Stricktwodogs

I live in the greater Seattle area and there are 100's and 100's of geocaches to choose from. I live and work over 30 miles apart and I am never sure where I am going to go geo caching so the Iphone has been a savior. Coordinates are pretty easy to type in on my Garmin 450 so I haven't screwed any up yet. I guess when I get my laptop fixed (more $, more $) I can always dip into a coffee shop with a wireless connection (they are on every corner around here) and download what I need to my GPS but until then I will probably keep doing the tandom thing.

I originally got into geocaching (just recently) when I discovered an app available for my Iphone. I immediatley was hooked! I love the ease of using the Iphone, the ability to cache on the fly and being able to log notes from the field. What I do not like about the Iphone is the incredibly unpredictable and unstable GPS. More than once I was ready to chuck it into the woods! So I coughed up a lot of dough and got the Garmin 450 (which I love!). I now use them in combo to geo cache. If I decide to go after work and I was not able to down load a cache to my Garmin I pull up the coordinates on my Iphone, type them into my GPS lickity split and off I go. When I am done I log it in using my Iphone and all is good. Does anyone else do something similar? If so how is it working for you? Stricktwodogs

Hello everyone, I also just bought a Oregon 450 and so far I love it. I am trying to figure out how to download bunches of caches at once. I like to do a search on the area I am going to go to and then download all those at once. So far all I have been able to do is download them one at a time. Is there some addtional software I need to put on my unit to get this to work (download all waypoint option). Thanks for any help. I am pretty new to this so hopefully this is not to stupid of a question. Jim

Hey, I just started Geocaching and have only been using my Iphone. What I have found is that it burns through the battery in a big hurry and once you hit the trees it loses the signal easily. But on the flip side I love it in the urban area and I always have it with me so I can Geocache on a whim. Having said all that I am going to purchase a GPS, probably a Garmin Oregon 400T, but then again I change my mind about 10 times a day on what to get based on the latest review I read:-)