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Hot take: my $8 paper map from a rest stop beat my phone on a trip to Asheville last weekend
My phone died about 40 minutes outside of Asheville last Saturday and I had no charger, so I dug out this crumpled paper map I grabbed at a rest stop in Tennessee for $8. I actually found the back road to my friend's place faster than my phone ever did because the map showed the whole county at once instead of zooming me into one street. The paper never lost signal, never yelled at me to make a U-turn, and I could see three alternate routes just by moving my eyes. My phone said 1 hour 10 minutes, the map route took me 52 minutes because it showed a road my phone never even suggested. Does anyone else keep a real map in the car just in case, or am I the only one still doing this?
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leor374d ago
The $8 paper map from a Tennessee rest stop is honestly the real hero here. I keep a beat up atlas shoved under my passenger seat for the same reason, and it has saved me more than once when my signal dropped out in the mountains. There is something about seeing the whole county spread out that a tiny phone screen just can't do, and your 52 minutes versus 1 hour 10 says it all. Phones are great until the battery quits, and then that piece of paper is worth way more than 8 bucks. Sorry your phone bailed on you but glad the map had your back.
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