Need help quick.

[gulfscuba]

My girlfriend ordered a gift for me and the UPS guy delivered it while I was home. They shipped it in the original box so I saw what it is and she was so pissed she refused it. Now she is fretting over what else to buy me.

 

I would like a PDA that I can use for paperless caching. She can't spend too much but if there is an affordable unit that I could use I will drop the hint.

 

Does anyone have a suggestion?

[+huskerrich2000]

I just recieved a Zire 22, which everyone tells me is more than adequate for geocaching. Also keep in mind she could get you a premium membership to this website, mapping software, among things that might be useful. You might have here log onto the forums if she does want it to be a secret

[+NightPilot]

For caching, cheap is better. You'll probably be slogging through mud and briars at least part of the time, and the PDA will get beat up. I don't carry my good PDA while caching; I carry an old M105, which is slow and monochrome, but it works well enough. It has been upgraded to 8MB memory, which is way more than necessary for caching. I've put more than 1200 caches into it and only used a little over 2MB for that plus Cachemate. So any cheap PDA will be fine for your use.

[+IBcrashen]

Lots of cheap Palm III on e-bay with 8m of memory and if you ever run out of battery power you can put new ones in with them.

[+jcblough]

I gotta Z22 as well. Good for cachemate and you'd be surprised how handy it is elsewhere. You can get them at palm.com for $99 w/ a free case and shipping.

[+GRNZOOM]

I got a Z22 for my geo-wife today at ComUSA for $89.00. Tell the kid behind the counter you saw it for $10.00 off on their web site. He/she will check and bingo, it's there.

Nick

[+briansnat]

For caching, cheap is better. You'll probably be slogging through mud and briars at least part of the time, and the PDA will get beat up. I don't carry my good PDA while caching; I carry an old M105, which is slow and monochrome, but it works well enough. It has been upgraded to 8MB memory, which is way more than necessary for caching. I've put more than 1200 caches into it and only used a little over 2MB for that plus Cachemate. So any cheap PDA will be fine for your use.

 

I agree. I have an old M500 I use. As long as you have at least 8 megs of RAM in the unit it should suffice. No need to buy anything fancy. A used one off Ebay will do the job well and you won't be out a lot of bucks should it take a dunk in a stream or get smashed on rocks.

Edited December 20, 2006 by briansnat

[+knoffer]

A week ago I bought a used PalmVx on ebay for 19.95 with shipping. Came with the cradle, power cord, serial connection, Installation CD and a leather case. Plugged everything in installed the software, went online bought and downloaded Cachemate and now I use it everytime I cache and no more printouts. Wooo Hoooo. The paper and ink costs alone will pay for itself in a month. I used to print alot of pages. LOL