maybe duh ... sorry!

[Cartwright Clan]

I am looking on the garmin site and I wonder how come some of the unit's say Geocaching ready and some don't?

What does it take to get it "ready" or can I only buy one that say's that?

 

THANKS!

[+Team Neos]

Some of the units have a geocaching mode --When you mark a geocache as "found" on the unit it automatially searches for the next closest geocache. It puts them on your calender for the day too--so you can pull up the list of caches you have found at the end of the day and speed up your logging because all the gc numbers are right there in the order you found them.

 

That also lets you send the data on founds back to GSAK (or similar programs) so you can filter out those finds the next time you want to go out. PLus it marks the cache as found on your GPS map automatically.

Edited August 24, 2006 by Team Neos

[+gof1]

Almost any hand held GPS receiver will do.

You should compare the features of each unit and then make a decision.

At the least I would recommend a unit that will interface with your computer.

Via USB would be best.

I started with an Etrex Legend, it worked fine.

I started hand entering each waypoint but found this tedious.

Eventually I started loading caches with GSAK.

This saved both time and errors.

I now have a 60cx. It is much more convenient with the Geocaching features.

It also gets much better reception in poor conditions than my old Legend.

I don't find it more accurate than the old unit unless the conditions are poor, Things like

Tree cover or large buildings. The color screen is great also.

Hope this helped.