Test video and Garmin Dezl OTR800 vs Rand Mcnally overdryve 8 Pro 2.

[@AtomicSpud]

Attention Viewers: Skip to 2:48 to bypass a really boring monologue and start the review.

[@jbstuff]

Awwww that's cute! Thanks youtube cop shop!

[@jquin6920]

I noticed the Garmin displays the mile markers. Are you able to add custom maps that would display the 100blocks of residential areas. It would be used for a police cruiser.

[@jbstuff]

I don't think so. I think a car or city type GPS would work for that maybe. But actually I can switch this to car routes though too. I'll mess with it a little after my day is over tonight and see. I'll come back and post later and let you know

[@jbstuff]

I did not see anything displaying the block numbers or anything like that.

[@Brararaf101]

been using garmin for about 10 years northeast nj ny pa ct de md area real test is in the city. For the most part garmin does good sometimes traffic not accurate those suggested routed isn't good stick to orig. Been thinking about trying rand mcnally maybe buy and return if dont like idk .

[@jbstuff]

Stick with Garmin is what I'd do. I got rid of mine. I know 2 other people personally that weren't happy with RM either.

[@connieschwartz6290]

Thank you for the review

[@pjwatts209]

Dude when I used to own Rand Mcnally 740 when it was functioning correctly it was a really good navigational device but it would freeze up at least once a week for updates and I'd have to pull in a truckstop hook up to their wifi and wait 2-3 hours til it finished uploading. Needless to say I switched to garmin dezl and never had that problem again

[@jbstuff]

I'm still pretty happy with the Garmin. I haven't been out of my truck in 21 months. It serves its purpose I guess. 😂

[@franciscovargas2545]

@@jbstuffyou’ve been OTR for almost 2 years straight? Not going back home? Is this common for otr drivers nowadays?

[@jbstuff]

It was a personal choice. I stayed in my truck for 23 months. Been driving with my CDL for 8 years. I actually just quit driving probably shortly after you left this comment. I'm back in NM now. No it's not pretty standard for drivers to do that. I didn't have to pay rent or a mortgage or anything related to that so I stayed in my truck and paid off alot of stuff and helped out a couple other people with money. I'm done now though. Time to get back in shape and live life as much as I can.

[@Brararaf101]

i guess i'll be keeping my garmin !

[@88Petry]

I just got my Overdryve 8 Pro 2 a couple days ago. I'm already worried about software issues. I already had to factory reset it 3x after it tried to update cuz it would freeze. I also put a SD card in it and it doesn't recognize the SD card is in it either. When I enter addresses, half the time it can't find them. Starting to wish I listened to the poor reviews I read about it before I bought it.

[@jbstuff]

I haven't had any of those issues with it. Maybe try to exchange it for a different one? Was the wifi connection good when updating? I know when I tried updating mine I did have issues doing it because the signal was weak.

[@88Petry]

@@jbstuff I used a strong home wifi signal. Seems to be working fine now, minus the SD card issue. Hopefully no more hiccups.

[@jbstuff]

@@88Petry the SD card, I know I used to have a problem in my camera with a card that was already used. I had to buy a new one to get it to work. Took me forever to figure that out. Then I bought the wrong card due to not knowing it needed to be a certain speed or whatever. Had to return it and get another. 🙄

[@88Petry]

@@jbstuff What type, size and speed of card did you buy that ended up working?

[@jbstuff]

@@88Petry I don't remember. I know it's a 32gb card. I know I asked them about it on Twitter when I was trying to figure it out and they answered pretty quick. If I'm not mistaken the speed didn't matter but I can't say for sure.

[@ronniebrown1420]

The rand mcnally I just got has already on the first trip tried to put me on a 5 ton road and it's no different from Google maps at this point and my td520 won't put you on any road you shouldn't be on and I refuse to update my td520 also the overdryve you can turn off u turns

[@jbstuff]

I got rid of my RM and only use the Garmin now. That RM used to tell me to do uturns even when the option was turned off. I had a RM 730 years ago and it was waaay better than either GPS in this video.

[@ronniebrown1420]

@@jbstuff I like my 520 way better then the 8 inch junk I have now

[@Operator_Lonewolf]

I travel a lot of the same places you go but I was interested in both these gps but I think I’ll go with the Garmin instead sounds like Rand McNally you’re paying $599.00 for the name not a decent gps system

[@jbstuff]

Good choice. I've been using the Garmin with no real is issues anymore.

[@Operator_Lonewolf]

Nice would you say the 8” is big or should I get the 10” tablet

[@jbstuff]

@@Operator_Lonewolf The 8" is pretty close to the same size of a DVD movie case. Personally I think the 10 would take up to much windshield space.

[@ronniebrown1420]

Rand mcnally used to be really good as I Ave owned a td520 for years that's never been updated on purpose but this new one is no different than Google maps mine already in a short distance has tried to put me on a 5 ton road

[@jbstuff]

@@ronniebrown1420 Yeah I can say the same about my old RM 730. It was the best gps I ever used. This Garmin I'm using now I don't have many issues with.

[@michaelbierlein5642]

Yep, they all suck but an experienced driver can see through the bs they show in their routing. I’ve just gotten used to the ignorant stuff and try to look past what it shows. I check my route against my atlas and use google for reference.

[@jbstuff]

Good points