HFJohnson

What a great article, both from Jersey's point of view and about geocaching. I'm and ex-local and love GCing in Jersey. Even though I grew up in Jersey Geocaching has taken me to so many places I never knew existed. So far, some of my favourites are... Alphabet Chain....A is for Airport - my first ever geocache! Patternoster Lookout - great views Le Don Carlyle le Gallais - a very sneaky hide! The Great Escape - an easy cache with a great story to tell Corbiere Lighthouse Viewpoint - more great views Noirmont - a really good multicache (even though I didn't get to the final stage!) Can't wait until we go back in August so I can look for some more.

I haven't used my Dakota for anything other than geocaching so far. I'm planning on downloading some maps on to it but haven't got round to it yet.

I recently upgraded to a paperless model and really love it! It's so much easier than printing off endless bits of paper as you just have all the caches right there in your GPS (although you need to be a premium member to do pocket queries). After much agonising I chose the Garmin Dakota 10, which I think is about the cheapest option for paperless geocaching) and it's been brilliant so far.

I'm looking to upgrade my GPS this spring. I want to go paperless and the Garmin emap I'm using at the moment really struggles to hold a signal when it gets anywhere near a tree. The above three models are within my price range but I can't decide which to choose. Obviously I'd like to spend as little as possible, which would mean the Dakota 10 but of course I don't want to buy the cheapest one and then wish I'd spent the extra later on. So my needs are as follows: * Paperless option * The best signal possible under tree cover And I guess that's it really! I'm not a big numbers cacher and can't imagine I'd need more than a few hundred caches on my GPS at one time. When it comes to storing caches on the unit is it easy to delete them? If I go on holiday for example I'd probably want to download lots to cover the area I'm visiting but wouldn't want to keep them on the GPS when I came home. I'm not too bothered about having maps pre-loaded as it seems you can get decent ones for free I've looked at a comparison site and the main differences between the three units are the memory size and the internal compass (the 10 and the 62 apparently have a GPS compass and the 20 has a 3 - axis - how much difference does this make?) So will the Dakota 10 be enough for me? Is there anything else I need to consider? Thanks HFJ