Garmin dēzl™ OTR710, Large, Easy-to-Read 7” GPS Truck Navigator, Custom Truck Routing, High-Resolution Birdseye Satellite Imagery, Directory of Truck & Trailer Services

I’ve been using this for over a month now and am still learning. I use the phone app to send destination info via Bluetooth and that works great. I purchased (about $20) the annual subscription to have my phone via Bluetooth to send speeding cameras and red light cameras info, and despite an hour on the phone with Garmin customer support (very professional) and my GPS showing it “should” be indicating all cameras, it still doesn’t work, so now I’m just looking for another hour I can spend on the phone to get it to work. Waze does it just as well, so sometimes I drive my motor coach bus (50 ) passengers using both the Garmin GPS AND my cell phone for Waze or Google Maps. I shouldn’t have to do that, but it is what it is. If anything, it is back up to a backup. Also, the battery is marginal. When using it, you can only use it for about 20 to 30 minutes before it runs out of power. I have it plugged into a cigarette lighter, but those are broken on some buses, so now I need to buy a 120-volt adapter as a backup to the backup to the backup. I also carry my solar charger and my emergency jump start battery, all as backup to the backup to the backup to the backup, and so on. What a pain. Where I live, there are new toll roads on I-66 west bound outside of Washington, DC, and the Garmin map doesn’t reflect it accurately. It wants me to get off of the toll lanes earlier because it doesn’t seem aware that there is further down the road toll lane exit that works perfect for my destination. I basically have to ignore the Garmin. I’ll be in a jam if there is a wreck in the express lanes up ahead, but I’ll have to take that risk. Maybe there is something in the algorithm that encourages you to get out of the toll lanes if there is no discernable difference between the toll lane and the regular lanes, but I should be able to tell the system to use toll lanes to the max extent possible (less traffic and higher speed, plus the company wants us to use the toll lanes to the max extent possible). What I really like about Garmin (also had one for my car years ago and it is probably buried in a closet somewhere) is how it shows what the lanes and signs actually look like when approaching a turn. Going from express lane to express lane vs. going from express lane to regular lanes vs. going from regular lanes to express lanes can be really confusing, especially due to the VERY POOR signage here in Virginia especially where the beltway I-495 crosses I-66. That signage is terrible, and the Garmin really helps with that. I also purchased a bracket to attach to the side window on the bus, just below the mirrors, and a case to carry it. Maybe when I use it some more, I’ll be happier with it.