What GPS to do you use?

[LMHS]

I use CoPilot with a cheap tablet with GPS and a 7" screen. I can easily move it from vehicle to vehicle. I tried the RV Life one but it lost it's mind somewhere around the OK/AR state line on I-40. It kept trying to route us off the Interstate when our next stop was on I-40. When we stopped, I opened up CoPilot and haven't looked back.

I prefer to run US Hwys rather than Interstate Hwys. CoPilot is working well for that. I pre-plan my trips and routes so all I really need is "turn here" type directions. I know too many people who got into trouble blindly following their GPS.

 

[Joe Dutchstar]

GPS routing can be bizarre at times. Here in Florida, the Ford will tell you to get off and back on a toll road for some odd reason, or send you into cash lanes while we have transponders.
The days of getting in and confidently entering a destination into the GPS are still far off into the future, especially for a large vehicle like a RV.

On the other hand, when the Tesla tries to send me on what I think is an inefficient routing, I triple check all the maps on the routing, looking for road closures, construction, backups.

The Tesla GPS is real time traffic and is ignored at your peril. Don't ask how I know, 3 hrs of my life I'll never get back.

 

[star1k]

Thank you, everyone, for your comments. We got ourselves Garmin 1095.
So far so good made only 2 trips with that, so too early to tell how well I will like it, however, there are a few things to mention: my car does not have a 12 v cigarette outlet, so had to buy a 110 v to 12 v adapter.
We got 10 in screen - it is large and I can read everything, but, I think it is a little too big.
One time it lost GPS signal( i suspect) and was trying to reroute me. next day driving the same route was perfectly fine...

 

[RetiredAt49]

Newbie here - Just purchased our first RV, a 2022 Holiday Rambler Vacationeer 35K. So I bought the Garmin 1095 for the coach... with as much window space that our Class A has available - I can position the Garmin where it feels natural and not creating a potential blind spot. Also I only have a TMPS screen taking up other window space - on Bam BAM, it has a camera screen for the 3 units built into the driver's console so we don't have to have that taking up dash space.

Besides having ample dash space for the large screen, I chose this one because in my daily driver I have 3 large digital screens - two of which are touch responsive-so I have been spoiled anyway, the other tool I subscribed to is RV Life Pro - Trip Wizard for planning our weekend get aways... it is so easy to plan your route, download the file and then upload the route into the Garmin...

I will say if I was pulling a 5er or TT and in a HD pickup, I would probably go with the smaller screens.

 

[Admiral Jarok]

Hello, new RVer here.
Looking for advice on the GPS unit.
I see there are GPS for trucks and GPS for RV also apps ( truck map). Which one do you like better? Is there a difference?
My truck came with standard google maps which can not be configured for commercial trucks ( which all dualies in NY )
Thanks

Ive been a Garmin guy my whole life. Love the hardware/software. Right now I have a Garmin Tread and love it.