I am very happy with my Legend, I still use it for a variety of purposes. I too am very new to this sport/game & recently found my first cache with this unit. The GPSr said the cache was 1 foot away and it was dead on! It was so close it felt like I was cheating! I realize this was a bit unusual.
About being user friendly, I find my to be very understandable. I simply needed to use it a little bit and study the manual some. Another thing that was helpful was to have a friend using the same unit so that we could exchange tips, info etc.
Good Luck!