Dusty MI

Well-known Member
I consider this a tool.

We have an older Garmin, and we are considering getting a new GPS. We have liked the one we have, but we think that we would like one a little larger.
We use it mostly in out motor home.
We would like one where you can adjust the volume much like you can on a radio. The volume on the one we have is adjustable, but it's more smi-adjustable.

Anyone know of one that the volume is redly adjustably?


Thanks,
Dusty
 
If you are using it in an RV, it pretty hard to beat the Rand McNally RV specific units.

They are designed for RV use and you plug in your RV's HxWxL and weight and it will plan your route to avoid any problems with weight restricted bridges/roads and low overpasses.

They aren't cheap but they are well worth the price.

https://store.randmcnally.com/rv.html
 

I have had a few GPSs but now I use the google in my Apple 'phone. It is light years ahead of the others. The greatest difference is the rerouting to bypass problems that crop up. If a Garmin will do that, well fine, but I doubt that they will.
 
(quoted from post at 07:11:58 11/17/17)
I have had a few GPSs but now I use the google in my Apple 'phone. It is light years ahead of the others. The greatest difference is the rerouting to bypass problems that crop up. If a Garmin will do that, well fine, but I doubt that they will.

Rerouting to bypass traffic problems is technology that did not exist a few years ago, and still does not in many locations. The proper equipment needs to purchased and installed along the roadways, and many communities do not have it yet. An older Garmin or Tom-Tom can be upgraded to use that technology. I'm sure the new GPS units all use the new stuff.
 
(quoted from post at 08:40:00 11/17/17)
(quoted from post at 07:11:58 11/17/17)
I have had a few GPSs but now I use the google in my Apple 'phone. It is light years ahead of the others. The greatest difference is the rerouting to bypass problems that crop up. If a Garmin will do that, well fine, but I doubt that they will.

Rerouting to bypass traffic problems is technology that did not exist a few years ago, and still does not in many locations. The proper equipment needs to purchased and installed along the roadways, and many communities do not have it yet. An older Garmin or Tom-Tom can be upgraded to use that technology. I'm sure the new GPS units all use the new stuff.

Rusty, I don't believe so, I am pretty sure that google gets it from the millions of I-phones that are being driven around, so they are getting lots of intelligence on traffic congestion wherever there are many cars on the road.
 
(quoted from post at 10:15:51 11/17/17)
(quoted from post at 08:40:00 11/17/17)
(quoted from post at 07:11:58 11/17/17)
I have had a few GPSs but now I use the google in my Apple 'phone. It is light years ahead of the others. The greatest difference is the rerouting to bypass problems that crop up. If a Garmin will do that, well fine, but I doubt that they will.

Rerouting to bypass traffic problems is technology that did not exist a few years ago, and still does not in many locations. The proper equipment needs to purchased and installed along the roadways, and many communities do not have it yet. An older Garmin or Tom-Tom can be upgraded to use that technology. I'm sure the new GPS units all use the new stuff.

Rusty, I don't believe so, I am pretty sure that google gets it from the millions of I-phones that are being driven around, so they are getting lots of intelligence on traffic congestion wherever there are many cars on the road.

Only if those millions of I phone users are uploading that info while they are driving. Kind of a scary thought.
 
(quoted from post at 12:38:58 11/17/17)
(quoted from post at 10:15:51 11/17/17)
(quoted from post at 08:40:00 11/17/17)
(quoted from post at 07:11:58 11/17/17)
I have had a few GPSs but now I use the google in my Apple 'phone. It is light years ahead of the others. The greatest difference is the rerouting to bypass problems that crop up. If a Garmin will do that, well fine, but I doubt that they will.

Rerouting to bypass traffic problems is technology that did not exist a few years ago, and still does not in many locations. The proper equipment needs to purchased and installed along the roadways, and many communities do not have it yet. An older Garmin or Tom-Tom can be upgraded to use that technology. I'm sure the new GPS units all use the new stuff.

Rusty, I don't believe so, I am pretty sure that google gets it from the millions of I-phones that are being driven around, so they are getting lots of intelligence on traffic congestion wherever there are many cars on the road.

Only if those millions of I phone users are uploading that info while they are driving. Kind of a scary thought.

Well Rusty, maybe, but I am pretty sure that when you check yes, to give Google the right to track your location, then they are tracking your location, and feeding the info right back into the phones of the people using google GPS. Yeah, I know, big brother is keeping track of my every move but he saves me a lot of time every now and then.
 
(quoted from post at 15:02:01 11/17/17)
(quoted from post at 12:38:58 11/17/17)
(quoted from post at 10:15:51 11/17/17)
(quoted from post at 08:40:00 11/17/17)
(quoted from post at 07:11:58 11/17/17)
I have had a few GPSs but now I use the google in my Apple 'phone. It is light years ahead of the others. The greatest difference is the rerouting to bypass problems that crop up. If a Garmin will do that, well fine, but I doubt that they will.

Rerouting to bypass traffic problems is technology that did not exist a few years ago, and still does not in many locations. The proper equipment needs to purchased and installed along the roadways, and many communities do not have it yet. An older Garmin or Tom-Tom can be upgraded to use that technology. I'm sure the new GPS units all use the new stuff.

Rusty, I don't believe so, I am pretty sure that google gets it from the millions of I-phones that are being driven around, so they are getting lots of intelligence on traffic congestion wherever there are many cars on the road.

Only if those millions of I phone users are uploading that info while they are driving. Kind of a scary thought.

Well Rusty, maybe, but I am pretty sure that when you check yes, to give Google the right to track your location, then they are tracking your location, and feeding the info right back into the phones of the people using google GPS. Yeah, I know, big brother is keeping track of my every move but he saves me a lot of time every now and then.

"Location" is always turned off on my phone. No one needs to know where I am except for my wife, and she already knows.
 

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