GPS for commercial truck drivers, with truck routing via HazMat, Toll Avoidance, Shortest, Height/Weight Restricted, National Network
Dock-to-dock directions throughout the United States and Canada; multi-point routing (for up to 50 stops) with Route Optimization
6 million Points of Interest (POIs), including truck stops, rest areas, and weigh stations
850,000 miles of truck restrictions
4.3-inch TFT widescreen touch display
This review is from: PC Miler PCM430 4.3-Inch Portable GPS NavigatorI got this in August from Dieselboss and it already had the new maps on it. It definitely made a huge difference once I set up my truck and road profile properly. It came with the settings on "default" which drove me like a car until I read their quick-start guide and saved a profile that matched my truck's height, weight, length properly. It also has a further setting for favoring the larger roads (interstates) and telling it to NOT use local and smaller roads. I agree with other reviews about the speaker because once you have all of your truck noise it is difficult to hear what it is saying. I bought an FM transmitter and plugged it into the headphone jack and now it's nice and loud out of my stereo speakers. I don't need the voice out on open, long stretches of highway anyway and only turn on the FM transmitter to hear it when I get close to my destination. The new maps also seem to have the points of interest (truck stops, weigh stations, WalMarts, etc) very accurate. Nearly every truck stop I punched up was current and took me right to it. All-in-all it is no replacement for common sense of course, but has been very valuable so far in keeping me from going out-of-route and on time. I bought the Garmin 465T previously and though that one seems to have a few more raw addresses in it, this one has been much more accurate in keeping me on proper truck routes than the Garmin was....
This review is from: PC Miler PCM430 4.3-Inch Portable GPS NavigatorI saw this at a truck stop for $300 plus tax $316 and read about it online (Jan. 2009) and the only info was the paid reviews. It said "Good luck finding one" and the price was $350 online. I SCOOPED IT UP as they had 3 units right there. I sat in the restaurant and unpacked the unit and played with it on battery power for over an hour. I was VERY disappointed with it in every aspect. Size, Shape, Style, Quality, (very cheesy plastic) looks like PC Miler slapped their name on a $20 unit. Taking it further and the actual GPS functions were nothing like any of the 3 other units I had used before. Not user friendly or nice looking graphics NOTHING appealed to me about it. I returned it right away and never even took it out of their building. I went on Amazon and picked up a Navigon 2100 max $169 shipped and 2 years (8 updates) free!!! and Lifetime traffic. EXCELLENT unit beautiful looks and graphics and works great. LOVE the real speed limit signs and the warning (5, 10, or 15 MPH over warning) if I see a cop and unsure of the speed limit a quick glance and I know. UNLIKE other motorists that jam on the brakes and slow 10 MPH below the limit because they are unsure and seeing a cop they just automatically jam on the brakes at any speed. ALSO lane assist is very cool showing you how many lanes split to the left or right at a split and highlights the lane(s) you will need to be in as long as you have a route programed in and it know where you are going.Now onto the Rand McNally TND 500.... Last night I found a REAL working unit at a PILOT and WOW... WOW... this thing is top notch! I am hoping it exceeds how I feel about the Navigon as it is an actual "truck gps" but the features it offers including hours of service log book, state line miles, calculator, converter (miles/kilo)and from what I read it shows the speed limit like my Navigon just not sure it has real looking speed limit signs. The design including the 5 inch screen is very nice. It seems to have a rubber like housing, but you would not know it until you touch it. Very sharp looking unit. The touch screen was very responsive. VERY RESPONSIVE! Nothing worse than having to tap 3 times to get a reaction. FIRST TAP every time. $500 is a bit more than I am WANTING to pay right now... I would be willing to as I think it is worth it, but I have a nice GPS unit right now and this is just something I WANT.... not NEED. Will jump on it when it drops $50 or $100 I am sure.ALL GPS UNITS are a TOOL! Just like a map. It can make mistakes just like you can looking at a map. Using a GPS combined with another tool is a must. I always use my DeLorme map program and get the big picture on my laptop then compare my smaller GPS unit and see what it tells me. I no longer carry a "paper" map. I have 2 back up laptops with the map program in the truck in case of failure. Depending on any GPS to "take you" where you need to go is not intelligent and a last resort if you absolutely do not know where you are. In a car...
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