RambleOn

I have had my Colorado for about a month. I have not seen the accuracy issue either. It has always taken me right to the cache. Even in the trees. My Colorado came loaded with version 2.6 of the firmware and version 2.5 of the software. My accuracy is usually in the 3 to 8 meter range. I think the highest I have seen it is around 14 meters although I am not always watching it. I carry it in case on my belt. The case has a flap that goes over top of the GPS. But the tracks are pretty much always on the road/trail that I am on. In the truck it is mounted to the window. I just replaced the Alkaline Duracells I had in the Colorado after about a month. That was maybe 8 hours of geocaching. I power the Colorado off the vehicle power cable (cigarette lighter) if I am driving between caches. Works great saves batteries. Quite often I am hiking or riding my mountain bike to find caches. But these are usually less than two hour trips. I figured I may as well try some NiMH so I went down today and bought some and a charger. I will try and keep track of the time I put on them and post my results. I live in a small town and had a limited selection of batteries and chargers to choose from. So I went with Duracell 2650mAh rechargeable batteries and Duracell Mobile Charger. Probably not the best but it was not that expensive either. The charger will also run off the cigarette lighter so if I am out camping I should still be able to charge my batteries. As long as I get a day of geocaching out of a set I will be happy. I always carry spares just in case. The paperless geocaching features are great. I no longer have to pack my pocket pc. It took me a bit to get use to the Colorado. I had always used Magellan before and have had a GPS since 2000 when they opened up the satellites to the public. It is a vast improvement over my Magellans. I think my Colorado is great and I hope I never see that accuracy problem.

I have a RAM mount with a twist lock suction cup base. The first time out it fell off the window. My Colorado locked up as a result. I had to remove the batteries to reset it. I was on a bumpy bush road though but still I was hoping I would not have this problem. What I am thinking of doing is tying a string around the mount and my rearview mirror. This way if it falls off at least it will just hang there. Hmmm could be an idea for a new product.