Inventory Time> What GPS Units Do You Own ?

[+TheDenvernators]

Presently Own: Garmin eTrex Legend

 

Previously Owned: Magellan 315

 

Future: ???? Any suggestions? Preferablly under $300 w/mapping

 

Try the Legend C , bundled I purchased mine for 250 bucks from Gander mountain.. (It may have been a sale)

And the topo maps that come with that, will work with your legend. (And any other garmin mapping device)

[+sdkonkle]

eXplorist 200 crapped out on me.

Buying a map60cx in a couple of days.

Man does it ever suc not having a working gps!

Edited May 7, 2006 by sdkonkle

[+Centex Trekker]

I've got a Magellan SporTrac Map that I used when I started Geocaching 01/03 and a Garmin GPSMAP60CS that I got 05/04.

[+MileMarkers]

GPS Units I Have:

 

Garmin IQUE 3600

Garmin Legend

[3milehikers]

My units

 

Garmin StreetPilot lll pre geocaching days

 

Garmin GPSmap 60csx just got it (May 1 2006)

[FSurveyor]

Previously owned

 

Magellan 330

Garmin IIIplus

Garmin Vista

 

Have now

Garmin Vista (2nd)

Garmin 12

Garmin 60csx

[+imfrog2002]

I only own one GPS unit, a Garmin eTrex Legend. it's pretty basic, but it's better than nothing!

[mandkfarmer]

The first I got was the Garmin Etrex Summit, latest...the Garmin GPS-72.

PC Software/GPS

Delorme w/ Earthmate

Garmin INroute with the GPS-18

 

I really like the Summit...even though iys not WAAS

[ocdropzone]

Right now, to my wife's dismay--she will never understand that you have got to have back up stuff and that no--they are not toys, but tools!

 

anyway I have got an explorist 300, a roadmate 300 and just picked up an explorist 210

 

I have had a Meridian Platinum--good one and I had an Explorist 600 but hated the lithium battery that never seemed to live up to the life expectancy that it was supposed to have so sold it on ebay and bought the 300 and had enough left over to pay for most of the roadmate 300....

Had a dell axim with the GPS that was kind of cool, but felt it was akward..

 

They have all come along ways from the first GPS units that I used in the Army a long time ago....

[+IC1]

I have 4 units

 

1. Garmin Quest

2. Garmin 60 CSx

3. MS Streets and Trips 06 (With GPSr Puck)

4. Lowrance iFinder Go

 

I use the Quest for routing, the 60 for actually hunting the cache

 

The MS system I got for my laptop to make it easier to view a large area in relation to current position and then decide where I want to head to next.

 

My daughter uses the iFinder on her Girlscout trips, and my wife uses it when she travels...

[+STRAUBMAN]

First GPS for me. A Lowrance 600c. Works great so far on land mode.

[+SGT red jeep]

I started geocaching with a garmin etrex. A good solid unit but with no frills. I am now using a garmin Vista C. A very good unit with a number of features usefull for geocaching.

[+Train_Man]

Used to have a Garmin Legend, but the screen broke. Now I've got a GPSMap 60CSx

 

GO GARMIN!!!

[+BusyBlonde]

I have a Garmin GPSmap 76 CSx - my 1st gps, thought I'd do it right!

[nathantw]

currently own a 60csx. Owned gps V.

[+Big Max]

Radioshack Digitraveler

Lowrance iFinder Pro

 

I bought the Radioshack Digitraveler really cheap off of Ebay to see if I would enjoy GPS. That got me hooked on geocaching. Pain in the rear though because it had to be wired to my Palm to work. Took two hands to carry it and was not very accurate. Just bought the Lowrance iFinder Pro on clearance at Academy. So far been real impressed with the accuracy. When I have the coordinates on the money on my GPSr I have been within a couple of feet of the cache.

[+Sharnie]

I just received my first unit, a Garmin eTrex (Yellow). It is very basic and it seems to be doing what I need, but I can see that one day I might want to get something better. My kids are really liking this new adventure, so I might pass it down to them someday.

 

Sharnie

[+pkallion]

eXplorist 600 - my first unit

[centme37]

See Post #18 in this thread. Erase Explorist 500 and substitute Garmin 60Cx.

 

Gave Explorist 500 to my son.

[+Red90]

Used to Have:

 

Etrex Summit

then Etrex Vista

 

Now Have:

 

Ique 3600

GPSMap 60Cx

[+hwyman]

In order of purchase:

 

Magellan GPS Companion for Palm

Magellan Meridian Platinum (my primary gpsr)

Garmin Etrex Vista (backup gpsr)

 

I never used the Magellan GPS Companion for geocaching. In fact, I forgot I had it when I first heard about geocaching. I found the processor in the Palm (Vx) too be incredibly underpowered to update the screen fast enough to make using the gpsr worthwhile for driving. It has since ended up in a drawer somewhere.

 

The MeriPlat has been my most reliable unit for geocaching and getting around. Augmented with the DirectRoute software, I find it hard to part with altho I do think about it from time to time. I have a picture in my mind of the "killer unit" for geocaching. I'll buy it and retire the MeriPlat when I see it.

 

I picked up the Vista when I found a price that was too good to resist. I used it for a month and half during that summer as my primary unit in the field while the MeriPlat handled turn-by-turn routing duty. I absolutely could not tolerate it constantly losing satelite lock. I'm utterly amazed that all my geocaching friends who used Etrexs had to constantly deal with that. In a way, I can see it making you a better hunter if didn't totally have to rely on the gpsr. On the other hand, I found it un-nerving to have to rely on a gpsr that sometimes knew where it was when I'm absolutely lost. I was happy to go back to my MeriPlat that very rarely lost it's lock, altho I still keep the Vista as a backup...you know, in case Bigfoot steals my MeriPlat.

 

As for that "killer unit", I have to say that Garmin is getting ever so closer to it...especially with the addition (finally!) of external flash memory. I thought Magellan might have nailed it with the eXplorist series, but there solution was lacking and might have even taken a step backwards by adopting a proprietary rechargeable battery. What I'm waiting for...something like the MeriPlat or the Garmin GPSMap 60CSx...i.e, external memory, electronic compass, great receiver, AA-batteries, turn-by-turn routing, and that one missing feature: the abilty to import full geocache descriptions including logs. I currently run Cachemate on my Palm Vx that only has 8 megs of memory. I can easily load descriptions for 300 caches including the last 5 logs with memory to spare. It just kills me that gpsrs can handle 1-2 GB SD cards, but yet don't fully make use of all that real estate! The hardware is in place...it just takes a little programming to write an import utility to handle gpx files and to write a geocaching mode screen to display the decriptions...maybe even allow you to decode the hint (like Cachemate). Garmin and Magellan are so close...they just need to have the commitment to see it all the way thru. One device that can truly do it all and do it well would be the geocaching killer app. For now, I make due with two devices...my MeriPlat with DirectRoute and my Palm Vx with Cachemate. Hopefully neither one will fail me before my dream gpsr sees the light of day.

[+GOT GPS?]

TOTALS

Magellan = 153

Garmin = 485

Lowrance = 23

Other = 42

Total = 703

 

GPSMap = 188

eTrexes = 129

eXplorists = 59

Meridian = 37

SporTraks = 27

 

Number of Different

GPS Models = 154

Ave. per model = 4.56

 

Sorted by popularity

Garmin GPSMap60CSx = 63

Garmin GPSMap60CS = 38

Garmin eTrex Legend = 33

Garmin eTrex Yellow = 25

Garmin eTrex Vista = 23

Garmin GPSMap60C = 22

Garmin GPSMap60Cx = 20

Magellan eXplorist 500 = 14

Garmin GPS V = 13

Magellan Meridian Platinum = 13

Magellan SporTrak Pro = 13

Magellan eXplorist 600 = 12

Garmin GPS 12 = 11

Garmin eTrex Legend C = 9

Garmin GPSMap76S = 9

Garmin eTrex Legend Cx = 8

Garmin Geko 201 = 8

Garmin GPSMap76CS = 8

Magellan GPS 315 = 8

Magellan Meridian Basic = 8

Magellan Meridian Gold = 8

Garmin eMap = 7

Garmin GPS IIIplus = 7

Garmin Rino 120 = 7

Garmin StreetPilot 2610 = 7

Magellan eXplorist XL = 7

Magellan SporTrak Map = 7

Garmin GPS 12XL = 6

Garmin GPSMap76CSx = 6

Garmin iQue 3600 = 6

Garmin Rino 110 = 6

Magellan eXplorist 100 = 6

Magellan eXplorist 200 = 6

Garmin eTrex Vista C = 5

Garmin GPS 12Map = 5

Garmin GPS IIplus = 5

Garmin Quest = 5

Other Delorme Earthmate = 5

Garmin Forerunner 201 = 4

Garmin Foretrex 101 = 4

Garmin Geko 101 = 4

Garmin GPS 10 = 4

Garmin GPSMap60 = 4

Garmin Rino 530 = 4

Magellan Meridian Color = 4

Magellan SporTrak Color = 4

Garmin eTrex Camo = 3

Garmin eTrex Venture = 3

Garmin eTrex Vista Cx = 3

Garmin Forerunner 301 = 3

Garmin GPS 45 = 3

Garmin GPS 60 = 3

Garmin GPS 72 = 3

Garmin GPS III = 3

Magellan eXplorist 210 = 3

Magellan Explorist 400 = 3

Garmin Forerunner 305 = 2

Garmin GPS 40 = 2

Garmin iQue M5 = 2

Garmin Nuvi 350 = 2

Garmin Quest2 = 2

Garmin Rino 520 = 2

Garmin StreetPilot 2720 = 2

Lowrance AirMap 1000 = 2

Lowrance Eagle Explorer = 2

Lowrance Expedition C = 2

Magellan eXplorist 300 = 2

Magellan GPS 2000 = 2

Magellan GPS 310 = 2

Magellan GPS Companion - Handspring Visor = 2

Magellan GPS Companion for Palm m500 = 2

Magellan Meridian XL = 2

Magellan RoadMate 300 = 2

Magellan RoadMate 700 = 2

Other GlobalSat BC-337 CF = 2

Other GlobalSat BT338 = 2

Garmin cfQue = 1

Garmin eTrex Mariner = 1

Garmin eTrex Summit = 1

Garmin eTrex Vist C = 1

Garmin Forerunner 101 = 1

Garmin Foretrex 201 = 1

Garmin Geko 301 = 1

Garmin GPS 12CX = 1

Garmin GPS 18 = 1

Garmin GPS 45XL = 1

Garmin GPS II = 1

Garmin GPSMap 176C = 1

Garmin GPSMap130 = 1

Garmin GPSmap162 = 1

Garmin GPSMap175 = 1

Garmin GPSMap176C = 1

Garmin GPSMap276C = 1

Garmin GPSMap376C = 1

Garmin GPSMap76 = 1

Garmin GPSMap76C = 1

Garmin Nuvi = 1

Garmin Quest 2 = 1

Garmin StreetPilot c320 = 1

Garmin StreetPilot c330 = 1

Garmin StreetPilot I2 = 1

Garmin StreetPilot i3 = 1

Garmin StreetPilot IIIplus = 1

Lowrance AirMap 500 = 1

Lowrance Eagle Expedition = 1

Lowrance iFinder = 1

Lowrance iFinder GO = 1

Lowrance iFinder GO2 = 1

Lowrance iFinder H20 = 1

Lowrance Ifinder H2O = 1

Lowrance iFinder Map & Music w/MP3 player = 1

Lowrance Ifinder Pro = 1

Lowrance LMS-350 Marine GPS = 1

Lowrance Lowrance 100m = 1

Lowrance Lowrance Expedition = 1

Magellan GPS 2000XL = 1

Magellan GPS 3000 = 1

Magellan GPS 320 = 1

Magellan GPS Map330 = 1

Magellan GPS Tracker = 1

Magellan Map330 = 1

Magellan Map330x = 1

Magellan Original Magellan ? = 1

Magellan SporTrak = 1

Magellan SporTrak Topo = 1

Other Belkin Bluetooth = 1

Other BMW integral Satnav = 1

Other Destinator 3 on Win mobile bluetooth PDA = 1

Other Fortuna BT SiRF II mouse = 1

Other Fortuna GPSmart = 1

Other Fortuna GPSmart Bluetooth = 1

Other GlobalSat BT GPSr = 1

Other Globalsat Compact Flash = 1

Other Haicom HI-204E = 1

Other Holux GPSlim 236 = 1

Other Holux GPSlim 236 w TomTom = 1

Other Holux GR-230 Bluetooth = 1

Other I.Trek Bluetooth Car adaptor for Garmin = 1

Other iBlue GPS for PPC = 1

Other Itrek M3 bluetooth = 1

Other Motorola Oncore Ipaq navagation = 1

Other Motorola Oncore UT+ = 1

Other Navman 4420 Bluetooth GPS = 1

Other Navman iCN 510 = 1

Other Pharos - i360 = 1

Other Pharos IGPS-CF = 1

Other Rand McNally Streetfinder = 1

Other Sony Etak = 1

Other TomTom 3 Mobile on Nokia N70 bluetooth = 1

Other TomTom Go 300 = 1

Other TomTom Go w bluetooth PPC = 1

Other TravRoute Co-Pilot = 1

Other Trimble Geo Explorer II = 1

Other Trimble Navigation Ensign GPS = 1

Edited May 11, 2006 by GOT GPS?

[+Codfish116]

I'll add my two cents... rather 2 GPS units

 

1st unit: Garmin Vista C.

2nd unit: Garmin GPSmap 60CSx

 

I still own both units. I "had to" get the 60 CSx because my daughter and i would always argue who got to hold the Vista C.

[+spud67]

Used to have Magellen 315 and 2000XL

 

Now have Garmin eTrex Legend and Legend Cx.

 

I really like the Cx compared to any I have used in the past.

[ZingerH]

I just started Geocaching last week.

I started using a friends:

Garmin eMap

 

Today I just tested my:

Dell Axim X50 with Pharos GPS-360

[+Velleluvr]

We have a Lowrance H2O that we love - just upgraded from the Lowrance Ifinder (it had an accident)..

[+GOT GPS?]

Adding an eXplorist XL, and I have TOPO 3D loaded

[+bigcat24]

garmin quest 2, etrex summit, and gps 60csx

[+kaon]

1. Magellan Meridian Platinum
   
2. Garmin GPSMAP60Csx
   

[+carmenlyons]

Own

Garmin Etrex Legend

Magellan 330M

Whistler Galileo

[+Geopelli]

GPS III when it first came onto the market. How long ago was that?

GPSMAP 60cx that is not having ALL the problems I read about on this Forum.

[+ergomaniac]

I'll list the "family" inventory:

 

Magellan Sportrak Map

Magellan Sportrak Color

Garmin Etrex (Yellow)

GPSMap60cx

 

Interesting thread!

[+ziggy&fuzz]

As a new cacher, thought i'm add my few:

Garmins

Forerunner 101

Geko 201

and my new 60CSx

[+Thot]

Magellan SporTrak Pro

[+Intermountain Angler]

I currently have:

 

etrex summit

an amazingly accurate unit, measured to a bench mark with 3 to 6 foot accuracy

 

76CSX

on my door step today can't wait to get it fired up and hunting

[last1in]

I currently have the following units;

Garmin forerunner 301

Garmin 60Csx

[+Ed & Julie]

Currently have: Garmin Legend

Currently have: Garmin Yellow

 

Have had: Garmin Legend

[wheetree]

Left my Garmin GPS 12 sitting on the roof of my car after logging I-64 Travel Bug B&B.

After comparing models and 2 weeks of bidding wars on e-bay I ended up with ........ anoter GPS 12! At $50, couldn't beat the price and don't have to learn to use it. Was also bidding on GPS 60 models but they were mostly "buy now" rather than high bid sales.

[+GOT GPS?]

Going to edit this post today with the updated listing

[Garmin8888]

Got a GPSMap60C and now a GPSMap60Cx what can better these!

[+FourDoggies]

Started with my Garmin GPS12 about 8 years ago...just upgraded to a Gamin GPSMAP 60Csx last week

[+OutlawJW]

I have:

Magellan Explorist 400

Garmin IQue 3600

[freeday]

Have:

Garmin gpsmap 60 csx (best one -- 5/2006)

Falcom NAVI-1 Bluetooth-GPS-Receiver for PPC

 

Had:

Garmin Geko 201

Magellan eXplorist 600

 

Tested:

Magellan eXplorist 500

Garmin GPSMAP 60 C

Magellan eXplorist XL

other systems..

Edited May 29, 2006 by freeday

[+snark007]

I just got started and I Just purchased the

Garmin 76csx

[Vlad]

and now have added a Garmin GPSMAP3205 to my stable. Updated listing looks like this:

 

Had:

GPSMAP168

SPIII

GPS48

 

Have:

60CS

Etrex yellow

76S

SP2610

GPS10

Forerunner 305

GPSMAP3205

 

Coming Soon:

NUVI 360

[+Team Little Ghost]

GPS units I have:

Garmin 60CSx

Garmin eTrex Vista C

 

previously owned:

Garmin eTrex Vista

[+ScoutingWV]

Two Magellan GPS 300

 

Magellan Sportrak Pro

 

Garmin eTrex

 

and my nifty new Garmin GPSMap 76CSx

[60csxuser]

Heh, nice thread

 

In my boat, a Philips AP-navigator Mk7 (a 1995-vintage GPS black box which upgrades an even older AP-navigator Mk 5 (originally a Decca-system navigator). Still works and has features that todays units lack

 

Handheld: Garmin GPS II (sold), Magellan 315A (lost), Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx (trying to learn it )

[+Red Sky]

1 Pharos 360

1 Garmin Legend

[+dirtisgood]

I may have the most basic of all units...

 

Motorola i710 Nextel cell phone running Trimble Navigation Silver.

 

No topo maps, just direction, speed, distance, and a track/waypoint map. Very challenging.

 

Looking to buy Garmin etrex Venture soon. I just want to make sure I can hook it up to the computer for topo maps and easy downloading of geocaching.com cache data.