I just bought this the other day. I love this GPS. You can physically type the address in on unit or type the address on your phone then the phone transfers the info to the GPS or you say OK Garmin and ask for direction. Not to mention live traffic reports. It's constantly communicating with your phone getting all kind of info about what's up ahead on your trip
A year later I bought the McNally Overdrive 7 second edition and immediately updated the GPS . I wasted 600$ the Garmin absolutely destroys Rand McNally!!!!! Do not buy the Rand McNally you will be sorry. Hopefully if you do you still kept your Garmin. Lmao lesson learned
I’ve been driving for almost 18 years. I got into using GPS about 8 years ago. I currently use a Garmin Dezl. I’ve had Rand McNally units previously. RM’s aren’t durable for the long haul. I’ve had the Garmin for 4 years and have had no issues. Great video!
I've been using my TND 730 for six years now and surprisingly, it is still going strong. However, that has not been the case with most of my friends' units. Hence, I believe my particular unit is the exception rather than the rule.
I have been driving a truck for 16 years and I just bought this GPS 700 and this is my third garmin, the one from 16 years ago still worked but it had too little memory and I used it for 8-9 years, the one I have now is also about 8 years old, it also works , I just had to buy a memory card and the maps work great, just sometimes it's too hard to press the letters, that's why I bought the 700 and I think it will also work for 8-10 years, garmin is a great GPS.
The previous models had those ball joint mounts. Mine would sag when it got hot and I’d be on a bumpy road. I used Gorilla glue to hold it in place but it didn’t work to well so I broke down and bought a universal windshield mount from the truck stop. I’m still using that mount today. Oh and truth be told I’m watching this vid from the Loves in Knightstown IN....funny you mentioned the roads being bumpy...lol they sure are all the way through Indy on 70! Thanks for posting the vid!
@@ULTRAMAGAlodon I don't know what You mean by city and states they all show You city and states but sometimes it's not accurate so always lookup the address using your Google maps so You get better view of your destination
@@Troymatti on the bottom tab where it says what road you're on. On a Rand you can tap it and it changes to city, state. Or street you're on. How do I get it to tell me where I am??
use the voice hands free option just say "OK Garmin" say the address and say the option number, then say go. there are many voice commands that it recognizes. Hands down the OTR700 or higher are the best on the market. nice video, thxs Craig 4.6 million logged miles since 1984, so yeah electriconic technology is vital to our industry. Like the other guys said, a piece of electrical tape should do the trick on tightening up the ball vibration.
Garmin GPS is great. As you rightly say, Rand McNally offers much more information, but it is difficult to read especially for those who wear glasses like me. The letters are very small, this does not happen with Garmin GPS.
Thanks for video - my Rand McNally TND 750 7 inch should come in today Amazon - really thinking about exchanging it but I’ll open it get started and if it’s half decent I’ll keep it just to avoid the trouble of returning - I’ve had Garmin when I was a chauffeur in the Bay Area now I’m a truck driver in the Central Valley Ca. thanks for sharing.
You could also use the top part of a water bottle if the ball will fit in it, just cut off a small section to use as a shim.. I recently spoke to Neil Otts and asked about you..
Hello Sir. Good to see your back at it. ♠️200142 here. I ended up super gluing my Rand McNally to the base. I never took it off anyway. Be safe out there.
I just picked up the Garmin OTR 700 today. I only paid $40 and used the rest of my points at Pilot Flying J. It was on sale so I jumped on it. I’m coming from an older Garmin Dezl760. My impressions Between the two units are: 760 . Feels more solid but more old school. The screen is definitely lo-res and the CPU is slower compared to the OTR 700. It looks like Garmin revamped the software by hiding multiple features behind buttons rather than configuring separate buttons as is the case on the 760. OTR 700: screen is very crisp and Hi-Res. Very snappy on Boot Up. Very feature rich, Bluetooth to your smart phone and use the Garmin Drive app and you will have tons of online features displayed on the Garmin unit. The 760 was quite a bit older and definitely more primitive compared to this unit. I thought I was being a little frivolous by buying the OTR 700 but now I’m glad I did. Even though they both have the same screen size, the OTR 700 is quite a bit smaller because of the smaller case and smaller bezels. I like the dashboard on the 760 where I could have 4 Information fields displayed simultaneously. You get the same thing on the OTR 700, you just have to touch the speed display and it will display everything I had on the dashboard. I was concerned I was going to have to keep a Wi-Fi connection between the GPS and my phone to get all of the features, but that’s not the case. Wi-Fi is only needed when you’re downloading software and map updates. Otherwise, everything is transmitted over Bluetooth which is always enabled on my phone anyway. From what I can tell, if the Garmin power cord ever went bad you could just buy a USB mini cord and plug it into a standard charger with this unit. The 760 has a special adapter for traffic where this unit is getting that information from your smart phone. My old power cord was going out on the 760 and I had to tape it to keep it connected. It’s nice to know I can buy something inexpensive and generic rather than having to buy it from Garmin. I just got my unit a few hours ago and have already updated the software and now I am updating the maps but it’s going take a whole day because my hotspot data is very slow right now. It’s nice not to have to plug it into a computer to update it as was the case with the 760. Does anyone know how to enable the breadcrumb trail? Or, is it automatically enabled on the unit. I didn’t see the setting like I have on my 760. Due to being stuck at a truckstop with a broken collarbone, my drive testing is very limited. Thanks
@@CraigRyan You’re very welcome! I’m kind of a GPS junkie/ Technology buff. Thanks for taking us through the features in your video, I learned a few tricks myself. I finally got all the maps updated after 29 hours of a slow hotspot speed. I’ve been playing with the unit this morning I am like it! Took me a long time to buy it as I felt the 760 was good enough. My friend bought a Rand McNally and I think he’s going to regret it. I’m stuck at a truckstop with a broken collarbone so I have not done a drive test on this GPS yet. Does anyone know if it leaves a breadcrumb trail or if it has to be enabled?
Mine doesn't move at all, I drive across US30 from Fort Wayne to Chicago and back almost daily, terrible roads. I'll tell you where the GPS really shines, watching the speedzones. I'm allowed 5mph over for bonus and keeping the GPS in view on top of dash I can always glance at it and know my speedzones. You can move, edit, add, delete the info boxes on the right side. Mine are distance to destination, time to destination and Time Of Day. Try roughing the ball for mount up with some 120 sandpaper, might help.
RAM mount may serve you well. There is a ball to ball adapter to the RAM mount that works well. Does the screen work OK and not crash with heat? Some other Garmin products don't do well above 90F.
I just brought this gps . Only thing I don’t like is it doesn’t tell you what city and state your in at the bottom . Also doesn’t have a display clock to show what time it is when your on maps
Can you use the Garmin Voice Studio with this product still? I spent hours recording a cool voice 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.
What happened to your Rand McNally? Did it croak or did you just get tired of looking at that crappy display? I'm still rolling strong with my same old 730 all of this time. I was waiting for Rand McNally to come out with a 750 to see if they fixed the display, but I must admit, those Garmin's are looking better and better to me.
@@CraigRyan Damn, no wonder you tried Garmin. As you certainly didn't get your money's worth with that last one. Meanwhile, I'm still chugging along with my now six year old TND 730 that I purchased in 2014. However, I think I will swap to the Garmin when it finally kicks the bucket, but nonetheless, it's still doing its thing flawlessly for me.
I also waited. I nearly dropped the money on a Dezl 780 earlier this year. Something told me to wait it out. I’m glad I did. The new Rand McNally’s are coming out as well as these newer model Garmins. I have a Garmin 770 I got off LetGo and it works but sometimes it routes me strangely...go 5miles up the road and come back down the other side of the interstate to get to the truck stop thats across the street..???? Whaaat? So I want a new one. Newer software mainly.
@@standodge5536 Yeah, that's my main concern about the Garmins. As I have read a lot of people reporting about the same issue with their Garmins when trying to go to truck stops. So I would like to know if they fixed that issue in the newer Garmins. As that problem has been ongoing for a quite long time and across several Garmin models. Also I've always heard that the truck stop databases in the Garmins are also not as up to date as the Rand McNallys as well. Hopefully, someone using a newer model can read this an enlighten us if those things have been fixed and improved or if it is still an issue. Anyway, I'm still using my old TND 730 and the battery in it lasted for far longer than the batteries in any of my friends' TND 730s. Anyway, the battery finally died on me about a year ago. So like everybody else, I have to leave it plugged in all the time to run it. However, that's the only issue I've had with it since I've had. Not to mention that the continuous updates over the years have also enhanced it a great deal more than it originally was since I first got it and I still like the display of the TND 730 the best. As to me, that was the best display ever. The display on it is probably the biggest reason I stuck with it for so long and of course, the familiarity with using it is another.
Hey tks for this video help me... is expensive that suport need to be lime the overdrive pro 8. I have but gps. Is not that great .. but many apps is good for me i really love RM overdrive pro 8. I'm planing to buy that gps you have bit I get disappointed for the support of the gps and for 800?? Is really bad
Just ordered mine, & taking the 780 model back. I like this model because the screen is got gorilla glass like a mobile phone. It’s just more modern looking. The 780 does have WiFi updates but who cares connecting it to a PC. When it comes to road bumps, I live in Devon UK. Some of the busiest & narrowest on planet earth. & the asphalt isn’t that great.
If you use the "UP AHEAD" feature on the right you can click on the truckstop that shows up and it will pull up all available stops on the entire route that you can scroll through like you mentioned you would like. It is still not 100 accurate.
I finally retired from driving about 3 months ago and my TND 730 made it through for me to the very end. Then on the very first long trip I took since I retired, I fired it up again. Then, on the way to my destination, I stopped at a Walmart during the trip. Then when I took off again, all of a sudden the touch screen wouldn't work anymore. As it has in effect, finally bit the dust. I tried updating it again when I got home to see if it would correct the problem. No such luck, it's has for all intents and purposes died. Well, since I'm not over the road anymore, I'm now using google maps for navigation, as I have unlimited Internet on my phone.
This is a good question Chris. I never did custom routes, ever. I saw what the gps recommended, then went the way I chose. the GPS would then follow me and generally pickup on the route I was following. I hope this makes sense.
@@CraigRyan here my issue and why i ask. im actually looking for a gps that can allow me to do custom routes because of things like high value loads. they give you a piece of paper with directions to take which is fine but being able to enter that into a gps would be ever better so i can follow gps and not have to read as i drive for safety purposes
Albert, I'm sorry I can't answer this. I never pursued hazmat and didn't pay much attention to a feature like this if it was there. Currently I am not using the device every day, so am not a good source. Maybe someone else knows?
At Loves the OTR700 is $399 7inch screen. The OTR800 is $599 8inch screen. They made a 10inch screen but I wonder why anyone would want that massive screen anywhere the windshield or even down below on the console. I’m buying the 7inch. It’s cheaper and there’s no real advantage to the 8in unless you’re hard of seeing I suppose.
@@standodge5536 The one review I watched on the 10 inch, the dude doing the reviewed complained repeatedly that it was way too big and that it would block his view. As he was trying to figure an alternative way to mount it. I would think the 700 with the 7 inch screen would be perfect.
I figured out how to turn the breadcrumb trail on. It comes turned off by default when you purchase the unit. Go to: SETTINGS> Map and Vehicle>Map Layers>✅Travel History at bottom of the list.
@Craig Ryan someone broke into my car and stole two GPS, including the Dezl 785. I bought the TND 750, it is very good GPS, it calculates the routes very fast, much faster than Garmin GPS, it is full of features, although many of them are not working, I already reported it to Rand McNally, another thing I found was that they can only be added up to 9 stops, not up to 50 as it was being advertised on the website, they already corrected that information, also, in the device that I bought it reported a battery of 1000 mha instead of the 4000 mah that they reported on the site, I sent them back the device for checking, it must be returned in the next few days.
Well, I guess that would work Mike, but I don't like to have any more interaction with my phone than necessary while driving. Also, it's very small in comparison. There's no doubt google maps is great, but it's not made for trucks. Thanks!
@@CraigRyan Well, I bought one and returned it by the end of day! Wow.. what a piece of CRAP! The thing immediately sent me down a wrong road 15 miles and made me exit to get back on going the opposite way. STRIKE ONE! I knew the right way, but I thought maybe it had some secret routing I was unaware of... NOPE. Crazy... Never do that again. You also cannot have it display truck stops or wayside rests along your route. It shows everything surrounding you. STRIKE TWO! Now, STRIKE THREE was a bunch of various smaller things... but one I can not go without is knowing the remaining miles of my trip or POI arrival. Rand McNally does on my TND 730. I love the TND 730 the best of ALL their GPS's. I told tech support my thoughts on it, as well. Not sure they will do anything about it. Anyway, NO MORE Garmin's for me!! Peace
@@truckerron these are curious issues you are having. I don't have this model Garmin gps but the one I have does give you the option to look for rest areas, etc along your route. Its default setting is to look near you but that issue can be easily addressed. I also have no problem displaying estimated time of arrival or distance to destination. You can customize the settings to have at least one of these on the main screen and a touch of a button will give me other data. As for the routing issue, I've learned the hard way to review the route before departure. The Navigo system my company has installed has made a number of errors in this regard. I have no experience with the Rand McNally gps but I am happy it works for you. I am probably going to upgrade to this unit as my 6 year old Garmin is beginning to have power issues. I like the ability I've had with Garmins of the past to transfer the hundreds of locations I have saved over the years into a new one. Safe travels.
Rand Mcnally used to show the icons for scales, cat scales and truck stops... They did away with those with the latest version. Both Garmin and Rand Mcnally are garbage. They need to hand driver's in on the R&D.
@@damondhorner1602 thanks for that, I have use two garmin's only one of them give me distance, other gps Just a warning. Both purchase these year (full update)
@@CraigRyan true... and I should have been smart enough not to buy a garmin that's for sure instead I should have gone with what had worked for me before
