Thank you for this video I was wondering about the rv gps vs trucker gps yesterday for the Skoolie (tiny home) I'm building, and then found your video this morning.. Funny thing is, I live in DeLand FL.
@@CampMoreBarkLess It's nothing real grand at the moment Money is tight till I can get my house sold then I'll have the money to finish it.. But you're welcome to come check it out sometime.
What a great in-depth review. Thank you for taking the time to go through all the good and bad points of each unit which seams to be an unbiased opinion. Made a subscriber of me...safe travels guys!
Awesome video! Super helpful to see both devices! I’ve watched too many of those videos of RVs going under low clearance bridges 🙈 we double and triple check our routes. Lol!
Rand McNally reached out to use to explain that the slow GPS location on their unit was possibly due to the unit facing straight up during boot up. The GPS sensor is located on the back and was pointed toward the ground during the test. Also that the metal table it was sitting on may have interfered with it getting a correct lock also. Don't mind that minutes is spelled incorrectly, just seeing who is paying attention, 🙂
25 year trucker and have been using the RND 780 about 5 years. Had to buy and swap power cords 4 times. Now its blanking or blacking out and making buzzing noises. It was a $599 price tag and you need to connect to a computer for updates. Purchased the Garmin Diezul 785. Wi-Fi updates and build quality and , magnetic mount $200 CHEAPER , just a better GPS in my opinion. And dashcam a plus.
The Garmin 780 DOES keep track of gas usage AND gives you two route with your address search just like the Rand McNally unit. You can also purchase the GTM 60 HD cable (part # 010-01031-00) for the Garmin so you don't have to link to your phone for live traffic updates, and you don't have to drain your phone battery using the bluetooth link. You can create destination routes as well with as many stops as you like with the Garmin. Garmin is and has always been the Cadillac of GPS's.
Great comparison. Rand has stopped support for the Good Sam unit. Unfortunately, the Rand Trip Maker program is interior to the Good Sam Trip Planner. Rand's mapper has no area for RV Height, Length, etc. Hopefully they will step it up or lose their following.
They need to step up since we can no longer up load our trips to our Rand units via Good Sams app. Also not included in the Rand App, they don't have any listings for campgrounds!
I've talked with Rand several times about the product differences but they don't seem to show much interest in comments and only give limited answers. My end up going with Garmin next time so we can get back to using Good Sam Trip Planner as before.
Wow, thanks for the info. Our Rand I check before every trip. It has had an update around once a year. May want to contact them. I will try to find out what map set mine is at for you.
I get map updates from Garmin 3, 4, and I think even 5 times a year in some occasions. Plus, their support for older and legacy devices is generally very good. I've also seen some very nice software updates applied to the Garmin over the years polishing up some features and making using it a lot easier.
I have two RM RVND's --5&7 and I also have been getting the no updates message for 3 years. Forget lifetime maps, it is a scam! They have 3 legal escape clauses--OBSOLETE!
Thanks for watching, be careful our unit has tried to take us under two low bridges in the past. It was the model before this but still it leaves a strong memory.
Turcan tribe, that is a great point that we did not think of since neither of us are truckers. Really appreciate you chiming in on this, thank you. Hopefully someone thinking of getting one will read your comment and change to an RV specific unit.
I do think the price will come down as Garmin is in the Rv market for a longer period of time. Our first Rand unit was in the $400+ range back in 2014 and now $200+ for the current model.
Wonder if you really need another GPS when you have one of the best right in your truck. Sync3. When you subscribe to Sirius Travelink it is a very powerful and accurate system. Includes up to date traffic, re-routing if necessary, weather, POI's, fuel prices, routing to the station, multiple waypoints are easy to insert, eta's are constantly updated, virtually instant on and ready to go before you can put the rig in gear, and much more. You can switch to Android Auto and Google Maps if that's you favorite. Although it doesn't have the info for RV's. And some of those features would come in handy from time to time, I'm not sure cluttering up the vehicle with multiple GPS systems is worth the money. If your rig doesn't have GPS, I would take the Garmin. By the way, the Sync 3 usually displays 3 route options and recognizes voice for entering the waypoints and destination.
The garmin was in sleep mode. Better if tested with both completely turned off. I got a garmin. Not sure who actually builds the rand McNally electronics
The test would be more fair if the Garmin was turned off. We didn't realize that when we made the video. Wonder how long the battery would last while in sleep mode?
Thanks Roger. when we got home I grabbed Lisa's car Garmin and it came up just as quick. so I figured it had to be just sleeping. We defiantly like that feature
Apparently that is the consensuses. The metal table and possibly having them upright so that the antenna is in the correct orientation. Thanks for chiming in.
But you have to assume that those bridge signs are correct. When they pave these highways , do they go back and measure the height of these roads? Do they change the signs? We have to assume they do. A freshly paved highway will measure one thing one day and measure another once trucks have gone over them a few weeks . And we need to measure our rigs to make sure they are whT they say they are. They measure your empty , and if you load it up it will measure differently. And these travel trailers, 5th wheels need to be loaded evenly front to back , side to side . We see lots of trucks pulling these trailers with the rear end almost on the ground and the front of the truck look like an airplane on takeoff, nose up in the air. Blinding those that are driving in the opposite direction. I would think that they are unsafe on stopping their rigs. Im sorry I know this video is about GPS but this goes with the height of a bridge.
Jiml40 is correct in my opinion. The reason is that the Garmin that was reviewed is for commercial use for truck drivers. A fair comparison would be against the Rand McNally OverDryve tablet. Now, if you wanted a fair comparison against the current Rand McNally in your video, take a look at the Garmin 780RV. I have the predecessor which is the 770 and absolutely LOVE it. The RV versions of the Garmin are essentially the same as the commercial unit except that it exchanges truck logs for RV features like campgrounds.
The Rand has two choices but the Garmin you can alter the route and after it's altered you can save that route with the changes to your trip planner. My company gives me a recommended route with every load I'm dispatched on so I can make changes in the Garmin if needed. The Garmin when connected to your phone and you have the Garmin app on your phone will give live traffic and weather updates. I had the Garmin 7200 truck GPS for years the 780 is a huge improvement. When you take a few minutes to verify your route and make any needed changes the 780 will never steer you wrong.
