J0hnzilla Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 (edited) I've been a member for a month now and i haven't had a gps so i couldn't find any caches. But on ebay i just bought my first gps and am ready to get started! Any tips on geocaching or any reviews on that gps? I got a Garmin Geko 201 for $57.50 including shipping. Did I get a good price on it? Is it really within about 10 feet of the coordinates? Edited June 21, 2009 by J0hnzilla Quote Link to comment
+fratermus Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 I've been a member for a month now and i haven't had a gps so i couldn't find any caches. But on ebay i just bought my first gps and am ready to get started! Any tips on geocaching or any reviews on that gps? I got a Garmin Geko 201 for $57.50 including shipping. Did I get a good price on it? Is it really within about 10 feet of the coordinates? Geko is just fine, and $57 shipped is well worth it, particularly given the small size and light weight of the geko. It'd be a great deal if you got the PC cable with it. If not, you'll probably want to start trolling for one on eBay. Makes loading coords much faster, easier, and more accurate. I have a foretrex 201, which uses the same innards as the geko in a wristwatch configuration. It's my main GPS for bicycle/motorcycle/walking use. The GPS itself will likely give you 10' accuracy sometimes, but in the geocaching world it is safest (for various reasons) to assume the GPS will get you within 50' or so. Once you get within 50' or so stop looking at the gps and start "feeling" the cache. :-) Quote Link to comment
J0hnzilla Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 i checked online and they have like 5 of those cables for a 9 dollar buy it now, so ill get one eventually Quote Link to comment
+Wintonian Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 I've been a member for a month now and i haven't had a gps so i couldn't find any caches. But on ebay i just bought my first gps and am ready to get started! Any tips on geocaching or any reviews on that gps? I got a Garmin Geko 201 for $57.50 including shipping. Did I get a good price on it? Is it really within about 10 feet of the coordinates? Geocaching reviews for the Geko are here. Also I find that the GPS normaly gets me to within 30ft but yosometimes you need to need to look more towards 60ft (more sometimes) perticualy if you are under tree cover when the GPS can't see the sky so to speak. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Very good price, for a solid, easy to use GPS. You may have some reception issues under heavy tree cover, but keep held flat, face up to the sky and that should improve reception. Like pretty much any consumer grade GPS you'll get accuracy ranging from about 10 feet to 30 under most conditions. Quote Link to comment
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