meach4x4

It's not an "either"... it's a "both"! You can set up a group of pocket queries that repeat weekly, then load the resulting file into GSAK into corresponding databases for the area, type of cache, or whatever. Downloading to the newer GPSr units is either a single click or run a simple macro via a button. It is a great way to go for travelling. You can have a database for home, and then create another for wherever your travel takes you (like "Michigan") I've used GSAK for 4 years now, and someday I hope to be able to use 1/10th of the capabilities it has. One that I have used is the filter to give you caches within a short distance of exits. That is great for caching your way along a journey. Happy Geocaching! meach4x4

Dreemcacher, it sounds like you should make Wolfguy3 an offer to take his off his hands before he figures out how good it really is.

For the last 3 years, I used a Garmin 60csx for my gps. I did paperless caching with a Tungsten e Palm e then later using my Palm Treo 650. I used GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife) to manage the downloads into the GPS and the Palm device. Everything works well. I recently "upgraded" to using and Oregon 400t for both the GPS and the paperless caching. It works very well, and now I don't need to carry two devices. However, there are some advantages to using the palm device for the paperless side. One advantage is that the palm device can have many databases of info loaded into it, using categories to divide them up for searching. The older gps devices will only hold 1,000 or 2,000 caches. That seems like a lot, and it is, if you do caching expeditions that are planned in advance. However, I find myself more often than not just going out for some exploration, and then doing some caching if I have the time. It is nice to have a huge database of info in the Palm that I can look up if I happen to be in the area. I have 5 different databases with over 500 caches in each that cover the "local" area for caching. So the palm worked better for that. The other advantage is that you can have a lot of more info/logs for each cache along with you. It is taking me a while to get used to the more limited capacity of my Oregon, but now I enjoy being able to go out caching without having two devices to do paperless. The more I get used to the Oregon, the less I miss my 60 csx/Palm caching. meach4x4

I just upgraded from my 60 CSx to an Oregon 400t. After nosing around the wiki, I decided I will continue to use the GSAK for managing the GSX info. When I researched the process on GSAK, I found that they (Clyde) has written a neat macro to do the download with a click. So, now I save the pocket query in my downloads file, then open GSAK and download the .gsx into a new database. Then, I click the macro to download to a Colorado/Oregon, and I'm done. As I see it, the advantage of doing it this way is the GSAK macro will allow using filters like "Caches I have not found yet" to control what goes into my 400t, instead of having to do the filtering in the pocket query. If I am missing something, and there is a better way, by all means please inform me. Just because I am doing it certainly doesn't mean it is the right way. Meach4x4