SRTmike08

I cant say for 100% sure weather or not its better but here is what I can tell you. Typically on the GPS screen it reports that my accuracy is 8ft with waas and around 10-11 feet without. I have recorded several geocaching trips as well as walks I normally take. The tracks have matched up with Google Earth very well. I have not been a victim yet of the drift problems I have read about. Again I am no professional just telling you my experiences with the unit. Edit: O and by the way I am currently running the 2.41 beta software for the gps im not sure if that fixed any of the tracking problems or not but iv been using without problems and really enjoy the added features.

Hello I just got the Dakota 20 for Christmas and I like it a lot for Geocaching. I think the main issue the Delorme forum might have been talking about is the Waas. The Oregon and Dakota both use the same gps chipset and both have issues with taking a long time to get a waas signal then losing it easily. To be honest tho it really has not affected my Geocaching experience as the difference with waas on in my area is usally only about 2-3 feet. The 300 and 20 both have a magnetic compass but the 20 has a 3 axis compass like the one found on the Oregon 550 series. The 3 axis is nice cause you do not have to hold the gps flat to get a accurate reading. Hopefully this helps you a little bit. Have fun you cant go wrong with either one.

I would have to say Garmin. I just got a Dakota 20 and I really like it. I have the 2010.30 street maps and a few different topo maps for the state of Ohio loaded up currently. I really like the fact that it has profiles. I have one profile for geocaching driving and one for geocaching walking. The geocaching driving automatically loads up the street maps and sets all the settings for street driving. It will route me to the geocache as close as it can then I use the geocache walking profile that is setup for topo maps and offroad routing to get me to the cache the rest of the way. The reason I got the Dakota 20 was mainly for the 3 axis compass. It has helped nicely with finding the right spot. No more walking around in circles trying to get my bearing lol.