medicbearusaf Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Lookin for a GPS system that does turn by turn or touchscreen and allows coordinates input for caching... Quote Link to comment
+coggins Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Were you thinking of an auto unit that you can cache with or a handheld that will also do turn-by-turn routing? Quote Link to comment
medicbearusaf Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 (edited) Were you thinking of an auto unit that you can cache with or a handheld that will also do turn-by-turn routing? more or less... more so the auto that can cache with Edited June 13, 2008 by medicbearusaf Quote Link to comment
+coggins Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 (edited) more or less... more so the auto that can cache with Then check out this thread: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=193374 Edited June 13, 2008 by coggins Quote Link to comment
medicbearusaf Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 so really any in the nuvi series would work and allow coordinates to be entered? Quote Link to comment
+Artsifrtsy Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 You can load a PQ right onto your Nuvi. Quote Link to comment
+jjreds Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 so really any in the nuvi series would work and allow coordinates to be entered? Nuvi 250W Quote Link to comment
+YBLee Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 GArmin 2610 if you can find one or the 2820. Both are waterproof but require 12 volts in the car to power. They both allow touchscreen input but have a handheld remote that works very well. I have used the 2610 for years in the car, on the motocycle and for over a year as the main device to get me near caches then I use a Garmin 60CSx. The Garmin 60CSx will also play both rolls be is not a touchscreen. Quote Link to comment
donc30 Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 All of the Nuvi series are great street finders and work pretty well for geocaching. You could get a Nuvi 200 or 260 for now and maybe later get a mapping unit. To use a Nuvi effectively for geocaching you need to carry a compass and match coordinates when you get close. You can enter coordinates by hand or through a USB cable connected to your computer. They have an off-road and pedestrian setting that will give you a line to follow and it gets you pretty close. Then you match your coordinates with the desired ones and move accordingly. A mapping GPSr is easier to follow and will show the terrain features. Also it is weatherproof, more rugged, smaller and more readable in sunlight. They store more information for each cache, too. I am pretty much a newbie myself so I can relate to your question. Quote Link to comment
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