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Hi, my post was for January 2012. I am long gone now. Thanks any way. Yoram

Hello all, I will be in Bali from the 30th of January 2012 for a week or so and was wondering if there will be someone there that would like to join me in the fun of finding the few geocaches that are around the island? Best regards. Yoram

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Hi Aloha, I have read lots of reviews about the Nuvi 550, it is great but lacks of accuracy as they say. I am wondering if the Zumo 220 would be good off-road, it seems to have good accuracy and has similar price. But could not find reviews from it yet. I would prefer to buy only one GPS... Thank you for your help Yoram

There are bike mounts available for hand held units and many hand helds do a good job at automotive navigation and a great job geocaching. On the other hand most automotive units (like the ones you linked) to are not particularly good for geocaching, they are designed for automotive use. A Garmin Map 60CSX, Oregin, Vista HCX or Legend HCX will do a fine job of navigating roads if you also spring for the City Navigator software. Delorme PN40 and PN60 aren't nearly as good as the Garmin unit for road navigation, but they do have rudimentary navigation features and are excellent geocaching units. There also are the Garmin Nuvi 500 and 550. These are automotive units that are ruggedized, water resistant and designed for outdoor use and have the geocaching friendly features that most other automotive units lack. Another thing to consider with automotive units on you motorbike is that most are not water resistant. So if you run into a rain storm you will need to somehow protect the unit. Hello, I went today to the shops and I could not find the Garmin Nuvi 550, they told me it was an old (2008) and discontinued GPS and there was nothing equally good and multivalent to replace it... disappointing. I'll keep looking. What about the Garmin zumo 220? Anjy good for off-road geocaching? Thank you

There are bike mounts available for hand held units and many hand helds do a good job at automotive navigation and a great job geocaching. On the other hand most automotive units (like the ones you linked) to are not particularly good for geocaching, they are designed for automotive use. A Garmin Map 60CSX, Oregin, Vista HCX or Legend HCX will do a fine job of navigating roads if you also spring for the City Navigator software. Delorme PN40 and PN60 aren't nearly as good as the Garmin unit for road navigation, but they do have rudimentary navigation features and are excellent geocaching units. There also are the Garmin Nuvi 500 and 550. These are automotive units that are ruggedized, water resistant and designed for outdoor use and have the geocaching friendly features that most other automotive units lack. Another thing to consider with automotive units on you motorbike is that most are not water resistant. So if you run into a rain storm you will need to somehow protect the unit. Thank you Briansnat, Of all these, I prefer the Garmin Nuvi 550, it is the one nearest to what I need, it will have the possibility to connect ear-phones, is water and vibration proof and hopefully a power connector for the motorbike battery. While rading about the above GPS, I came across these: The GARMIN - DAKOTA 20 looks nice too. The Garmin Oregon 400T has topographic maps included, but I could not find about navigating on roads/cities (oh, it might be discontinued). Buyt these two have a quite small screen. Is it possible to add topographic maps on any GPS? Thanks, Yoram

Thank you both of you, I understand now what I have to look for. That will be more difficult, there are not many GPS for Motorbikes to choose from, plus now I need one with the off-road feature. Yoram

Feliz Natal Yoram - Portugal.

Hello, Rather than a reply this is another question as I also want to buy my first GPS. Should I start a new thread or is it fine to ask this question here? I have never used a GPS so I have no idea what they can do. I would like a GPS that I will be able to use on the motorbike when I travel too. I was looking at these here: http://www.precos.com.pt/gps-c3548/gps-mota So, my questions are: Will any of those GPS be good for geocaching too, I assume I can insert a waypoint in most of them, but what if the geocache is out of a road or out of the map installed in the GPS, it will still point me to the right direction, right? I was in a shop last week and most GPS said "not suitable for Geocaching". Whay would that be? (The seller could not answer me). What features do I need from a GPS to be able to geocache? Thank you and Merry Christmas. Yoram