+Gossage Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 I have a Car Mio C520 that works pretty well in getting me close but once I stop moving it spins and doesn't work all that well. I am looking at getting an inexpensive, handheld GPS that has a magnetic compass. I hope to spend close to $200 on it. Any suggestions would be awesome. Quote Link to comment
+Zac Young Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 (edited) For sure! I have run into a few people using car GPSs that don't work all that great. I would say, at a $200 budget, a Garmin Etrex Legend is a good choice. That's what I have started with and I know a ton of cachers that use this model as well. It's an easy interface to use and it's pretty accurate. I have have a pleasure geocaching with it so far. Ask a lot of other cachers and you will get 99.9% of the time nothing but great comments! The price is great too! If you have any more questions regarding this unit, feel free to contact me Below I have given you the link to the garmin page explaining it in detail! I hope you find a good unit soon and happy caching! https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=173 Edited October 4, 2008 by Zac Young Quote Link to comment
+Wild Thing 73 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Why think "inexpensive"...get a good GPS receiver....Garmin Map60CSx...Is about as good as you can get. You get what you pay for, so be careful on thinking "inexpensive"...Happy caching and good luck.... Quote Link to comment
+scubahhh Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 I have two Delorme PN20's, and love them! You can buy them new from the company for about $250, or cheaper from earthmate.com through eBay. They're compact, tough, waterproof, fairly accurate, fairly easy to use (I'm almost computer-illiterate!), and best of all, come complete with good maps as well as a couple for $100 worth of even better maps. I think they also either have or are about to introduce, a deal wherein you can subscribe to their map service and download all the extras (USGS maps, aerial photos, satellite, imagery, etc.) you want for something like $30/year. The only downside I can see, is that they don't interface with the web site quite as easily as some other units. Quote Link to comment
+Kohavis Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 eTrex Vista HCx (compass + altimeter): https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=145&pID=8703 Brand new: $215 + free shipping: http://cgi.ebay.com/GARMIN-GPS-eTrex-Vista...id=p3286.c0.m14 Don't need removable card ... eTrex Summit HC (compass + altimeter): https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=145&pID=8709 Brand new: $181.99 + free shipping: http://cgi.ebay.com/Garmin-eTrex-Summit-HC...id=p3286.c0.m14 Quote Link to comment
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