Garmin GPS 12 Personal Navigator

[Geo-spy]

Hi,

 

After spending time with an avid geo cacher I am interested in buying my own GPS. I have found this model Garmin GPS 12 Personal Navigator online second hand. It is a discontinued line. As I am just starting out I was wondering if anyone has any feedback on this model. Would it be suitable for geo caching?

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Geo - spy

[+PDOP's]

It's an older unit but should work fine. See this previous thread

 

Garmin GPS 12 Users Unite

[+Red90]

Only if it is crazy cheap. It is a 10+ year old model.

 

You can get a new or used modern GPS pretty cheap.

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00...;condition=used

[+Airmapper]

If you can get a newer unit you probably should. While it will work, it will not hold a good lock on the satellites, and it will not measure under .01 miles, (might be able to get a bit closer in metric)

 

A newer unit will hold satellite lock very reliably, and will bring you down to feet on the readout. While around 30ft radius accuracy is considered the norm in Geocaching, a newer unit will do better than that most of the time, where a Garmin 12 is going to do worse than that all the time, guaranteed.

[+PDOP's]

Red90 and Airmapper have brought up good points about value for your money. In addition the GPS12 requires 4 AA batteries while most newer units use only 2. It also only allows 6 character waypoint names which is inconvenient for geocaching.

 

The GPS12 was my first GPS and while I have a soft spot for that model it is older technology.