Garmin 12

[+Airmapper]

I am introducing a few friends to Geocaching. We plan on going caching and I offered to teach them how to use their Garmin 12. I thought I post here and see if anyone was familiar with them so I'd have a head start on showing them.

 

I have a Garmin 72, I assume it won't be very different from the 12.

 

I noticed it doesn't have WAAS and was made before SA was turned off, I assume it will still have good accuracy, as in tree cover you can kiss WAAS goodbye anyway.

[+EraSeek]

I still have a 12 and a map76. The 12 is an old but still good unit. No maps, but it does the job. It is a rugged unit. When it gets you down to .01 miles, keep going by matching the coordinates up.

[+The Jester]

If you really want the "goods" on the the 12 check the manuals here. I still have mine, it's a decent unit, it just doesn't get closer than 50 feet (.01 miles). I used to mark the spots where the .01 showed up on each side of the 'center' and split the difference. Worked pretty well.

[+briansnat]

Garmin actually still sells the 12. Not sure why. Its accuracy will be fine and you should be able to figure it out.

Edited September 29, 2005 by briansnat

[Prof. Y. Lupardi]

I use my GPS12 now for some years. I have no trouble with finding a spot within that mentioned .01 miles.

I have my local metric grid notation in use so my position is shown in meters. And the unit nicely counts down: 10, ... 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 meters!

[+Airmapper]

Thanks, at first look on Garmins website I was impressed with the case on the 12. It said the frame was welded, it may be tougher than my 72.

[+treefrog99]

When it gets you down to .01 miles, keep going by matching the coordinates up.

X2

 

I still use mine. It will run for days on a set of batteries and will hold a lock under all kinds of tree cover.

[Team Sidewinder]

I had a 12XL and used it in my first couple of years of geocaching and never had any problems finding caches. It was built like a hammer and could really take a beating and never failed me. I have since passed it along to my son but and it is still working fine as far as I know. With more bells and whistles on the new gpsr come more problems and glitches to condend with as I can vouch for on my 76CS.

[rynd]

I still have a 12 and a map76. The 12 is an old but still good unit. No maps, but it does the job. It is a rugged unit. When it gets you down to .01 miles, keep going by matching the coordinates up.

Ditto!

[+Airmapper]

Sounds like it's perfect for my friends. I think they'd appriciate it being simple to use and rugged.

My friend bought the Garmin 12 several years ago and just never used it much, but I showed his wife about Geocaching and she thought the both of them would enjoy it.

Thanks, sounds like it won't be much problem showing them how to cache with it.