Red90
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On 12/14/2023 at 12:38 AM, robertlipe said:
If the last log is "the hiding spot has been compromised, so I put it 200 feet away at the location in the picture", I'll take the time to load it from cell.
No. It is time to log an SBA.
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Okay. Non mapping GPS with long battery life and built in solar panel. Fine.
What I do not understand is the price point. Is anyone going to buy it at that cost?
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The phone works fine. You can load caches and maps for offline use, so do not need cell connection. The biggest advantage to the dedicated handhelds is they are more accurate and make finding easier.
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On 3/17/2023 at 1:30 PM, Atlas Cached said:
Sounds like your issue here is with Garmin, and your preconceived idea they are misleading the public with their published specs. Another of my favorite quotes: "A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still!" Doesn't seem like you are even open to the idea that the published times could be correct. So have it your way.
I never said the published time were not correct. Anyway. You don't seem to want to listen, nor understand. This make you as poor choice as someone to provide reviews on a product.
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On 3/16/2023 at 7:34 AM, Atlas Cached said:
Everyone uses these for different purposes.
You can not get best results from any GPSr if you have the Map displayed constantly with the backlight at full power.
My GPSMAP 67 have been connected to PC from time to time to load data etc. I have never connected them to power because the battery was getting too low. I have not performed any dedicated battery testing yet.
I am not paid or employed by Garmin.
Ahh. So you have no idea then. I could say this about every Garmin handheld I've owned in the last ten years. It is when you are on multi day trips, that it is critical to know battery life before you leave. These are critical electronics when you are weeks in the bush and guessing at battery life is dangerous. It is not helpful that Garmin is providing misleading battery life figures. It forces people to waste a lot of time determining the numbers on their own.
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16 hours ago, Atlas Cached said:
I've been using these devices for more than 6 months now. The battery life is not a lie. My eTrex SE still has the original set of Lithium AA batteries I installed when I first received it.
With you looking at it for navigation most of the time and recording an accurate and continuous track? You are getting a month of use without recharging?
Are you being paid by Garmin?
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13 hours ago, Atlas Cached said:
5. ...., and both offer many improvements over their predecessors.
What exactly? I don't see anything. The long battery life is a lie as it is saving position every ten minutes. A useless feature for Geocaching. I will assume battery life is no better than the 66.
No replaceable battery is horrible.
Might as well use a phone.
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Make sure you have WAAS turned on and let the GPS get a WAAS lock first. Otherwise, that is it. Nothing will be better than the etrex 20.
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You need to connect the GPS in "mass storage" mode to see the card in Basecamp or Mapsource. Look in the "interface" settings on the GPS.
As above, the card is only for maps and custom POIS.
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On 12/23/2019 at 9:30 AM, ras_oscar said:
Right you are. Plain as the nose on my face. Thanks for sorting me out.
But.... They are not quite as good at zeroing out on a cache as a dedicated unit. I suspect that is mostly because they do not use WAAS. I use both regularly to find caches, so this is from first hand experience. Your search zone will be half the size normally when using a dedicated versus the iPhone.
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15 minutes ago, kunarion said:
"AA" batteries in a Garmin Oregon 750T.
AA batteries are not Lithium-Ion. They are lithium-iron disulfide.
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They are fine. Every phone has one.
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It is most likely caused by a specific GPX file. Delete all files and empty the trash if on a MAC. Master reset the unit and start from scratch. It should not be locking up. This problem started during the development period of the Oregon 400 and was clearly shown back then to be caused by bad HTML that the unit can't parse within GPX files.
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Basecamp, Google Earth, pretty much anything that will show a map will let you overlay a track and Geocaches.
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6 hours ago, _Art_ said:
The accuracy circle is just a graphic circle with translated radius of the accuracy reported by the GPS module. Did Garmin produce the GPS module for the early models of 60CSx?
Actually the accuracy circle is not that. Is is a combined map and GPS accuracy. Garmin did not make the GPS on that model.
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On what? A computer? A GPS? A phone/tablet?
Any mapping capable GPS will do that. Most computer mapping programs will do that. Most phone mapping apps will do that? I'm not sure what won't do that.
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16 hours ago, Geoticca said:
The 60csx had a better firmware (with accuracy circle)
Sorry, but the 60CSX had a million bugs when it came out as well. Why do you want an accuracy circle? It is just a made up number.
The 62 programming started a decade earlier with the Colorado. It is across all the handhelds since then.
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11 hours ago, PeoriaBill said:
Thanks for the information. I did not realize the extent of GPS66 problems. I'll buy one when it gets more stable.
Every Garmin handheld in the history of Garmin has this many unresolved bugs.....
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Find a store that sells Garmin handhelds and look at them in person. Purchase one that you like.
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On 10/18/2019 at 5:17 PM, Atlas Cached said:
LOL, it does... BUT: How do you determine which looks better, a 4K TV or a 720p TV, looking through a keyhole?
Not a great analogy. The old screens had a very coarse resolution. The new ones are much better.
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On 10/15/2019 at 11:17 PM, Goldenwattle said:
I am on my second eTrex30. It was cheaper than the eTrex30x and I wasn't sure it would do anything more for me than an eTrex30, which I am happy with, so I bought the cheaper. I do need a chip in it though to load maps from around the world for travelling.
The 30x has a much higher resolution screen.
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So to step back.... What problem are you having with battery life? It should be the same for a 62 as for a 60, around 12 hours.
As for as features go, the 66 is quite different and it is well liked around here. Have you look at the list of differences yourself first?
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There is no way to split up into lists on the device.
You could make routes between caches. Easiest to do in Basecamp.
You should see all caches on the map by default.
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They just need to build them like the Colorado again.
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Are you confusing this with the traditional etrex? This is a completely different design.