DreadPirateJeff Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 I've got three GPSrs at the moment... A Geomate Jr, a Garmin GPS 72 and a Garmin Nuvi 780. I plan on taking one of them at least with me to europe for a little geo-caching. The question is, which one? If I take the geomate, I'll have to update it with european caches. It makes cache hunting very easy and fun, but really isn't terribly useful for anything else. I could set the home location at my hotel so I'd always find my way back, but that's about it. If I take the GPS72, I'll have to update it with eurpoean (or belgium maps) as well as load it with waypoints for caches in the area. The plus side is that I'll at least be able to use it for navigating while walking around Brussels and Bruges. The downside is that it has no external storage, so it's limited in that way. If I take the Nuvi, I'll have to load Belgium maps on it with POIs. I'll also have to load waypoints on it for Belgium to go caching. THe plus side there is it gives turn by turn directions, is pocket sized and has a fairly decent pedestrian setting. So what would YOU take along in this case? Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Between the three I'd take the 72 because it's the most versatile. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Between the three I'd take the 72 because it's the most versatile. Agreed - almost no contest. Quote Link to comment
DreadPirateJeff Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 Thanks... that was what I was thinking, however, after I posted that, I did some further digging and ... I cant find any way to actually put maps on it... it seems like the only map products Garmin sells now are geared toward Nuvi or for topo maps. I can't find anything like CityNavigator or CitySelect anymore for the older models I e-mailed Garmin's tech support, but I have no idea if they'll even respond. Any suggestions for getting local maps and putting them onto a GPS 72? Are there any 3rd party companies that make maps that can be installed on the older Garmin units? Cheers Jeff Quote Link to comment
+RavenMaster & Uindinha Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 But you can put OpenMaps on it Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 But you can put OpenMaps on it I don't think you can put any maps on a Garmin 72 Quote Link to comment
+RavenMaster & Uindinha Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 You're right.... Quote Link to comment
BCProspectors Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Take all three. Quote Link to comment
+Smurf Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Stick 'em all on ebay ................... and buy an oregon Quote Link to comment
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