!!! ++++++

Great video very informative thank you 👍

thanks for the video

Great review thanks

Thanks brother 👍

I still haven’t figured out how to put places in my ❤️saved places? You just kinda showed that you could do it but I need to see how you do it. Can you explain it please.

Just bought one from Amazon it's on sale, but i was wondering if the box comes sealed because the box i had looks open with no seal. Any thoughts?

It seems the OTR series only shows in route truckstops a few hundred miles. Not your entire trip. Example of going coast to coast on the old Garmons you could get truckstop Road and your entire trip. Doesn’t seem that the new OTR will do that

I was wondering if you can show us how to put in multiple stops on this gps? It doesn’t work like my phone google maps does for multiple stops? Thanks again.

Great 👍

Now seeing how many features this thing has regretting getting the 5.5" model.

Thank you for this review

Nice review! Just one question. The other Mount( the one you set up on the left side of the windshield in the end of the video) doesn’t have the magnetic charging dock. How do you charge it if using it?

I know based of reading comments you’re no longer with Knight, but I’m wanting to get into trucking and after tons of research for starter companies, Knight seems to be the one where drivers get treated with the most respect. Not to mention they mention family as number one. I want to run refrigerated and since I’m in Atlanta, I should make decent money. So besides the low pay from what you’ve said, what do you think of them overall?

No built in dashcam. Huge fail imho. That alone makes me want to get the McNally.

Most of these last about a year before dropping off. Let us know if the more expensive ones, like this have a longer life cycle...thx for the vid.

Good job brother

You can do software n map updates via WiFi. You don't need to plug in PC to update 👍

Theu must have heard you. I just bought one it has a red or blue truck. Probably a viable through an Update

When you add a stop, can you see an estimated time of arrival to your final destination as well as your stop? I know on the Rand McNally 2.0 navigation they took that out for some reason

Believe area is called Lawrenceburg, KY.

Thanks for the review of the GPS, I do have a question. Is the GPS connected to a WIFI? I noticed some GPS need to be connected to a WIFI hotspot in order to get accurate wether info

The most serious disadvantage of 800 in comparison to 700 is the sound. Garmin 765 sounds really great, it feels like you hear an announcement inside of an airport. dezl 800 has just regular sound, it's not bad, but not great anymore and I have no idea for which reason they have deteriorated it.

Hey I hope all is going well with the new company. What GPS unit are you using today ? Since winter is upon what weather apps do you like to use when trip planning ? Thanks

Excellent review

Great review, I ended up buying the same 8 inch as you did, I wish that it would show your location in terms of city and state like what the Rand McNally does, the TND 80, but I am loving this one.

Scott…..HELP!!! I’m having problems with my new 800. When I set an address in to go to and then go to add in a second stop, as soon as I hit add a stop this thing goes right to start going to my first address 😳. Is this a defect? ALSO, I tried to play with it the other day just to see how it works and put in a address and after about a minute or so the screen went black and never heard from it again it like just shut off. I never had it plugged in at this time, would that have mattered?

Hi, can I ask you what version you got, it's the mt-d(DAB+) or mt-s(live traffic by smartphone) I like that feature with dezl app you can share the address straight from Google maps to the sat nav, I'm thinking buying the dab+ version and I'm not sure if it will work or not, I currently have the lgv 700 version with live traffic through the smartphone via dezl app

Only 2GB of onboard storage space for an android based operating system

this video was 2 years ago, do you still use this? thoughts?

How's it holding up with route directions otr are you having any issues is it accurate and also does it lose signal

Can you use the Garmin Voice Studio with this product still? I spent hours recording a cool voice (Venom, it's outstanding) on a voice modulator, and downloaded GVS from internet, would like to buy one for OTR, but trying to find one where I can customize voice.