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eb_ii

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  1. My father currently has the E-trex vista, it has a lot of great features, but one thing stands out as a bit of a disadvantage. It's sat reception. My friend has a cheap magellan 330 and could lock on several sats immediately and not loose them in cover but the etrex constantly lost signal on me in median to thick cover. Well i got sick of borrowing my father's gps so i decided it was time to buy my own, i wanted a garmin with most of the features that the vista had so I started looking, I notice that the Rino 120 had most of the features that the etrex had but it had a quad helical antenna. I decided to buy a rino 110 to try it out from a local store before ording the 120 (yes i am still waiting) and it's sat reception was superb, i was locking 6 sats inside my house, the vista would only pull in one UNLESS it was hooked up to the computer via the data cable then it would pick up 6 or 7 sats. Before i could commit to getting a rino i needed to test the radio. I read several posts that stated that rino radio performance was less than stellar but i tested it in poor conditions with another cheap radio and could hear clearly for at least a mile on a regular frs channel. Any way, not to offend any Etrex Vista users, this is just my opinion. EB_II
  2. quote:Originally posted by Trudy & The Beast: quote:Originally posted by eb_ii:I am looking for a new GPS and was wondering if anyone has used the Rino 120, what was good, bad etc about it. I am kind of used to the Etrex Vista (my dad has one) Thank You!! Looks cool, but.... Check availability - it isn't! "Jack of all trades..." - better get a good FRS and stick with the Vista. You will save some bucks. The Vista is a great caching tool. The FRS is little more than an added toy. Why build FRS & GPSr into one unit? Zeolites unite! The reason it looked attractive is because I am primarliy a backpacker and a 2 in one unit = less weight but if the radio is not that great then it wouldn't be worth it???
  3. I am looking for a new GPS and was wondering if anyone has used the Rino 120, what was good, bad etc about it. I am kind of used to the Etrex Vista (my dad has one) Thank You!!
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