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Alright, it's nut-cutting time. BlueNinja, go out on Saturday and buy a Legend. Don't think about it, just do it. Play with it all day Sunday and all next week. If you have questions about it, ask them here. We'll answer them as best we can. If you are a f'ing newbie, the Legend is a great place to start.

 

Why not the iFinder? It looks to be a pretty good unit, but you will be in the 3% bunch. Just like Mac users and people who use Firefox. If you are just starting out, it's best to be one of the crowd and decide why you hate being one of the crowd, rather than being an outsider looking in and wishing you could play with the cool kids.

I use firefox

 

Anyways, I think I may be getting a Legend for my birthday. I can still attemppt going gpsless til then.

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Man, I don't feel I can really decide on a GPS unless I try it out.... but the only place I've actually OPERATED one is at Dick's, and even then the place is basically a warehouse so not even windows to try to catch a signal through. The only way I can think of to really "try before you buy" is to purchase one and get a refund after a bit, but that would look dumb.

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I'd assume antenna also, as unless you program your GPS that you have an antenna 9' in front of it, it's not going to deviate. Are you thinking of sticking it up on a pole or something?

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Ok, I haven't even heard of that one, have heard of the GO model, will have to check that out. Sounds good, does it have a dataport instead of memory? I have a all in one card reader, but only CF cards so I'd have to buy another card...

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After reading yet some more, I'd like to also consider some Magellan units. They sound pretty good, but they seem a little "clunky". How do they compare to the Legend?

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Er.... I've probably visited the page 10x now, and it hasn't changed except from the first-3rd day going down.

 

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After reading a bit, I'm fairly certain I want to go with the Legend, however there are suggestions to get an external antenna, which the eTrex family doesn't support. What models offer about the same features as the Legend, but have external antenna capability?

 

Blue

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Why don't they include a USB cacble standard? Most people with a GPS will have a computer that is USB-enabled, and do that many people have serial ports anymore?

Because thats what they want to do. Both Garmin and Magellan do it that way. If you want to connect it to a computer you either find a serial port, or get an adaptor (I use ISOgear brand ones from Best Buy btw).

OR I guess you could also buy a newer unit

D'oh! Guess I should look at some more recent documentation other than a 10/02 instruction manual....

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Why don't they include a USB cacble standard? Most people with a GPS will have a computer that is USB-enabled, and do that many people have serial ports anymore?

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doh, this is an edited double post...

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ok, I must ask what is going on at Amazon.

 

2 days ago, I looked ant the Legend was $144. A week or so before that (according to idiosyncratic) the price was noted at $131.

 

It's $131 again.

 

What's going on?

 

Blue

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Ok, I think if I get one it'll be the Legend from Amazon. Looks fine for what I'm doing.

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I was originally considering ebay due to the low prices, but I want to buy from someone I know is trustable. Will Garmin honor the warranty if their product is purchased from Amazon?

 

I may get a GPS for my birthday ths year, not sure yet....

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So, what would you recommend for maps?

 

I checked on amazon for the Legend, says $144. Is this a permenent discount, or just for this month or something?

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Being noticed doesn't really bother me, if someone comes up and wonders what I'm doing, it's just word-of-mouth promotion.

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Technician, hoping to upgrade to General within the next couple months.

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I've found a couple caches so far, with a bit of diffuculty as I have no GPS nor access to one. I realize it would be quite handy to have one, as my family travels a lot and we sometimes get lost. I have my eye on the eTrex family, especially the WAAS models. A person I know of said his GPSmap76s was accurate to 3ft. Is this possible? I thought the best you could get was around 3 meters.

 

Anyhow, I'd like something with a dataport on the back, and (preferably) a map of US highways and roads, if not that the capability to download those. Any suggestions?

 

Thanks,

 

BlueNinja