Qualcomm Vs Garmin Gps

For those of you that have a qualcomm and commercial truck gps, which do you prefer for navigation? I always check google maps and the atlas before going to a new receiver, but I've found that in inner cities the qualcomm easily gets lost and I am left to fend for myself, and at times it takes me down very questionable routes. Would a top of the line garmin be an improvement?

I'm not sure what you mean with "I've found that in inner cities the qualcomm easily gets lost". I use a Tom Tom GPS, but I switch to the QC to get into the destination. I often check Google Satellite for, yeah, the big picture. I feel the Qualcomm's destination data, like finding the correct gate to turn into, is the best.

I do understand the "get lost" feeling because some the unfamiliar streets can be confusing. At night that's almost guaranteed.

For the OTR part, though, QC seems to favor shorter miles over faster route. I've seen the Qualcomm take a "surface road" cut-off instead of taking the interstate next to it simply because it's 11 miles shorter.

I have a rand mcnally 730 on my dash, and it's far superior to the QC gps in my opinion. As you said, the QC gets lost, and takes way too long deciding which way to go sometimes.

I usually have my route planned out before ever moving, but there are those times where a "on the spot" reroute is necessary. My 730 almost instantly knows which way is legal and best, while the QC is still "asking for route".....

As a side note: When I'm carrying equipment or cargo that has any amount of hazardous materials, the company QC automatically routes me along hazmat routes, but the 730 wont. So when I carry HZ, I follow the qc.

As a side note: When I'm carrying equipment or cargo that has any amount of hazardous materials, the company QC automatically routes me along hazmat routes, but the 730 wont. So when I carry HZ, I follow the qc.

Be careful. I was hauling Hazmat through Baltimore, and I had a fuel stop right before the tunnel. That tunnel restricts all hazmat, but yet the QC, despite being "programmed" for hauling hazmat insisted that I go through the tunnel. It wasn't until I got on the loop, that It finally got with the program.

I'm not sure what you mean with "I've found that in inner cities the qualcomm easily gets lost". I use a Tom Tom GPS, but I switch to the QC to get into the destination. I often check Google Satellite for, yeah, the big picture. I feel the Qualcomm's destination data, like finding the correct gate to turn into, is the best.

I do understand the "get lost" feeling because some the unfamiliar streets can be confusing. At night that's almost guaranteed.

For the OTR part, though, QC seems to favor shorter miles over faster route. I've seen the Qualcomm take a "surface road" cut-off instead of taking the interstate next to it simply because it's 11 miles shorter.

By getting lost I mean I checked maps first and picked a better street than the qc wanted me to go, or I miss a turn. It's typical response is " turn around and go back...". After hitting the reroute button several times with no results, it just freezes up and I have to put my flashers on and look up maps. My garmin in my personal car only takes a few seconds to reroute and rarely skips a beat. It seems to me the qc navigation completely fails when I need it most.

I am considering the garmin dezl lmthd, which has a lot of features including a built in dash cam, programmable settings for truck size and weight, hazmat yes or no, real time traffic, and warnings for upcoming curves, low bridges or obstacles, etc etc. I would run the qc nav and garmin simultaneously, with the preference to the garmin directions if they prove worthy. With a significant amount of rewards points saved up at pilot I will safe a ton over the msrp, I just wanna make sure it's a worthy purchase before dropping the $$$.

As a side note: When I'm carrying equipment or cargo that has any amount of hazardous materials, the company QC automatically routes me along hazmat routes, but the 730 wont. So when I carry HZ, I follow the qc.

Be careful. I was hauling Hazmat through Baltimore, and I had a fuel stop right before the tunnel. That tunnel restricts all hazmat, but yet the QC, despite being "programmed" for hauling hazmat insisted that I go through the tunnel. It wasn't until I got on the loop, that It finally got with the program.

Duly noted. I don't haul hazmat often, only when hauling industrial refrigerators, tractors, etc. And it's only in very low quantities. So low in fact that I don't need the hazmat endorsement.

I am considering the garmin dezl lmthd, which has a lot of features including a built in dash cam, programmable settings for truck size and weight, hazmat yes or no, real time traffic, and warnings for upcoming curves, low bridges or obstacles, etc etc. I would run the qc nav and garmin simultaneously, with the preference to the garmin directions if they prove worthy. With a significant amount of rewards points saved up at pilot I will safe a ton over the msrp, I just wanna make sure it's a worthy purchase before dropping the $$$.

Be careful with the "all in one" packages. If one thing fails, you lose the whole shebang. Personally I prefer my gps and dash cam to be separate items. Jmo

Also, two seperate friends got the rand mcnally all in one tablet. They both hate it.

I have the Rand McNally 720, and for whatever reason there is one little spot in Santa Fe Springs, CA that freezes it up. I found this out the hard way, and had to use the QC to get myself out of my receiver and to my next shipper a few miles away. During this trip, I discovered the biggest flaw in using the QC navigation system: when Mother (as I call it) freezes up her text-to-speech software and doesn't want to talk anymore. Which happens so often it's absurd.

I won't use the QC navigation anymore.

I have a rand McNally 730. I use both it and my Qualcomm. For the majority of the trip I mostly use the McNally, and for the last 15-20 miles I use the Qualcomm. The Qualcomm directions usually take me to the truck entrance while the McNally takes me to the exact address plugged in which is not always the truck entrance.

On the hazmat issue, the McNally had a seeing where you can tell it you are hauling hazmat and what kind and it will route you accordingly. I don't haul hazmat so I don't know how well it works.