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mudhuggers

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  1. Has anyone ever replaced their sportrak screen. I once took the GPS apart and it does not look too hard. I know Magallan charges 100 bucks and I would rather put that towards a new GPS.....or again if someone knows how to replace the screen, that would be best short term.............Like, Do I buy a small piece of glass at the Hardware store and cut to size then drop it in?..........................Thanks.

  2. Used, but still works fine. Comes with 2 suction cup holders for windshield(one new one used), serial cable, clip on protective case(like a cell phone), manual, original box. Tell me your geographical area and I will upload the appropriate maps into the memory. Has a 9 meg base map. Only issue is the common small crack in the sportrak pro's battery opening. Does not affect operation of unit. $110 shipped. I can send pictures and I do PayPal.

  3. you want something with a Quadrifiler antenna. Better reception in the trees. Magellan Gold. As for topo maps, My magallan has many more unimproved roads/trails than the Garmin. I could tell you story after story about how a little used road on the GPS has saved my bacon more than once out in the middle of nowhere.... Also, don't get any of the etrex lines, ie, vista, etc, the display is soooo small. The Garmin mapping ones are better. More screen easier to read!

  4. ALTERNATE USES FOR GPS:

    - In the Boat for Duck Hunting to go back to a good hunting spot on the lake at 3 am in the early morning fog/mist.

    - 4x4ing cross country at night with night vision goggles trying to find lost people giving you the coordinates on the radio....I would not recommend this at home............

  5. Buddy @ work told me it was to find small containers of Treasure.......................then I went to find a Virtual cache thinking it was a regular. Did not know what a virtual cache was. I looked and looked for a container and gave up, then went home to check coords and found out what a virtual cache was.

  6. Magellan Gold or Platinum or Sportrak Pro have a quadrifieler antenna which is more accurate than Garmins Typical Patch antenna. Especially under trees. Also the Garmins tend to have a smaller display. I supppose the caution would be, pay attention to the trail or road instead of concentrating on the GPS. CRASH!

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