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Hi - I just received a recognition from my company and am allowed to shop the reward catalog for my gift. I have a choice of the following units: Garmin eTrex Vista 24 MB, Lowance iFinder H2O Handheld, Garmin eTrex Legend, Magellan eXplorist 210, Garmin eTrex Venture. I would be using the unit for geocaching only and since I am new to it, I don't know how much it will be used so I don't want to spend my points unnecessarily. I would be willing to spend more money on a better unit once I decide I like to geocache. Which one should I get? Thanks, Susan

I went on my first hunt today and was unsuccessful. I don't know if it was my stupidity, my GPS wasn't set up correctly or maybe my GPS is too old. I have an Eagle Map Guide Pro made by Lowrance. I think I bought it about 10 years ago. I have never used it for hiking, just driving. At the time it was a pretty high end unit, I think I paid $400 for it. I bought upgraded software for it that is dated 1998. My problem today was that I would walk in one direction and the distance meter would be steadily going down, I would usually get to around 40 ft., then all of a sudden it would tell me to go the other direction. I must have spent at least an hour going around in circles. Is this typical? At one point it even told me I was 1 foot away and as I was standing there, not moving, it all of a sudden told me I was 42 feet away. Help! Susan