Clan_McDermott

I'm right there with you with regards to the security key...I was told by the dealer that it would cost us in the neighborhood of $150 to get a replacement key...OY!! On that note, for the last two vans we owned I got one of the generic keys cut (so I could at least unlock the doors) each van was written off maybe a month after the key was cut (STUPID dumb luck!! Hit black ice and rolled one, then 6 months later hit a moose) Now while i know it had nothing to do with the spare key, I'm taking no chances...LOL My keys have a lanyard with two carabiners, one carabiner attaches the keys to the lanyard, the other carabiner attaches to my belt loop...this serves two purposes...1.) The second carabiner keeps the lanyard from dangling and gettting caught up in something 2.) It's simply not convenient to hop out of the car without my keys...so I either have my keys with me, or am abundantly aware that I don't (having had to unfasten them from my jeans before getting out) But I need to find a better system...might look into that tap lock...wondering though how hard it would be to wire...plus I'd like to know if having it wired in is going to void any kind of warranty on my van...cos that wouldn't be so cool

how do you "dip" it? I have a magnetic TB on my truck and I usually just "dip" it into the caches I visit. It kind of keeps a running record of where I've cached..

The guy that my husband was talking to that (reluctantly) sold him the Legend, told him that they use the eTrex (yellow) to hold the door open when they're getting the other units out of the case and that neither of them were what he was looking for. My husband insisted because when he asked what I wanted for Christmas, I asked for a Garmin handheld...at that point I wasn't hung up on models (I didn't know that much about them to be quite honest) I just had been told that IF customer support ends up being needed, that Garmin tends to have the best support after the sale, and for me that's as important as the features. But from what you're saying, the Legend is actually what I'm looking for...load coords and find a cache...I was worried that if he was talked into one of the more expensive "bells & whistles" units that the bells & whistles would be confusing and actually take away from what I was looking for. Make sense?

I'm confused...from what I'm told, the Garmin eTrex (blue) and the yellow one (not sure of the model) aren't getting very good reveiws from others on this site...I'm starting to feel bad, I asked my husband to get me the Garmin eTrex Legend for Christmas and I was all excited...but then get on here and everyone's saying that it's not all that.

I'm confused...from what I'm told, the Garmin eTrex (blue) and the yellow one (not sure of the model) aren't getting very good reveiws from others on this site...I'm starting to feel bad, I asked my husband to get me the Garmin eTrex Legend for Christmas and I was all excited...but then get on here and everyone's saying that it's not all that.