My dogs would be insulted if I didn't take them along...they couldn't care less about caches, but they love the outing...besides..there's bears around here!!!
I love my Lowrance iFinder Explorer...very accurate, tough, many features...you will want to get a screen shield, though. I dropped mine in the Arkansas River while fly fishing & it never lost lock!!!
I was using GPS with my fly fishing long before I ever heard of Geocaching. Now, I try to associate the two...look for geocaches that are near where I am going. The fishing still seems to be the highest priority, though.
I love my iFinder explorer...has more features than I'll probably ever use & it was very reasonable. Seems pretty tough, too....I dropped in Arkansas River while fly fishing & it never skipped a beat!!