geonerdzach Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 I am new to the world of Geocaching and I am looking at buying a GPS unit. I am split between the Garmin eTrex Legend and the Magellan eXplorist 210. Can anyone tell me which one is better? Quote
+Miragee Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Welcome to the Forums! I am not familiar with the Magellan, but depending on how much the Garmin Legend is, I might recommend you get the discontinued Legend C on eBay. Those connect with the USB cable, instead of using the Serial Port. They are capable of auto-routing, if you buy those maps later. The Legend only has 8 MB of memory for maps. The Legend C is newer technology, color, and has 24 MB of memory. I saw one on eBay for $125.00. Quote
geonerdzach Posted July 30, 2007 Author Posted July 30, 2007 Welcome to the Forums! I am not familiar with the Magellan, but depending on how much the Garmin Legend is, I might recommend you get the discontinued Legend C on eBay. Those connect with the USB cable, instead of using the Serial Port. They are capable of auto-routing, if you buy those maps later. The Legend only has 8 MB of memory for maps. The Legend C is newer technology, color, and has 24 MB of memory. I saw one on eBay for $125.00. The Magellan and the Garmin units are both $150 Quote
+Nachtraaf Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Before the 60csx I have used my Magellan Explorist 210 for several caches. I loved this device with a great accurancy. I still carry it with me as backup. I have no experience with a Garmin Legend. Greetings, Hans Quote
+Miragee Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Welcome to the Forums! I am not familiar with the Magellan, but depending on how much the Garmin Legend is, I might recommend you get the discontinued Legend C on eBay. Those connect with the USB cable, instead of using the Serial Port. They are capable of auto-routing, if you buy those maps later. The Legend only has 8 MB of memory for maps. The Legend C is newer technology, color, and has 24 MB of memory. I saw one on eBay for $125.00. The Magellan and the Garmin units are both $150 That is too much money for a Garmin Legend, unless it is the Legend C. For $150.00, you should be able to get a Vista C on eBay. Quote
geonerdzach Posted July 30, 2007 Author Posted July 30, 2007 Does Magellan include better basemaps than Garmin? Quote
+Miragee Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 I don't believe so, and the auto-routing City Navigator maps Garmin has get better reviews than the maps from Magellan. Quote
geonerdzach Posted July 30, 2007 Author Posted July 30, 2007 I don't believe so, and the auto-routing City Navigator maps Garmin has get better reviews than the maps from Magellan. Thanks for you input! Quote
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