revnine

Dusty, I've got both a Garmin GPS V and a Platinum. I haven't had any major problems with either. The SD card is a nice feature, but you'll probably still need that COM port to download waypoints to the unit (if you use easyGPS) and to use the mapping software. I would go with the Platinum personally. Version 4.02 worked well for me. If you can swing it the GPS V has auto-routing which is a handy feature. Versus the Etrex, I would go with the Platinum though. Hope this helps. Tony

I have been comparing my GPS V and a new Meridian Platinum for the last week or so. As far as accuracy goes, both seem to be very good. There are good features with both units (but that's another post). With WAAS off on both units, I get very little (if any) difference in static coordinates with the units side-by-side (+/- .001 seconds). While I was comparing coordinates, I noticed that the clock on the Platinum was a few (2-3) seconds behind the clock on the GPS V....which got me wondering. Aren't the internal clocks set off of the sats they are receiving and shouldn't the times be the same assuming they were locked on the same set of sats? Thanks in advance! Tony

Hi, Just got a meridian Platinum to play around with and I'm trying to find the secret menu. I'd heard it was NAV-GOTO-PWR, but I can't get it to work. BTW, I'm also using a Garmin GPS V, so I hope to have a comparative review sometime soon. One thing I really like about the Platinum so far is that it displays the notes associated with a waypoint whereas the GPS V does not. This is very handy when downloading waypoints (and notes) from EasyGPS the the platinum....the GCxxx designation shows up as well as the name of the cache (in the notes/message window). Thanks in advance!