Garmin dezl 560LMT 5-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable Trucking GPS Navigator with Lifetime Map & Traffic Updates
Garmin dezl 560LMT 5-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable Trucking GPS Navigator with Lifetime Map & Traffic Updates
- Large 5″ color touchscreen.
- Specialized truck routing supports commercial class 8 rating.
- Lane assist with junction view.
- Incorporates locations in the NTTS breakdown directory.
- Lifetime maps and traffic included.
Garmin d?zl 560LMT Automobile Portable GPS Navigator 010-00897-01 691Hit the open road with the dēzl 560LMT–Garmin’s advanced navigator for the trucking industry. Designed with truckers in mind, the 560LMT has a large 5-inch display, extra loud speakers, and external video input for backup cameras. Garmin has also expanded the feature list to include trucking speed limits, truck-specific route highlighting, and trucking points of interest (POIs). And truck drivers aren’t the only type of drivers that will like the 560LMT–RV drivers will appreciate the ability to setup an RV profile and calculate routes based on height, weight and length restrictions. Hit the open road with Garmin’s advanced navigator for the trucking industry. Click to enlarge. Made for Life Over the Road Track and Report Your Trips
With your dēzl 560LMT, logging and retaining trip information has never been easier. You record fuel usage, and the 560LMT automatically records state mileage for IFTA fuel
List Price: $ 529.99
Price: $ 529.99
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Richard M.
October 8, 2011Great Trucker GPS,
I have had this unit for about 3 weeks and seems to be scary accurate!!! Got me in and out of NY and Richmond with little problem. Like all GPS use with a grain of salt but if it does route you a little goofy pretty easy to reroute. Doesn’t take to long to calculate the route unless you are in Virgina and tell it to avoid tolls to go out west on 80. The Truck stop finder and rest area functions are nice too. Doesn’t have very many of the mom and pop truck stops in it but has all of the big ones. The weigh scale one is good if your not sure were a scale is to check your weight before you go it will tell you were one is. It hasn’t froze on me at all or had any glitches. The traffic thing on it kind of sucks so don’t believe it when it tells you about delays. Over all I would recommend this unit.
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|Justin
October 8, 2011the better one out there,
I love that you can switch between car, pedestrian and large truck. Easy enough to use with fast reaction time. I like the fact that any point of interest on the unit gives not only the address but also a phone number for that place (Repair shops, truck stops, wal-mart, etc.) I would definately get the Lifetime Map Updated unit again. I had several others but did not have the L.M.T. and at $150 update every year you might as well buy a new unit. I definately liked my Garmin Nuvi 760 (NOT 765) alot better as far as map detail and features. My 760 displayed the crossroad ahead when you did not have the unit in route to a location. That was one of the best features ever. I cant believe Garmin got rid of that. I left that GPS in my smaller local delivery straight truck for the current driver as it was definately a saver on the brakes. Not really sure how the height thing works cause I have a flat-top with low loads on the flat all the time so I don’t really run into height restrictions. The bridge weight thing works on the big road but not really all that well out in the sticks. I recently ran across a 2 mile wooden bridge rated for 40 ton but I was at 50 ton. GPS did not catch that nor did the county realize it should have been rated for 500 lbs and for bicycles not motor vehicles, 10′ wide and scary as hell for the longest 2 miles I ever drove. There seems to be an abundance of points of interest for heavy trucks (even many off the beaten path but not all). I don’t have any other Trucking GPS to compare it to but all in all I am glad I purchased this unit. Also, don’t forget to buy a screen protector right away and maybe a windshield mount. The cheap screen protectors are junk you have to push so hard on the face to get the GPS to respond youd swear your finger is going to go through to back of the unit, and they scratch easier as well.
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|East coast Roadrunner
October 8, 2011Pretty Good, But is there better?,
I know many of us are going crazy trying to figure out which of the latest Truckers GPS units is the best value. I have it down to two for many reasons. I will go into why in another review when I make my final decision. No one has written anything (that is no users) about the Rand McNally TND-710. But I will because I just ordered it. I have been using this one (The Garmin dezl-560 LMT) LMT just means included free lifetime maps and traffic updates. The LT will cost you to update the NuMaps (thats the mapping co) after 60 days from purchase. Its worth getting the LMT model for the lifetime updates of maps. Don’t get that confused with software updates to fix glitches… they are always free. Now about the lifetime traffic. Well the receiver it comes with that is built into the power cable is free because it throws up advertisements at you now and then. I hate advertisements! I called Garmin which has excellent support as does RM and they said the non-ad power (the traffic receiver is built into the power cable) cable will cost an extra $120.00 and if you want premium traffic and construction service add $49.00 to that. WOW the only thing I can say good about that is its a one time fee. Now to add traffic and speed camera updates thats $25.00 per year. Lets add this up. I paid $459.00 for the unit (560LMT)on Amazon. $70.00 for accessories (Micro SD, Case, Windshield mount, Dash mount)$170.00 for traffic receiver power cord with prem software and $25.00 for the first year of camera warnings. Thats $724.00 all together if you want all the bells and whistles as I always do. By the way all that ado about getting add-free traffic…It sucks anyway. The traffic predictably is poor at best. Just turn it off so you don’t see the advertisement. Save the $170.00. Maybe it will get better. Its a 3rd part co so its hard to say. RM (Rand McNally) Says it will offer a similar traffic receiver and service in June when there external antenna, case and other accessories come out. Right now RM only offers map updates for one year so its hard to say what the end cost of this unit will be. I WANT THE BEST! …So I am spending alot to find out. DieselBoss is the only retailer I could find that was taking the time to compare these two units. Check it out. http://www.dieselboss.com/truck_gps_review_features.htm. The info is still coming in about the garmin but I agree with what they say about the Garmin so far.. I bought the Garmin here on Amazon…Best price.
I have owned or used 5 other GPSs to date.
Garmin dezl 560LMT (same as LT but no lifetime traffic)
PRO… *Starts,routes and re-routes fast 10-30sec, no lockup yet *(GREAT ROUTING SO FAR…This is the MOST IMPORTANT feature about any TRUCK GPS.) *Shows the posted truck speed of most roads next to your speed that turns red when you go over. *(Garmin has an unbelievable database) Every address I entered it had. This is not true of Google or even my Co-Pilot (PC-Miler).*Loud Speaker. *Quick access to brightness control. Easy snap-in mounting (No USB plug to plug in every time which can break) * Lane asst …yea…love that.* Lots of fun stuff and voices you can add from the garmin AND 3rd party websites.
CON…*5″ I WANT 7″. *Does not show the names of cross streets as you pass them. *You can not just pan & zoom on the nav map. You have to go to a special map screen. * ETA does not adjust or work well at all…but its so bad i’m sure they will fix the software soon. My Co-Pilot ETA works perfectly. * You cannot show ETA and MTD (miles to destination) at the same time. Booo…I want both!. * The graphics could be better. Co-Pilots is Sweet Looking. Sounds like I’m working up Co-Pilot…lol…I’M NOT. POOR POOR Truck mapping almost every time with Co-Pilot…DON”T BUY.
Over View… The Hardware is rock solid, no freezes here and it re-routes you fast if you miss a turn but I wish they had a 7′. *The Software is very good for truck mapping and address thanks to garmins extensive data base but needs improvements on the stuff thats not as important but convenient.
I will update this as I learn, use and remember more. Going on 3 day trip tomorrow. MD-IN-NJ-DC-MD
Lets see what Rand McNally brings to the table with the TND710. I can’t wait to get it.
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