I bought this GPS about 6 months ago. I have waited this long to do my review because I wanted to have the opportunity to take a few trips using it. Entering the size of our truck and trailer was easy. Getting it setup and entering our destination and waypoints was also easy. We are loving it up to this point. We get the most direct routes and haven't gotten lost yet. Did my first update on Garmin Express and it went well. Love the size of the screen and the ease of reading it.
Returned it ! Will wait so that hopefully Garmin will build something that will be more user friendly and doesn’t look like a large CHEAP I phone ! This thing is so thin and cheaply made ! How about you make something STURDY for that amount of money for an RV !
I was forced to buy a replacement for my Garmin 770 RV model after it kept rebooting repeatedly. I loved all the features it had as it was and hoped the 795 would just be a newer model with satellite images. However, I lost "Voice Command" which allowed me to program the GPS while driving... I lost locating places "Along My Route", I lost the look ahead at the road as well. Now I constantly get "LOST SATELLITE CONNECTION" and it is not as touch responsive as the 770. I don't see it lasting with me as I travel full-time for business teaching RV owners and NOW I CANNOT even recommend one to new buyers.
Initial review after only a few months, the RV 795 is very fsat in processing infomration and easy to use as i navigate thru the menu items, i.e. where to go, saved places, creating shortcuts. This RV 795 replaced a well used 51 LMT that was extremely easy to use, and the RV 795 clearly outshines the 51 LMT. The larger screen can be seen by my passengers in the back seat and the voice commands heard cleary. Looking forward to using it on our next RV trip (reason we purchased it) and see how accurate the bridge & road data is. The speed data and traffic information is spot on, even with construction zones (major interstate improvements.
Is not nearly as easy to operate as prior model. Don’t like that a selection of “ map views” ie-satellite, driving etc isn’t available. Need to select vehicle every time instead of setting it once. Touch screen works intermittently. Display,(Elevation, time to destination etc) needs to be reset everytme unit is restarted..Display changes with bumpy road.
The Garmin RV series is absolutely the best way to navigate in your RV. We have tried all of the other so called RV navigation devices and it is hands down the best. I deducted 1 star because it won’t let me do a half. The half a star would be for trip planning. You either have to plan on the device or with Garmin Basecamp. Basecamp is buggy, and not intuitive at all. Garmin really needs to build a good web based planning client for the device that would hopefully allow third party attachments for camping information.
If you want a good RV navigation device that won’t lead you to a low pass than the Garmin RV series is the best.