Once I got a GPS for the car, a co-worker of mine introduced us to geocaching. We were able to use our Garmin nuvi fairly well. Once we were sure we wanted to continue geocaching , we then got a hand held. It is less cumbersome and has better battery capabilities. I found that our nuvi doesn't have a great battery life, so when we geocache with it, we have to remember to charge it as we drive to our next cache.