Garmin GPS 2 Plus Good/No Good?

[+tracy and john]

I have an opportunity to get a Garmin GPS 2 Plus. I am wondering if anyone has used this specific GPS and will it work good for geocaching? I looked it up online and haven't found many reviews on it. so I am assuming it is an older model. Thanks for any help you can give.

[+wickedsprint]

I have an opportunity to get a Garmin GPS 2 Plus. I am wondering if anyone has used this specific GPS and will it work good for geocaching? I looked it up online and haven't found many reviews on it. so I am assuming it is an older model. Thanks for any help you can give.

 

Any GPS works for geocaching, they all let you put in a coordinate and search for it, be it with the use of map and routing..or a simple bearing needle like that 2 plus.

[+tracy and john]

Do you know if it has some of the same features as the garmin 72? I am familiar with that one.

[Xlobsterman]

I have an opportunity to get a Garmin GPS 2 Plus. I am wondering if anyone has used this specific GPS and will it work good for geocaching? I looked it up online and haven't found many reviews on it. so I am assuming it is an older model. Thanks for any help you can give.

 

I have owned a Garmin GPSII for well over 10 years now, and it still works perfect!! It is a basic GPS, with NO mapping, but it will get you from point A to point B with good accuracy.

 

The GPSII plus is the next in line in that series of Garmin units. (both the GPSII & the GPSII Plus are a discontinued units by Garmin) Now, if you are getting it for a good price, $50.00 bucks or less I would buy it, if not......................I would spend a little more and buy a NEW Garmin Etrex that can be had for about $90.00 if you shop around!!!!

[+PDOP's]

The II+ and the 72 are both basic non mapping units. They'll both do fine for caching.

 

To compare features go to this page on Garmin.com and select those two models, then click the Submit button at the bottom of the page.

[+Prime Suspect]

I found quite a few caches with my old GPS II+. Two issues you should be aware of:

 

1. It doesn't have a true perminant memory. Internally, there's a lithium battery that trickles in enough power to keep the memory active, when there aren't batteries in the unit. Since you're getting it used, it's possible that the battery is dead. You can check it by adding a waypoint, removing the batteries, and leaving it overnight. Put the batteries back in, and see if the waypoint is still there. The lithium battery is supposed to last 10 years, but mine when out after about 6.

 

2. It only shows distances down to 1/100 of a mile (53 feet). You can switch to KM, and get down to 32 feet. But past that, you'll need to look at the actual coordinates and compare them to the cache coordinates to see when you're at GZ. You'll want to use a sighting compass as well.

[+tracy and john]

Well...I am going to go ahead and get it. It is $50.00 and it has never been used. The man I am getting it from said, that after messing with it for 15 minutes, he found it too complicated and never even used it. Right now, money is a little tight, so I am going to go with this one. Thanks eveybody