One of you kind folks recently recommended a free android app suitable for motorhomes ? Please advise of any recommmedations
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If you mean a Navigation App, Magic Earth is one, but as an owner and driver of a larger MH, I prefer Road Lords. You can still enter your weights, axles, and dimensions, however I found it more reliable than Magic Earth, and leaps ahead of Google Maps, which are fine if driving less and smaller than 3500Kgs. They don't half take you along some unsuitable routes sometimes.One of you kind folks recently recommended a free android app suitable for motorhomes ? Please advise of any recommmedations
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Fine if you drive nothing over 3500Kgs, and 3 x metres in height. I have done the experiments, so know their limitations.But most of the time I use Google Maps because it's got more accurate mapping, far better traffic info, and useful search. Vehicle width very rarely makes a difference to routing. Most of the time it feels like a placebo feature.
Pretty much every weight restriction is 7.5t. And height restrictions are even more rare. A good proportion of width restrictions I've seen are incorrectly mapped. Yes, you need to apply common sense with satnav. But so far, I've failed to see the benefit when testing Road Lords, TomTom and Sygic Truck.Fine if you drive nothing over 3500Kgs, and 3 x metres in height. I have done the experiments, so know their limitations.
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Here in the UK, but not so abroad, however, they mostly do not apply to "Camping Cars", especially in France.Pretty much every weight restriction is 7.5t.
You've clearly not driven a 44 Tonner using either of the above Apps. I have with Magic Earth, and Road Lords. The latter gets my vote, as Magic Earth 3 x times on the same day, tried to take me down 7.5T weight restrictions.But so far, I've failed to see the benefit when testing Road Lords, TomTom and Sygic Truck.
A motorhome is clearly not 44t. It's much closer to a car weight.Here in the UK, but not so abroad, however, they mostly do not apply to "Camping Cars", especially in France.
You've clearly not driven a 44 Tonner using either of the above Apps. I have with Magic Earth, and Road Lords. The latter gets my vote, as Magic Earth 3 x times on the same day, tried to take me down 7.5T weight restrictions.
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Jock.
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You don't say. Ours however at 6850Kgs, is close to Truck weight, so I stand by my recommendations to the OP, based on my experiences using Truck Sat Navs over many years.A motorhome is clearly not 44t. It's much closer to a car weight.
There's a 6'6" restriction in Norfolk that's been there for at least a decade. Sygic, Road Lords and TomTom didn't know about. There's a width restriction in Bicester that all 3 have in the wrong place that's been there for years. And a 2m restriction in the Peak District that none of them knew about. And a 3.5t recommended route in Ireland that was marked as a restriction in Sygic. Combine with their poor traffic info and mediocre routing, and I prefer to just try my chances with Google.You don't say. Ours however at 6850Kgs, is close to Truck weight, so I stand by my recommendations to the OP, based on my experiences using Truck Sat Navs over many years.
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Jock.
You carry on then. I'll continue with my 9" Chinese Truck Sat Nav with the latest updates (2023 Q4) for the iGo mapping, which has taken us all over western Europe in both our MHs over past years, and when out in the truck occasionally, I'll carry on with Road Lords on my Android phone, for areas I am not familiar with.and I prefer to just try my chances with Google.
Pretty sure Road Lords is just Sygic with a different interface. Sygic uses TomTom mapping. I wonder what your Chinese satnav uses, because I'm pretty confident they don't do the mapping themselves.You carry on then. I'll continue with my 9" Chinese Truck Sat Nav with the latest updates (2023 Q4) for the iGo mapping, which has taken us all over western Europe in both our MHs over past years, and when out in the truck occasionally, I'll carry on with Road Lords on my Android phone, for areas I am not familiar with.
Cheers,
Jock.
HERE Mapping, and so much better than TOMTOM.I wonder what your Chinese satnav uses, because I'm pretty confident they don't do the mapping themselves.
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The reality is that they don't have great information about narrow lanes. It's too hard to quantify. A road that's really narrow, but good forward visibility and has lots of well marked passing spots is easier than something that's 5m wide, but though a winding wall of hedges.I so want to like Roadlords as on paper it has everything going for it. Vehicle DImensions, backing by Sygic and Tomtom and it's free. But living in West Cornwall we have some prime satnav testing grounds and Roadlords has sent me down some questionable routes that even Google avoided.
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Half a mile of a road like this was enough to put me off. I'm sure in the real world it is fine, but for me is a no no.
This is so true, until we reach a point where all roads are maps in exact detail we will always have blundering satnavs in the news.The reality is that they don't have great information about narrow lanes. It's too hard to quantify. A road that's really narrow, but good forward visibility and has lots of well marked passing spots is easier than something that's 5m wide, but though a winding wall of hedges.