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Old 09-19-2021, 12:47 PM   #21
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I have iPhone n hubby has android. He hates iPhone...lol.
We just bought a garmin and am trying it out.
 
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Old 09-19-2021, 01:22 PM   #22
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I’m a dinosaur when it comes to electronics.
My computer is not good. Thinking about getting a tablet to use for rv wizard. Does anyone know if u can use a tablet for accessing the same rv wizard stuff as with a computer?
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I assume you mean RVTripwizard. That is a website so it is much more powerful and easier to use on a laptop than the app on a phone/tablet. I am a techie with over 60 years computer experience and generally find phone/tablet apps more difficult to use than a laptop and less featured. I just tried the tablet app and can't figure it out at all whereas the laptop app is very intuitive. In any case, good luck.
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For those of you who have Garmin GPS-what size screen do you have? Neither myself or DW (and navigator) are techie's so I need one super user friendly and easy to see. I plan on mounting it on the passenger side so it should not interfere with vision out the front windshield.
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For those of you who have Garmin GPS-what size screen do you have? Neither myself or DW (and navigator) are techie's so I need one super user friendly and easy to see. I plan on mounting it on the passenger side so it should not interfere with vision out the front windshield.
I would get the biggest, I think that's now 10". All the same as far as UI but available in 6.95", 8", 10".
If a newbie, the most important thing to do when you first get it is to make sure it is set to 'Shortest time' or words that mean the same thing and NOT 'Shortest Distance'. That is how people end up in Readers Digest stories. Shortest distance can take you down roads that you should not ever be on with a car let alone an RV.
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I've used Rand McNally (Good Sams) RV GPS for 8 years but they quit updating the maps so it's time to make a purchase. I know that Garmin makes good RV/Truck GPS' but they are expensive.

Before the Covid 19 shutdown, I had the RV Trip Wizard app and used the RV Life app on my Android phone to use the GPS function while comparing it to the R-McN GPS. I didn't have much time to play with it before the shutdown.

If I understand it right, the $49/year for Trip Wizard includes the ability to use it on my phone that has the integrated GPS function. How well does that work??

I didn't play with it much when I have the subscription, so I couldn't compare it well. But with the GPS's costing $500, you could get 10 years of RVTW including GPS routing for that.

If you learn to use RVTW GPS correctly is it a good replacement for a real GPS?
A couple things to consider. Garmin has a huge number of people keeping their maps current. A GPS does not need an internet or phone connection. I always have at least 3 different routing calculators, Garmin RV GPS, in car NOT RV GPS, RV Trip Wizard that I check the night before when I have internet and always google earth if any doubt as to safe passage.
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