Craiger9er

This was exactly the data I was looking for, thanks. I have a pdf format of a topo lake map that I want to use, and this should work, thanks for sharing this info

Cool, thanks for the reply....so far I love the thing, can't wait to use it for fishing, and my wife and I's first geocache

Well, it's ordered, and will be in my hands most likely tomorrow, or Friday at the latest. I also picked up the city navigator software which will be more for the wife than for me, but am sure I'll use it as well. How big of a micro SD card will this thing take? I'm hoping for 1GB, and as long as this takes the standard usb to mini usb cable, I'll be set there too. I've checked out Garmins fishing maps, and while they look pretty good, they're not as complete or as detailed as the Lowrance (Navionics). I decided to settle for less there, because I just couldn't justify the extra money for the Lowrance. When I buy a boat, I'll go with a Lowrance gps/fishfinder with all that, but that's a ways off. Now, my wife and I have talked about geocaching as well, and now I need to start looking into that. Thanks again for all the great input and help....

Thanks for all your help everyone. I've decided to go with the Venture CX from WalMart. Although I'll have to spend my own hard earned cash, the price is 120 cheaper than the H20C. I figured I'd use my Bass Pro Gift Cards for some software as well...... Thanks again Craig

No, the H20C is the color version, without the MapCreate. I also just saw the Venture CX for 200 (before rebate) on WalMarts website. I may have to go there, and use my gift cards for something else if that's the case. I figure at 150, it's closer to a no brainer. Spend 100 bucks on software and I'm still less than the H20C.....decisions, decisions Anybody know how the lake maps or Garmin compare to Lowrance. I've always been under the impression that Lowrance's are better, but I could be wrong as I've never used either.

am I overthinking this????

Ok, so I've narrowed it down to these two units, the H20, and the Venture CX. For some reason, and I can't shake it, my gut is leaning towards the Lowrance. I've also come to the conclusion that I really want a color screen. So now I'm looking at the H20C, which is 270, or the Venture CX which is 200 after rebate. If the prices were the same, I'd go with the H20C, just based on my gut feeling, but is the H20C worth 70 dollars more? What else would I get with that that I wouldn't with the Venture? I see a larger screen, and a car plug. H20C has 16 satellites, but I haven't seen anything that says that's necessarily better. Can add an external antenna (I believe), and dual processors (not sure if Venture has this). I only have 200 right now, but I don't need it before spring, and could save up the extra $$'s to get the H20C, but is it worth it?

Thanks for all the great info. I've now narrowed it down to the H20, and the Venture CX. I have about 5 SD cards laying around, but no micro SD's, so that may sway my decision as well. There is one more clause to this, I have to buy it at Bass Pro Shops. I have 209.00 in gift cards for there, so I figured it use them towards this. I'll also be wearing gloves somedays when I use this, as I do go ice fishing as well. I've heard the joystick on the Venture CX is a little hard to use so that's a little bit of a concern as well. Thanks again for all the help

Hi, my name's Craig and I'll be buying a Handheld GPS unit in the next month or so. I've got 200 bucks and that's it, so I'm hoping to find something for that. This is what I'm looking at using it for... Main use is for fishing. I'd love to have the ability to load topo lake maps showing depth and so on (on the map, I know the gps isn't a depthfinder). My wife would like to use it for geocaching I'd like it to be able to tell me how far I've walked, avg speed, max speed....those type of things. And, I'd like to have it for highway use to an extent (background map) I wouldn't use it much for this though. Here are the one's I'm considering Lowrance IFinder H20 Magellen Explorist 210 and Garmin Etrex Legend As of right now, I'm leaning towards the H20. After a while I'll probably upgrade to a better map, and lakes too. One other question I have is this...Is color that important? How about Altimeter for geocaching? any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks, Craig