PinkNosedPenguin

I don't care about battery life and ruggedness (happy with my phone on both counts) Yes, I find my phone almost unusable under very heavy tree cover where there is no direct sight to the sky - sometimes I have to keep emerging from the trees to get a signal, and then go back in with a better idea of where GZ is! Would a GPSr perform better here? It has a bigger/better antenna so I think it would? Now this is interesting! I use the Geocaching App and did not think a different app would make hardly any difference. Locus Map Pro at £8.99 is slightly cheaper than a GPSr

Yes this is getting more to the heart of my question; so you think a decent GPSr will still outperform a decent phone FOR ACTUAL GPS USE? It's a bit like we don't bother with a point-and-shoot digit camera anymore as our phones have way better ones in them nowadays - but we also don't expect our phones to take as good a picture as my Nikon DSLR with a decent lens (although of course that camera is lot more bulky!)

So you connect the GLO to your phone by bluetooth? I did try another similar unit, but found it very tricky to setup, and the end result was worse than just using the phone on its own. Maybe the GLO is different? Do you use it successfully yourself @arisoft ? Or anyone else? Do you find it improves signal under trees and/or general accuracy over the phone on its own?

Thanks for answers so far - well I don't feel the need to buy a GPSr at all then! Basically I'd possibly get a better signal under trees, but other than that its just extra hassle (more money, carry round 2 devices, pre-load the GPSr). Or am I wrong anyone . . . ?

I thought this would be a very frequent question but am struggling to find helpful answers My wife and I use our phones for Geocaching (Samsung S8 and S7 respectively) with the Geocaching App. But other Geocachers almost always seem to use dedicated GPS devices, claiming they could mever use their phone as the battery wouldn't last long enough. We rarely have a problem with battery life, and carry a portable charger just in case. We also like being able to geocache on a whim ("Oh look there's a geocache 200m from where we are!") because we've always got our phones on us, right? So my question is, if I was to spend up to £200 on a budget GPS, and be organised enough to download caches onto it in advance, would I benefit from: 1. increased GPS accuracy 2. better signal under trees compared to a phone? And if the answer to both questions is YES, would you rate the Garmin eTrex 32x device? Thanks in advance