GPS App for Our Sightseer 35G?

[Lpick1970]

I am a newby and trying to find out if RV Life is the best gps to use? We just bought a Sightseer 35G.

 

[creativepart]

Everyone has their own opinion about these things. Many use the Garmin devices with big screens and lifetime map updates.

I use the RV Life Trip planner, but not their GPS on my phone. My motorhome came with. 10.1” monitor and built in GPS.

I’m sure you’ll hear from others about their own personal favorites.

 

[Cooperhawk]

I am a newby and trying to find out if RV Life is the best gps to use? We just bought a Sightseer 35G.

RV Life is complicated to use but does the job. Using your phone is cumbersome and what I recommend is purchasing a good Garmin GPS. You can upload the RV Life right on to it.

 

[Getzold]

RV Live vs. Garmin

I use both, but I find that the Garmin does a better job. RV Life seems to be more conservative.

 

[kvmllr-WO]

We live in the West and there are way too many places without phone coverage to ever trust an app. We use a dedicated rv specific gps. Garmin is great, we currently have an Ohrex.

 

[SALLYCAPP]

I Use an RV-specific Garmin with RVLife Trip Wizard and CoPilot GPS all at the same time. CoPilot GPS is the only one that recognizes a low Amtrak bridge in my immediate neighborhood, so I trust it most. Garmin had sent me in the direction of low bridges once when we were forced off of I-95 due to an overturned truck. Luckily, we were extremely alert to our environment due to being forced off the interstate and we were able to turn off that road before hitting the bridge. It also took us under a 12'10" bridge, we are 12'8" but had the Garmin set at 13'. Garmin confidence is low in my opinion. RVLife has great routing that matches the CoPilot GPS while the Garmin suggests other routing.

 

[Wilkesy-WO]

We learned our lesson using our phone Android Auto for a GPS on our first trip with our 35ft Motorhome with pull vehicle.
Issues it caused:
1. GPS took us off the express way to save 2 miles on a road with a 11-foot train bridge we couldn’t fit under. Thankfully there was a side road we could take without having to do a u-turn with a pull vehicle.
2. Every time someone called my phone the GPS screen went away.
3. Pain with combination GPS, Radio and Phone
4. No real way to Find Points of interest on the route you are on. Rest stops, Gas Station, Restaurants, RV Parks, Truck stops
5. Doesn’t work when you don’t have cell coverage
We purchased a Garmin RV GPS. The best money we have spent on RV item.
Why RV Garmin:
1. Cell phone is a cell phone, Radio is a radio and GPS is a GPS.
2. Generally, it keeps you on RV compatible roads with bridge clearances. If you program the GPS for your RV specs.
3. Has a scrolling list of Points of interest (with miles) on side while traveling. On’y show you what is on your route (not what you have just past). Only show you gas stations that you can fit in.
4. We Like Love’s truck stops. We stay overnight at Truck stops when traveling. We found a way to program GPS to Specifically Show upcoming Love’s.
5. Doesn’t need cell coverage.
6. We also use RV Life to plan trip. I found a way to dump into GPS. Note: you need to program several waypoints, or it may not take you the same way RV life takes you. I wish RV life would work with Garmin to make this seamless.
If you get a Garmin, make sure you perform updates before every trip, so you have Points of interest updated and road changes.