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10-01-2021, 07:36 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Montreal Canada
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GPS map updates
Anyone else taken in by GPS manufacturers' "lifetime updates"? I bought a Magellan Roadmate because it had US and Canadian campgrounds installed and had "lifetime" map updates.
Recently I wondered why I could not get any new map updates, and was amazed to read on Magellan's website that "lifetime" for them means the "useful lifetime of the product - three years". Obviously a GPs will last a lot longer than three years, mine still works fine except when I am on a "new" piece of road that is not on the map. Why don't they come out and say three years of updates? It is pretty much misleading advertising.
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Robin and Gloria
2014 Fun Finder F214WSD
2010 F150 XLT SuperCrew 4X4
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10-02-2021, 09:12 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: South Dakota
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It's marketing and money ..... for the seller.
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2012 Fun Finder XT 276 Toy Hauler & Harley Davidson Ultra Classic with Condor wheel chock
2014 Dodge Ram 2500 AT 4X4 Crew Cab 6.4 L Hemi, 373 gears, tow package, Rambox option, Revolver X2 tonneau cover, Equal-I-zer anti-sway hitch.
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10-02-2021, 09:05 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Kalamazoo, MI & Leesburg, FL
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I just use Google Maps for directions. And my favorite part is that it is free!
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2013 Highlander AWD
2010 Fun Finder 189FBR
Into Camping and RC Flying
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10-10-2021, 07:24 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Hazel Dell, WA
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Garmin still provides map updates to my 10yo device. No problems. I did recently buy an updated model and it is way better, faster.
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2013 Cruiser RV / FunFinder 189FDS
2017 Ram Bighorn 1500 EcoDiesel
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10-10-2021, 07:27 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Hazel Dell, WA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by twinster2
I just use Google Maps for directions. And my favorite part is that it is free!
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We head pretty deep into national forests … usually 10-20 miles outside of any cell service - GPS always works.
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10-10-2021, 11:27 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Southern California
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FWIW, we use iHike GPS for our off-grid travel. It's great. But you have to remember to download the topo maps (which are free) while you've still got cell coverage.
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2012 Fun Finder X-139 "Boondock Style" (axle-flipped and extra insulation)
2013 Toyota Tacoma Off-Road (semi-beefy tires and components)
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10-11-2021, 09:26 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: South Dakota
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I carry a Rand McNally atlas.....never an issue with power shortage either. 
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2012 Fun Finder XT 276 Toy Hauler & Harley Davidson Ultra Classic with Condor wheel chock
2014 Dodge Ram 2500 AT 4X4 Crew Cab 6.4 L Hemi, 373 gears, tow package, Rambox option, Revolver X2 tonneau cover, Equal-I-zer anti-sway hitch.
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05-12-2022, 10:40 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Hickory Flat, Ga.
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Garmin would update....if I had a PC. It won't mix with my Chromebook..... 
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Alan
2005 T139FK
1995 Chevy G20 aka "Big Blue",
1994 GMC Camper Van,
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05-19-2022, 12:07 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 3,106
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We have a garmin also .. wife updates it at home on the computer every spring...and operates it as I have no idea how that electronic junk works for programming.
I stumble around on the computer but sometimes screw it up and she has to do the fix it so it works again. Admit I'm a computer neanderthal.
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2012 Fun Finder XT 276 Toy Hauler & Harley Davidson Ultra Classic with Condor wheel chock
2014 Dodge Ram 2500 AT 4X4 Crew Cab 6.4 L Hemi, 373 gears, tow package, Rambox option, Revolver X2 tonneau cover, Equal-I-zer anti-sway hitch.
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