Price: $299.99 - $267.90
(as of Dec 16, 2024 17:13:50 UTC - Details)

Get a clear view of the road ahead with the dēzl™ OTR500 truck navigator. It has a bright, easy-to-read 5.5” display and features custom truck routing for the size and weight of your rig (custom truck routing not available in all areas; always defer to road signs and conditions) plus built-in PrePass® notifications of upcoming weigh stations/bypass decisions. With industry-best load-to-dock guidance, you’ll see potential loading zones or storage lots as you approach your destination. Find truck-friendly parking, and locate preferred truck stops along your route with the Truck & Trailer Services directory. Helpful alerts inform you of upcoming bridge heights, sharp curves and steep grades. See popular routes used by fellow truckers to navigate new areas and increase your situational awareness.
Easy-to-read 5.5” touchscreen offers a bright, crisp high-resolution display
Built-in PrePass notifications help drivers save time and improve efficiency with on-screen notifications of upcoming weigh stations and bypass decisions
Get custom truck routing based on the size and weight of your truck; see alerts for upcoming bridge heights, sharp curves and more. Custom truck routing not available in all areas. Always defer to road signs and conditions.
View truck-friendly parking information along your route
Truck & Trailer Services directory allows you to filter truck stops by brand or amenities
Industry-best load-to-dock guidance shows potential loading zones or storage lots when approaching your destination
See popular routes used by fellow truckers to navigate new areas
The Garmin voice assistant allows you to talk to the dēzl navigator while keeping your hands on the wheel
Works with Garmin eLog compliant ELD (sold separately) for subscription-free Hours of Service recording (requires mobile device to complete the solution)
Access live weather, traffic, live fuel prices, phone notifications and photoLive traffic cameras when you pair the dēzl navigator with the Garmin Drive mobile app (on your BLUETOOTH-enabled phone)
Reviewer: Stephan Chaffin
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Absolute must have for a trucker!
Review: I've had this thing for less than a week and it has already saved my butt a few times.This device is so great! I can find rest areas and truck stops and much more so easily and know the route getting there is OK for a 53 foot trailer behind me.I mainly use it as a backup GPS for my company preferred routes but I'm telling you this device is absolutely fantastic!My only gripe is it uses micro usb instead of usb c. Come on Garmin. Other than that I have zero complaints.I am OTR national lower 48, and I would pay double the price for this baby. It's worth it's weight in gold to a trucker.The fact it's magnetic and can be easily removed f4om the charging mount on the windshield is a big plus so I highly recommend getting the 8 inch for that feature also.Drive safe and buy this thing, you won't regret it.

Reviewer: Lovehoseandshoes
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Updated review, would not recommend.
Review: After almost a year of using this, I have come to a final conclusion that this thing sucks! Not the unit itself, but Garmin and their 'programmers' who program this thing with SUPPOSED truck routes! It AVOIDS routes that trucks ARE ALLOWED to use, and sends you down roads that trucks ARE NOT supposed to use! I use this in the northeast, mainly NY and PA, and it's all but useless outside of main interstates! I don't know why it's so hard to accurately program a GPS with truck routes but apparently it's beyond the capabilities of the geniuses at Garmin. I mean if you can't trust the leader in GPS navigation, who CAN you trust? I've had even worse results with Rand McNally. Is it that they just don't care about the northeast? Or is it this way across the whole country? I have completely lost faith in Garmin, this wasn't cheap and now I'm stuck with it. Gee, sure looks pretty though... I left my original review below, which was initially positive, but having used this for a while now, Garmin has shown their true colors, even with the latest updates!Below is my original review. I do NOT feel this way anymore.Let's face it, trucker GPS's primary purpose is to make money for the manufacturers. Hard truth but it is the truth. I have had many over the years including trucker navigation software for my laptop. Most have been horrible, even if using for a car! I recently used CoPilot for my cell phone, and though it seemed almost ok, it was not very easy to use and lacked many features you'd expect to be available. In 2014 I bought a Rand McNally tablet truck GPS and was highly disappointed. Then I tried a Garmin Dezl 770 with marginally acceptable results, basically it was good enough to remind me of a turn coming up on the route that I had to 'build' to the point of just not using it anymore, the mount sucked (couldn't be tightened, wouldn't stay straight), another disappointment. I had no idea what direction to go for my next trucker GPS and did a lot of research and read and watched many reviews on the OTR Series tablet GPS units for trucks.Most people are still saying avoid the Rand McNally's, they're still junk both in quality and functionality, which really surprises me since they publish the Bible of a truckers atlas. Apparently the atlas division doesn't speak to the GPS division...So after MUCH intense research well into the night, I decided to take a chance on the Dezl OTR1000 model.The good: almost everything! You can now FINALLY update the thing without hooking it up to a computer! Magnetic mount (stroooong too), can use in portrait or landscape, the mount is heavy duty, well made, the unit is quite loud (many complained about this so they must have fixed the issue), the screen is amazing and it processes routes quicker than any GPS I've ever used. There's just too much to add. It works, got it this morning and spent all day (it's now 2:30 am) running it through my tests. It actually knows where to go! So far so good. I'll update this review in a month or so after I've actually used it in the truck. I love how you can send directions (I use actual coordinates copied from Google Maps) directly to the GPS in seconds.The bad: it runs Android 6...really? 6? This means good luck finding any apps that will even download onto it. And WHAT GPS DOESN'T COME WITH A CALCULATOR? Most of us aren't mathematicians but we don't have to be, but come on man, we DO use numbers daily.Overall, at this point, I'm very happy with it and I think it actually knows where my truck should or should not be. I'll update this later. For now, while pricey and no, I don't think any piece of plastic is worth that kind of money, I would recommend this.

Reviewer: Kenny G.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent GPS for CMV's!
Review: I'm not exactly fond of giant screens in my windshield, neither is the DOT, so this unit was perfect. Plugged it in at home, updated it and the whole process went smoothly. I downloaded the Garmin dezl app, make sure that you don't try to use the Garmin drive app, it doesn't work with this unit, and that connected instantly too. Bluetooth and WiFi capabilities helped that process too.As far as features, this little gem is packed. Everything you need to navigate your route with some nice touches to enhance that experience as well. There are far too many to get into here but YouTube the unit and you'll some good videos from professional drivers to help explain them.I've used it for a week as of this writing and have nothing at all to complain about. Intuitive interface, great customization features, and directions/routing are spot-on.All-in-all, great unit at a great price for what you get. Just one thing though, buy the Gamin dash mount for this unit. That thing that comes in the box will not withstand the vibrations and bumps that are commonplace with big trucks. You'll thank yourself later!

Reviewer: Drewery1987
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Bought mine in February 2023
Review: It has worked for a little over a year now and it's still currently working but I think I'm going to be buying a new one soon as this one has low memory and tends to lag/slow down on occasion. The voice that announces street names has never really worked eventually it starts cutting in and out or just says turn left/right ect and stops talking midway. Garmin told me the SD card doesn't help with the devices performance because you can't copy anything to it such as saved addresses or map software ect which defeats the whole purpose of an SD card. They offered to replace it with a refurbished one but in order to have one shipped to my address right away I'd have to pay in the some of $250 then wait for them to receive mine back to get $125 back or something like that yes it was a cheaper option but I learned a long time ago refurbished devices do not work any better than the used one you sent back or at least that has always been my experience. All in all this GPS works good for truckers but don't let your guard down from other resources road Atlas, truck stop pocket book ect it will help you find parking but it doesn't always know every rest area/truck stop and for some reason it never shows up saved locations on the up ahead which I'll never understand I saved it for a reason why do I manually have to look to see if it's nearby when I can't remember the area?

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I drive motor Coach for living.. this is the best gps I've ever owned. This retailer has the best price. I got the 8inch one

Reviewer: alma gloria chavez frausto
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: GPS GARMIN OTR 700 MUY EFICIENTE ...

Reviewer: Craig
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This unit works amazing it has helped me out of a few tricky places and the accuracy is almost 100% the only thing is there was a road closed and it didn’t show on live traffic but with common sense and regular map was able to get out no problem but that was Minor issue that I can over look nothing is perfect. Over all the touch screen response is amazing the instructions are best I’ve ever seen. Highly recommend this unit for any truck driver!!! For those of you who live in Canada it even registers half load season as well and will only take you down proper routes to avoid half load roads!!!

Reviewer: Abhi
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: At least truckers need this for worry free driving to destinations. Don’t forget to connect this gps to ur phone via app Bluetooth. For smooth live updates

Reviewer: Dax
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Canada prairies user, new to hwy hauling.Pros; Great route shapping tool, you can click on the rds you want to travel and it'll stick to the greater plan even if it reroutes when u stop for fuel or go off route. Screen is supper sharp showing the terrain and easy to read at a glance. Good zoom out to easily spot which way you'll be going at major hwy intersections example the Regina bypass you can see the exit will go off to the left when the road curves to the right after the spilt. I like that it shows the signage your passing, like animals or curves. I like it shows popular truck routes, makes it easy to find how to get into that truck stop you can see off the hwy coming up.Cons; Unfortunately the sharp warning goes off the curve signage so basically every time the rd has the slightest bend it gives a 4 mile heads up, constantly on..Also the steep hill warning I found wasn't reliable enough, I still came up on some bad bois I needed to brake for, wish it gave a heads up so I could've downshifted before hand, like the quappelle valley on #9 north of Whitewood for example, didn't give a warning.I definitely recommend this for a guy looking to get around, way more reliable than Google maps on the phone.