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We have been using a 100 foot tape and a 200 foot tape. These seem to cover most situations and we are happy with them. However, the 200 foot tape broke and our 100 foot is fading fast. Can you recommend new measuring tapes for replacements? We would prefer the 100 footer to be lightweight and not too bulky. Our 200 footer had a geared wind-up mechanism with a 3X rapid rewind speed and that was such a great feature that we want our new one to have it also. Our existing 200 footer is an Ace Hardware brand – it was perfect except that early on the fiberglass tape started to break where it connects to metal end piece so we would prefer to try another brand this time. Any suggestions or ideas or general conversation would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hi Kveldulfir, hätte ja auf ein evtl. lokales Problem am Rechner (Browser, Browser-Plugin, Security Suite etc.) getippt, aber da es ja scheinbar geräteübergreifend auch Deine Smartphone-Apps betrifft, hört es sich eher nach einem Netz-Problem (Router oder Provider) an . Treten die Probleme Smartphone nur bei Nutzung Deines WLAN oder auf auch über einen Mobilfunkbetreiber auf? Gruß Hendrik PS: Dein tracert sagt aus, dass innerhalb von 170 Millisekunden eine Verbindung zur www.geocaching.com unter der IP-Adresse 63.251.163.200 aufgebaut werden konnte.

I have a Lowrance GlobalNav 200 that i am looking to sell. This unit is very clean, but does have some minor scratches from use. Satellite reception is surprisingly good, i even picked up a few in the house. Features include: Rockwell 12 parallel channel receiver, Detailed plotter, TrailGuide steer screen and many more. This unit is also waterproof! Unit comes with: Original box, original 12 volt car charger, original instruction manual, and original wrist strap. SOLD AS-IS! ASKING $30 INCLUDING SHIPPING! (US)

I have a Lowrance GlobalNav 200 that i am looking to trade for another GPS unit. This unit is very clean, but does have some minor scratches from use. Satellite reception is surprisingly good, i even picked up a few in the house. Features include: Rockwell 12 parallel channel receiver, Detailed plotter, TrailGuide steer screen and many more. This unit is also waterproof! Unit comes with: Original box, 12 volt car charger, original instruction manual, and wrist strap. Your unit must work and provide fairly accurate satellite reception. I would really like a Garmin Geko, but i just want to see what's out there.

A lot of improvements have been made, including making the game more accessible to a new generation of geocachers through the use of the free Groundspeak geocaching app and other third party geocaching apps. I love that you can just be sitting someplace unplanned, like a highway rest stop, pull out your phone, search for nearby caches, and find one nearby. I started 11 years ago with a Garmin eTrex H without a serial cable and had to type in all the coordinates that I wanted to find by hand, using the enter - up - down - back buttons. Finding the 32 stage multi cache "The Bridges and Arches of Central Park" was brutal planning-wise (though still my favorite cache ever). Adventures have been introduced, which I describe as a location-based game created by Groundspeak that is not geocaching but similar to it. You need a separate app for Adventures. Each lab cache (the individual parts of Adventures) found counts as a find on your geocaching profile, which was a great marketing ploy by Groundspeak because they had a built-in community from their main game of geocaching. Lab caches are like geocaches except they lack physical logbooks (as do virtuals, webcams, and earthcaches), they lack difficulty and terrain ratings, online log write-ups, coordinates for finders to use their GPS receivers, lack of GPS receiver support, they don't show up on your find list, and they don't show up on the geocaching map. You must use a smartphone, and when you get within a certain radius, the ability to answer the question you need for a find is unlocked, and when you enter the answer, you get your +1 find count and that's it. I'm a little snarky about Adventures (as you can tell) but I'm hoping they get more integrated into mainstream geocaching, though from what I've read there are no plans to do that. The thing I miss most about them is writing logs, I enjoy that part of geocaching and feel cheated when I just type in the answer to some question and get a +1. ("What is the first name on the gravestone?" "Bob". +1) Webcams are almost gone (I heard around 200 left worldwide) but virtual caches are awarded through a lottery system occasionally. Premium membership is the same price as it was 20 years ago, which is pretty amazing considering inflation over the last 20 years. Oh, and the GIFF, the Geocaching International Film Festival. That's my favorite thing. In 2013 the folks at Groundspeak started an international film festival, asking geocachers to send in short films (1-4 minutes) for consideration to be chosen as part of a 1 hour film reel. From 2013-2014 the films were only shown in Seattle at an outdoor film event and on Groundspeak's YouTube channel, but starting in 2015, because of a rainstorm in Seattle (seriously), Groundspeak asked locals around the world to host this film festival in November of each year (except for 2020 and 2022). On a whim, never having made a film before, I entered one in 2017 and it was selected, and my film was shown to over 15,000 geocachers in over 50 countries at over 600 events. Pretty cool. My films have been in the film festival in 2017, 2019, and 2021, and it helped me start my YouTube channel (see my profile if you're interested). Who knew as a middle aged engineer that I'd one day become a filmmaker thanks to geocaching. Welcome back, enjoy the game, it's a lot of fun still.

a friend gave me an old Nuvi 200. He also is going to give me a copy of North America City Navigator 2011 to put on it. This was put on a different unit of his, will it work on the Nuvi 200 I have? If so, how do I install it? This is my first auto gps. Thanks.

Bought new at Gander Mountain in October. Used once but decided to go back to a Garmin. Will consider offers. Includes all software, download cable, all paperwork.

At GeoWoodstock in Ft. Worth, I overheard a couple geocachers talking about how in their 200-some-odd finds that day, they had completed two full Fizzy Loops. I laughed out loud at that. (There were a couple GeoArts that were placed prior to the events that had the false D/T ratings to bolster the egos of those grid fillers.) That's why the old date and cache type restrictions should remain on those Challenges with one.

In Your Opinion - what would you consider to be the best handheld GPS for under $200. I am new to GC and my 7 y/o loves it... except when we aren't even close to the location while using my phones GPS. I just got a handheld GPS from Craig's List and now realize it is an older GPS unit. We are going to give it a try on Friday. But, I want to get a descent unit that will be fairly accurate. If I get hooked (like I think I will) to GC I will look to upgrade to an even better GPS by the end of year. With all that said... WHAT HANDHELD GPS WOULD YOU RECOMMEND FOR UNDER $200? Thank you

I was first and last to find a cache once. Around 200+ miles off, but at least in my state. The cache name was my clue, only one in the state, and fly fished there for years. Just happened to notice it when we used to have new caches in the regional forums. After finding, it turned out to be on NPS property, and had to be archived anyway. - So on top of incorrect coordinates, lack of permission did him in as well.

I also spend quite a long time on developing, testing and building the caches. For most of the more difficult ideas I also try to get someone testing it. The most extreme cache to date is GC8YEYQ, an online mystery with a dedicated website. It has 22 questions and puzzles to be solved embedded in a story of a young woman losing her memory. The outdoor part is "just" a 2 stage multi with a really big box and some surprises. The time spend on this is really hard to estimate, but even before the publish it was far more than 200 hours for me alone developing the software, selecting and processing the images, sounds and music. Additionally we need to take into account the efforts of developing the story done by my geocaching partner. We had two teams for beta-testing the online part and the outdoor part. Unfortunately, we had to move the final at one point and therefore we re-did the beta as well. But that's not all...such a complex website needs maintenance. We experiences some glitches that had to be fixed and add another 100 to 200 hours for that and for also for our monitoring tools. Sounds like work? Not at all. It is such a rewarding and fun thing that I love spending the time! All the requests for help, that we love to answer for the perspectve of this poor woman, it's fun! And most cachers write really lovely and long logs. Unfortunately: only available in German :-(

I really need a paperless gps before we go on a trip next week and I still don't have enough money for a 450t or 550t. I saw the Oregon 200 refurbished for only 170 dollars and I recently bought a Venture HC for 100 dollars but I didn't realize it wasn't paperless. I know the 200 is an older unit but so is the HC. Is the 200 worth buying right now for the cheap price? Will I be happy with it for the next couple months while I am on the other end of the country? I really want to spend some time finding geocaches out where I am going and right now I don't have time to save up the money to get a really nice GPS. Thanks.

I apologize but this might be a bit long. Here's my problem: I can save about 200 gpx files apparently on my Garmin Oregon 200 and about 2000 geocaches in addition to 1000 waypoints. It says I can save about 200 gpx files as long as I don't exceed the waypoints and I probably have about 200 caches saved but I have only manually saved a handful of waypoints. The Garmin site says: "This error message is appearing because you are exceeding the number of .GPX files (route and waypoint data) that the unit can hold/accept. The unit can hold up to a maximum of 200 GPX files as long as the maximum number of 1000 Waypoints and 50 Routes are not exceeded." I have not saved more than 20 waypoints. So I'm guessing that when I load the caches, it is also loading extra waypoints for parking and other stuff that I don't know what they are. They are not GC codes and some have blue flags on the map. I don't know what they are for. When I plug my unit to my pc, there is no folder for waypoints, just gpx files so I don't know how to delete them without manually doing them one by one on my unit. The gpx folder showed some of my saved tracks that my gps is not showing. The Oregon only shows the current track button and 2 saved tracks. It says it's saving the track but then says I've exceeded the maximum.... and won't show the saved track. Now, I have a 2GB sd card but it's not saving to the card. If I exceed the internal memory amount, why won't it save the excess to the card? How do I load caches without the extra waypoints? I don't understand why I can save 2000 caches but only 200 gpx files. That doesn't make sense at all. Any advice and info would be much appreciated. Sorry for being long and maybe confusing.

Is the Oregon 200 a gps that is worth 150 bucks used? There are so many choices with new gps it is difficult to figure out what one to buy. I like the etrex 20 but have also considered a dakota 10, magellan 110, or 310. I am price challenged so I want the biggest bang for my buck.

Same problem here in France. I'm on WEB20. Ping loss to the server: Réponse de 63.251.163.200 : octets=32 temps=222 ms TTL=233 Réponse de 63.251.163.200 : octets=32 temps=225 ms TTL=233 Délai d'attente de la demande dépassé. Réponse de 63.251.163.200 : octets=32 temps=225 ms TTL=233 Délai d'attente de la demande dépassé. Réponse de 63.251.163.200 : octets=32 temps=220 ms TTL=233 Réponse de 63.251.163.200 : octets=32 temps=219 ms TTL=233 Réponse de 63.251.163.200 : octets=32 temps=222 ms TTL=233 Réponse de 63.251.163.200 : octets=32 temps=221 ms TTL=233 Réponse de 63.251.163.200 : octets=32 temps=221 ms TTL=233 Réponse de 63.251.163.200 : octets=32 temps=219 ms TTL=233 Réponse de 63.251.163.200 : octets=32 temps=221 ms TTL=233 Délai d'attente de la demande dépassé. Réponse de 63.251.163.200 : octets=32 temps=225 ms TTL=233 Réponse de 63.251.163.200 : octets=32 temps=224 ms TTL=233 Réponse de 63.251.163.200 : octets=32 temps=224 ms TTL=233 Délai d'attente de la demande dépassé. Réponse de 63.251.163.200 : octets=32 temps=225 ms TTL=233

I recently picked up an Oregon 200 and it's compass seems sluggish. I can't seem to find the calibrate feature on the unit. Does anyone know how to calibrate this unit, or is it not an option? Thanks

Hello all I have a lightly used Garmin Oregon 200. I bought it brand new a couple gets ago. It's probably been out in the wild on maybe 10 caching days. The screen has no scratches and there is no notable damage anywhere on the unit. Not sure what these are going for now I saw a return unit for $165. How about $150 shipped USPS Priority with insurance and DC. PayPal only and US shipping only unless you'll pay the extra for the shipping should be about $10 more to most countries.

So we got our very first handheld GPS and must say. Never do I think I will go with Garmin again. We got a Garmin Oregon 200 and already cannot even get it set up past the SUBSCRIPTION. Went on geocaching.com and tried to send a cache to GPS by selecting Send to GPS. Well it asks for a download of a plugin, that is fine, but then when I try to run it it states that Windows Media Player v11 or higher must be installed before running the Plugin? Seriously? Okay I try that, and it takes me to a Windows validation screen asking me to buy a validation or validate Windows? (which Im pretty sure I did years ago, any way to check?) Such USELESS steps to take to get a GPS to connect to its computer. Hoping other company products are not like this one, but in the meantime, stuck with it, so does anyone know how to get around this stupid validation of WINDOWS? or not needing Windows media, or finding another source to get windows media other than the fail microsoft url.... Regards..

Hi I am so excited to be visiting Uk and my home town Bristol this summer. I live in Japan and have only been caching in Japan. I have an oregon 200 and I believe I will need to buy a microcard for the UK (at least South/west and Wales-plan to go to Mega event!!!) prices online range incredibly from 200 pounds for an all 3 regions, to 60 quid for each region.I also saw online somewhere offering an all region chip for under 30! Obviously I want to save money and wonder if these would actually work? Thanks The link for the 30 quid one is below, any idea if it is reputable or not? Thanks. http://gb.ioffer.com/i/garmin-topo-uk-great-britain-on-micro-sd-card-latest-v2-127348483 PS any Cachers in the Bristol( W-O-T,Henleaze) area want to met up, please let me know....Thanks

I've been geocaching with a Motorola Droid for over a year with great success. I have real good cell coverage with Verizon and the phone has a pretty accurate GPS. I run PQs, fine tune with GSAK, and use offline files with the GeoHunter app which gives me about 6 hours battery life while caching. I've been very happy with this most of the time. So why do I want a a GPS? 1) I have a kayak and want to get caches via my kayak, but don't want to risk my smartphone. 2) I've been on some hikes which take longer than my Droid's 6 hour battery life. Even a day of park hopping using a car charger as I drive between short hikes can drain the battery faster than I can recharge it. 3) While my Droid has a good GPS and I can and have accurately hidden caches with it, it can't handle tree cover as well as a good GPSr like the Garmin 60 CSx could. 4) I've had no caching accidents with my smartphone yet, but with so much non-urban caching I know the risk is higher for something bad to happen. Since I have a smartphone, I wont be using this GPSr for anything except navigating to geocaches so many fancy perks are worthless to me. Three must-have criteria: 1) paperless caching 2) waterproof 3) accuracy Since I have a smartphone, I'd like to keep the cost of a GPS under $200. For awhile I had been thinking about getting a Magellan Explorist GC because it was one of the less expensive GPS units. But a little hands-on experience at the local Best Buy had be doubting the user-friendliness of it and the thumbstick seems like something bound to break. I borrowed a Garmin 60CSx recently. I found it user-friendly and amazingly accurate even when standing under tree cover - on the FT in the Ocala National Forest and under a group of cypress trees at a local park. A fellow cacher last month pointed out to me why they still have a 60CSx: we were standing inside a concrete building and he still had great signal. Unfortunately, the 60CSx just isn't going to cut it for paperless caching. Still, the experience was big points in Garmin's favor in my eyes. I've been intrigued by the new Garmin eTrex series; the eTrex 20 in particular. Does that sound like the best GPS for what I'm looking for? Are there other units I should be considering?

Dass (nicht nur) hier im Forum händeringend davon abgeraten wird, einen Cache zu legen, bevor man selbst 100, besser 200 Caches verschiedener Typen gefunden hat, möchte ich immerhin kurz erwähnen. Laut Eurem Profil habt ihr acht Caches gefunden, und alle waren Tradis geringer Schwierigkeit. 🤐 Insofern: viel Glück und gutes Gelingen!

May I present to you the power of photoshop and what amazing GeoArt images you could potentially produce. Could you imagine just how crazy it would be to build such a thing in real life. I mean, that would be almost 200 containers! And it would be a bit cheeky to have a British flag in the middle of Idaho, a place that loves to fly flags that are not British.

For Sale: Garmin Oregon 200 I was surprised with a new Oregon 450, so I have a Oregon 200 that I need to sell. I've used it for a year and it is still in like new cond. I paid $400 for it a year ago. I'll take $200.00 for it.

Hi, I bought an Oregon 200 about 10 months ago and it was working just fine until yesterday when it started not loading the startup screen. It has blank lines at startup and doesn't connect to the PC either. Since it's under warranty I have the option of getting it replaced but also the option of returning it to Costco where I got it and buying a GPSMAP 60CSX instead. I am somewhat new to geocaching with GPS (used to do just the ones we could find with the tips and descriptions and a rough idea of where to find it) but since getting the GPS unit I also got a droid phone and have the geocaching application on it. So...my question is...what should I get? A simple replacement to my Oregon 200 or a GPSMAP 60CSX? That as a backup to my droid which did a fantastic job his afternoon with the bonus of being able to post the log immediately. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you, Flah

Yesterday, I went out and bought the Oregon 200 at REI. I went with the 200 because I didn't think I'd ever use the electronic compass or the altimeter. I had the features on my other GPS units and never used the features. Anyway…I used the OR today while caching with my son and I noticed that I didn’t hear any beeps or alarms when I arrived at the cache sites. Since it was so new I figured that didn’t setup everything and I’d fix it when I got home. At home, I scrolled through the menus and couldn’t find anything so I broke down and opened the manual. The manual indicates that the OR line has the tones but I still couldn’t find them on the OR 200. Off to the internet…That’s when I found a couple threads noting the lack of tones on the OR 200. I never thought or even saw anything mentioned in the specs that told me that the Oregon 200 DOES NOT HAVE AUDIABLE TONES when navigating. What gives? I'm a little irritated that I spent $450 for something that doesn't make a sound!! Why doesn’t the OR 200 have audible tones? Has Garmin mentioned anything about the lack of tones? Just curious. I may return the unit to REI and upgrade to the 300. Not sure yet.