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Thanks for all of the advice, I ended up purchasing the vista w/ the garmin street software. So far I am very impressed with it. It worked great routing us to a family vacation at Kalahari (manually inputting the address) and then to the UP for some snowmobiling with friends. I also used it while on the trail snowmobiling, never lost a signal and it was nice always knowing the cross roads. Plus being able to look at the tracks and all of the other info was great. I found out that my snowmobile was off about 7-8 mph (speedo said 85ish and the max speed the gps said was upper 70's). I only made one mistake and that was accidentally dumping the maps when I was transfering the tracks off the unit to my computer. The next day we were out about 100 miles into the trails and I wanted to check something and I noticed that there were no maps loaded. OOPS! I am looking forward to getting to know the unit forward and backwards. I looked up some geocaches near the house and will try to get out with the kids this weekend and explore a little. We are getting fresh snow, so it should be a lot of fun. The next thing that I want to figure out is how to install the tracks over sattelite images......... I will never be with out it, I dont know why I waited so long to get one? Thanks

thanks for the info so far. It seems like the vista would be a decent fit. the only other unit would be the 76csx. but it is also a larger unit. walmart seems to have very good prices, i noticed someone mentioning that on an earlier post. $75 cheaper than REI.... please let me know what you think.... Ron

hi everyone, I am having trouble deciding on which garmin unit to buy. I have never owned a GPS b4 and plan on using it while snowmobiling, mountain biking and for directions while hauling our fifth wheel around. So that being said, I am planning on making a purchase tomorrow for an upcoming snowmobile trip. I will also be purchasing the garmin city navigator maps for use while in the car. I havent done any geocaching yet, but look forward to it. I have 3 kids and we are camping 12-14 weekends thru-out the summer, so it sounds like it would be a lot of fun. The units that i am looking at is: etrek vista HCx - I like the size (for mounting on the bike), although I am concerned about its visibility driving. Also I am curious about its reception in the car. colorado 300 - leary about buying something new on the market and also the $200 price differance. Also, there is a lot of threads here with problems. If you have any other suggestions for a differant unit, please let me know. thanks in advance, Ron