I bought a Magellan Meridian Platinum from BestBuy the other day for $200:) Someone must have gotten it for Christmas and returned it:) Lucky for me!
So far I have found 2 caches with no problems and I haven't even calibrated the GPSr yet:) I have been having so much fun that I haven't taken the time to read the manual.
Right now we are finding the farthest place on earth away from our house:)
I had done research on the various models and decided to get a Garmin GPS V but when I went to actually look at the units, the Platinum had one of the largest screens in that price category. I love the compass and the altimeter and the barometer.
I really stink (w/o the GPSr) with directions so I am happy to have this:)
The only thing that I really wanted with the Garmin GPS V was the autorouting. Is there a way to rig up the laptop with some software to do this while using the Platinum?
If you are researching these, I would advise you to go to the store and look at them as well as research.
BestBuy has a deal where you can get one for 90 days same as cash:)