+Airmapper Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment
Prof. Y. Lupardi Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 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! Quote Link to comment
+Airmapper Posted September 29, 2005 Author Share Posted September 29, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment
+treefrog99 Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment
Team Sidewinder Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment
rynd Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 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! Quote Link to comment
+Airmapper Posted September 30, 2005 Author Share Posted September 30, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment
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