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  1. Seems intermittent.  I noted the same thing, and copied/pasted the content of the email into the MC when I later noted that the email didn't seem to have hit there.

    Unfortunately, it seems to be hit and miss as to whether email-to-MC transfers are going to occur, which is making email MC replies too unreliable to use at the moment.

     

  2. 1 hour ago, HHL said:

    On your car's NavSat:

    1. Open Google Maps

    Step 1 will hang up most people.  Opening Google Maps on a phone and using Android Auto or Car Play might work, except even then, the mobile version (at least for Android) of Google Maps does not seem to support pulling in the MyMaps for display through Android Auto.  They show up fine on the phone, but not the vehicle version of the map.

     

    I find it much easier just to export the day's run to my TomTom from GSAK.

     

     

  3. 3 hours ago, arisoft said:

    Intentionally underrated difficulty tends to create feedback but overrated won't do that :)

    Some finders look at a cache rated too highly, and call it 'caching karma' (making up for others that were rated low and hard to find).

    Others of us will comment either way if we feel the rating is 'off'.  I've written quite a few logs where I said something along the order of "Felt guilty taking the 3.5 for this one".  An example:

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  4. To start, D ratings do tend to be a bit regional.  As I have traveled, I've noticed easily a full point difference in how D is viewed from one region to another.  Since most of your finds are in the same area as your hides, you should by now have a good feel for what the locals think is a 1.5 vs. a 2.5, etc.

    Many people will point to the Clayjar (http://www.clayjar.com/gcrs/) method for evaluating their D/T ratings.  There, you see 1.0 through 5.0 (you have to interpolate the .5's based up those). 

     

    But there are SO many factors involved since each of the Clayjar levels is also subjective.  "Cache may be very well hidden, may be multi-leg, or may use clues to location."  What is "very well hidden"?

     

    We used to see a CO here who couldn't sort out hide difficulty from overall context.  Yes, if you knew where to look, it was easy, but with loose coordinates in a 'haystack' of a forest ...

    The context of the hide MUST be taken into account to provide a fair estimate of the difficulty to find a cache.  That could be part of the issue you're facing.

     

    What hints are being provided in the description, or as specific hints?  The time to make the find, especially in a haystack, can be changed GREATLY by either of those.

     

     

     

     

       
     
     
       
  5. 2 hours ago, Atlas Cached said:

     

    It has been a decade since the original Montana was released, and a lot has happened since then, but I am certain I remember reading posts on multiple forums about the resistive layer on the Montana 6x0 display becoming brittle and cracking when used in cold weather (i.e. below freezing). Conversely, that same resistive film would expand and/or stretch when used in hot weather (i,e, direct sunlight >85°F), which would result in a screen that did not respond properly when touched and/or phantom screen presses occurring without ever touching the device. (Example 01) (Example 02

    Guess the old Oregon 450 is even better than I thought!

    (Still available used at bargain prices.)

     

    'Normal' resistive screens haven't done that.  They were successfully used for eons in automotive PND applications where temperature extremes are FAR greater than you'd experience with any handheld.  If true, the problem is with the Montana, not resistive screens in general.

  6. 2 hours ago, Atlas Cached said:

    Yes, easier to use in cold weather because your hands were gloved. Most glove manufacturers now provide some capacitive material in the pointer fingers of their gloves for this very purpose.

    You can buy new gloves that do this, but even then, a small screen with fat glove fingers can be difficult to hit correctly.  Heck, I screw up often enough on an Oregon sized screen with just my fingers.  Much depends upon how heavy the gloves are.

     

    Still, the idea that the resistive screens don't like cold weather -- just not true.  I'm NOT in Arizona, I'm here in Colorado where we actually do get winter (though this year, I'm beginning to wonder!) and have had plenty of time caching in cold weather with a couple of previous generation Garmin touch screens.  All good.  There may be other reasons for preferring capacitive screens, but that wouldn't be one of them.

  7. 11 hours ago, Atlas Cached said:

    Ice fishing sounds very cold. I do not think the Montana 6x0 touch screen resistive film likes cold weather. Also, the Oregon 7x0 is much more capable with many more features.

    Gotta get out of Arizona more often!

    We had nothing but resistive screens for YEARS and they were actually easier to use in cold weather - you could use the tip of your closed logging pen to activate the screen without even taking off your gloves.  Touch my pen tip to this new Oregon 700 and you get nada.

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  8. 4 hours ago, cerberus1 said:

     

    Curious where you're seeing this.  Thanks.  :)   

    Nowhere.  I typed that COMPLETELY in reverse!  Should have read "are NOT also notified".  I would love to see followup logs.

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