bellydancer08

By add, I presume you mean manually create on the GPS. That's something I never would have thought to try. Thanks for the clarification. By 'manual', I'm referring to when I had a sudden change of plans that took me to an unexpected place, so I want to enter coordinates for a geocache but don't have the cable to connect the etrex 20 to a computer. On my previous unit, I could create the waypoint, and if I changed the icon to the geocache symbol, then that waypoint was listed with all my other geocaches. So far, the 20 allows me to create a waypoint and edit coordinates and then change the icon to the geocache symbol, but it doesn't seem to matter - regardless of the icon, it is not included with the geocaches. Now I know that 'geocaches' are not 'waypoints' according to the 20, which (for me) is a step backwards.

If it is important for you to remove the found caches and you don't want to run the Pocket Queries every week, then you can use the free Garmin BaseCamp software to delete individual caches. If you run the PQ on a frequent, regular basis, the new one will overwrite the original when you copy it to the GPS. This will ensure you have the most current information for each cache. A ray of hope!!! I really really hope my frustration is just because the unit is new to me and I don't know how to get to the setting I want rather than that it doesn't have that feature... I've been using GSAK to create .gpx files that I send to GPS unit. Would the BaseCamp software replace GSAK then? Can you point me to a thread that explains more about BaseCamp? On old unit, no matter how many geocaches I sent to gps in a file, they each could be edited, logged, or deleted individually. On the 20, each gpx I send remains a separate set of geocaches rather than being dumped into one set. Alternatively, I can live with waypoint management if the map display can be customized to show only certain types of waypoints. Any ideas on whether that's a possibility? Thank you!

Haven't used etrex 10 but just bought the 20 to upgrade my old, discontinued Venture. I am SO DISAPPOINTED. Waypoint management is terrible. Can't delete waypoints from unit, need computer. If you loaded multiple caches at once, they are all stored together as one file, so even when you are at the computer, you keep all or you keep none - you still can't delete one cache at a time. I could live with that if there was a way to keep found caches off the map, but that's not an option. If you add a cache manually, it does not get included with the rest of the geocaches and does not appear in the 'find nearest' list. You can get to it as a Waypoint but not as a Geocaches. Not sure about accuracy yet, I've had mixed results. Used it on some caches that have eluded me in the past and etrex 20 pointed me right to them. But other caches that the old unit took me to, this unit points me 50 feet away. I bought this because of the paperless caching capabilities and the expanded memory that lets me keep all my maps all the time, when I had to swap maps in and out when I travelled in the past. I haven't decided yet whether those advantages are enough to overcome the inconveniences of waypoint management. I can't return it, but have a recipient lined up for my hand-me-down. I may end up keeping the old unit and passing this one along instead.

I, too, have had difficulty running My Finds. I click and I click and I click, and it just keeps refreshing the page but never adds that PQ to the queue. It's been a month since I ran it last...is it just the website that's not working, or is there something else I'm supposed to do to make this work?

I desperately want this feature! GC.com let's you do an advanced search by cache owner, but saving the results page by page is tedious, and saves .LOC rather than .GPX, meaning some info is lost. Geocaching.com Powers That Be - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE add the ability to generate PQ by owner!!!!

Thanks, Lil Devil. 'and more... I have a general idea of pocket queries, and searched all over the forums and main geocaching page for that info before posting my question but couldn't find it. Do you know of a link on the site where a non-premium member (for now) can get those details about exactly what a PQ will do?

I see the checkboxes that allow me to filter for certain types of caches... 1) Is there a similar option that would allow me to filter based on Difficulty/Terrain level? Either on the map or in a pocket query? For example, if I want to try looking for a Difficulty 3 or above, can I exclude the 1's and 2's? 2) I'm going to be traveling out of state in a month or so, and think it would be a good time to move some travel bugs along. Can I filter/query for caches in my area that contain travel bugs so I can grab a few just before I leave? Thanks!