Best practice for multi-caches on an Orgeon?

[+binzi]

So far I used two devices for paperless caching: One device (my Sony PSP) to read the cache description, hints and so on, and one device (Garmin Gecko) to navigate to the stages of the cache.

 

I bought an Oregon 300 to combine these functionalities into one single device. However, while only having to carry one device now, I think it is quite complicated to switch between cache management and routing on the Oregon. Here's what I usually do:

 

- I navigate to the starting point of the cache, solve the first puzzle and create a waypoint for the newly calculated coordinates of the second stage

- I then navigate towards that manually entered stage

- If I now want to do things like read the hint for that stage

- it forces me to stop navigating to the stage

- search for the cache itself again

- start a navigation to the starting point of the cache (otherwise I won't be able to see the hint or access any other cache related functions!)

- read the hint I was looking for

- stop navigating to the cache

- search for the manually entered waypoint again

- navigate there again

 

Is it actually that complicated or am I missing something here? What are your best practices to paperlessly solve a multi-cache using the Oregon? How do you switch between cache management and routing?

Edited August 31, 2008 by binzi

[+flarbear]

That's pretty much what I've been doing. It would be nice to copy over some of the info when making a waypoint, or to have a secondary location(s) attached to a geocache so you never really leave the geocache navigation in the first place...

[+benh57]

Multis are really annoying on the Oregon.