Garmin dezl or Rand McNally?

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{"text":"Ok, I’ve been using a Garmin, but It’s time for a new gps.  Which do you prefer? Garmin or Rand McNally? Which has the most benefits to you? What features do you use the most?\nThanks ","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true,"externalShare":false}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"Same here, rand is good with set up and options but their system crashes a lot. LIKE A LOT. I had two my brother had two, one was with a tablet, worse pile of junk. Whatever you do don’t ever get a gps with a tablet. I finally decided to give Garmin a shot and I couldn’t be happier with my choice. If you don’t mind passing your exit once in a blue moon cause your Rand McNally froze than go with Rand. If you want a reliable gps that doesn’t freeze up, I recommend garmin. Been using Garmin for going on 3 yrs now and it hasn’t crashed once on me yet. “Knocks on wood”","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyToPid":0,"replyTo":"","text":"I had two Rand McNallys and both were junk and packed with technical issues. Then I went with Garmin, and I couldn’t be happier. Garmin has been in the GPS business for a very long time. Rand McNally started like some 7 years ago."}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"Thanks everyone! I decided to stick with Garmin. I got the OTR 8”. I don’t really care about dash cams so I didn’t splurge for that. So far, so good. Again, thanks for taking the time to reply.","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"I will stick with my Garmin. It’s worked well for the 10 years I have been using a GPS. Not the same Garmin. I have updated. Lol","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"rand McNally still takes ya into the city and car routes","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"rand McNally still takes ya into cities and car routes","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"Your phone has better features on it you should try it ","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"I am running two different models and they never agree. I have an older Garmin dezlCam and a new Rand McNally T1050.  Here’s a little info about my business that will inform you about what I expect from my gps. Based out of Holland, MI, I do pedal runs of hardwood lumber throughout Michigan, the northern half of Indiana, the greater Chicago area and occasionally up to Milwaukee averaging 200 to 600 miles per day and anywhere from 2 to 10 stops per run. Although I’m generally going to the same pool of 250 customers, it’s never the same stops or sequence on any given day. Consequently I’m always looking for the fastest/shortest truck legal route. Some of my stops are rural and some are urban. I pull a very unique type of trailer called a Wingliner (look it up at wingliner.com) that is incredibly well suited for my situation.  Most stops take less than 5 minutes from brake set to brake release because I can open the sides of my trailer with the push of a button on a remote control as I’m rolling to a stop. However, sometimes I need to bump a dock instead of unloading out the side.  My stop sequence is determined by a number of factors and here’s how I do it because neither brand of gps can do route optimization. \n\nFirst, I use google maps on my phone and enter all of the stops, then play with the order until I get the fastest total run time. Then look at the size of the units for each stop and see if they can be loaded to facilitate an unloading sequence that will come off from top to bottom and back to front in order to keep a good weight distribution throughout the day.  Pack sizes can vary from 6’ to 16’ long and 4” to 4’ high each.  You can’t put long packs on top of 6’ packs unless you have a couple of equal height. What about the occasional bump dock stop?  You need to get that off earlier in the run but you have to get any stops off that would be loaded on top of it first. You get the picture.  \n\nSo now the truck is loaded according to the best mix of time/mileage, weight distribution, unloading considerations, etc.   It’s time to enter the desired route into the gps’. \n\nThe Garmin doesn’t always give me the best route, but it is far easier to program than the Rand.  For this comparison we will assume that you have all of your potential stops saved in your favorites or whatever you want to call them.  On the Garmin you will tap [Where To?], [Saved], and[All Saved Places].  This brings up your list of saved locations starting with the closest to your current location. Now you can either scroll through the list which might take forever depending on the length of your list, or you can tap in the search bar to bring up the keyboard and start typing the name of your desired stop.  As you type, several options from your favorites will appear across the screen above the keyboard and as you continue to type, see the list zero in on your target quickly, like within 3 or 4 letters entered. Once you see the one you want in the list of options you simply click on it. The screen changes to give you the choice of reviewing various routes, tapping an info button to see more about your choice, or tapping the [GO] button.   The Garmin is very fast at pulling up the map and calculating the route. Then you can repeat the process for each location. All told, you’ve tapped 8 times to enter your first stop (assuming you only had to type 3 letters of the customer’s name. \n\nNow the Rand:  Tap [Where To?], [Guided Search], [Address Book], [Bookmarks], [Search (magnifying glass)], [(spell the name)] which usually requires several more letters than the Garmin, tap the name from the list, [Route], [Empty] or [Loaded] , then it will start calculating the route (which can take several MINUTES), and finally the [Start] button.  That’s usually about 14 taps PLUS a big calculation pause!  I just got carpal tunnel syndrome!!!\n\nHow about bugs?   On the Rand I frequently get the following message right after arriving at one stop and it’s trying to calculate the next leg:\n\n“No Routes Found.  Please Choose Another Destination And Try Again.”\n\nAre you kidding me??!!  And believe it or not, this has happened when the next stop is literally only 4 or 5 doors down the very same street!  I get that message at least 2 to 3 times a week. The only way out is to cancel the trip, kill the app and power cycle the tablet.  Then you have to reprogram the rest of the route. \n\nAnother bug I’ve seen on both units, but more often on the Rand is disregarding state trunk lines in favor of US highways and Interstate highways. For example, I’ve been in Mt. Pleasant, MI and the next stop was in Bay City, MI. Instead of taking M-20 east for 30 miles and merging onto US-10 east for the remaining 15 miles, the Rand would tell me to take US-127 south for 63 miles to I-69, go east on I-69 for 40 miles to I-75, then north 50 miles.  That’s 153 miles instead of 45 miles.  The Garmin usually “learned” its way out of that habit, but if you’re in a region you’re not familiar with, and because the GPS typically only shows you a very small area around your current location, you could be out hours of time and gallons of fuel before you figured it out.  That’s spelled 💸💸💸!!\n\nThere’s my experience.  You can decide for yourself.  Good luck and happy trucking!\n\n","replyToPid":0}