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I have a good friend who caches with an iPhone. He is very unhappy with his current level of accuracy with the phone.

He called me frustrated today saying that he was ready to move up. He wants to see a noticable improvment in accuracy. He doesn't necessarily need the paperless functionality of some of the more advanced units because he'll have his phone on him anyway. :)

 

Anyway, since I'm constantly on the internet and researching different things (and have been exploring upgrading from my nuvi) he asked me what I reccomended. I was scouring the forums when it occured to me to just start a thread and ask :)

 

So, what do the experts think?

Noticable more accurate than the iPhone, not too pricey and no need for paperless stuff. I'm assuming he'll want the compass feature to which he has grown accustomed to on the iphone.

 

For example, how does the 60csx or the pn 40 compare? an eTrex?

 

Side question: I have the hardest time parsing the eTrex line of GPSrs. Is there a trick to knowing which ones are newer and more functional and which ones arent? Its sort of weird.

 

Thanks in advance. You'll be helping two people at once.

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If you're not looking for paperless and are on a budget, try the eTrex line.

 

The newer ones are the models with H in the name, this stands for High Sensitivity Receiver and this will give you much better performance in dense tree cover, canons and built up areas.

 

Other letters in the names are C which indicates a colour screen and x which denotes a memory card slot. I had a Legend HCx and thought it was the best GPS in the world (until I bought an Oregon :) ) although this does not have the compass you're looking for, for that you'll need to look at the Sumit or Vista models.

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If you're not looking for paperless and are on a budget, try the eTrex line.

 

The newer ones are the models with H in the name, this stands for High Sensitivity Receiver and this will give you much better performance in dense tree cover, canons and built up areas.

 

Other letters in the names are C which indicates a colour screen and x which denotes a memory card slot. I had a Legend HCx and thought it was the best GPS in the world (until I bought an Oregon ;) ) although this does not have the compass you're looking for, for that you'll need to look at the Sumit or Vista models.

He ended up taking the plunge and getting an Oregon 300 :laughing:

 

But this info is very useful to me, so thank you!

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I've had the same issue with my iPhone. I thought it was going to replace my eTrex Venture. But when I checked on a cache I placed, the co-ords weren't even CLOSE. No wonder I've missed most of the caches I've looked for recently! I've about decided on an Oregon 450. I appreciate the above confirmation of that choice.

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Make sure you get a unit with a 3 axis compass.

 

The iphone utilizes this feature and you get accustomed to using it. If you buy a handheld that doesn't have this feature....you'll probably hate it (ask me how I know).

 

We bought one unit that didn't have it and ended up selling it one week later - bought a different unit that had the 3 axis compass.

 

We have an Oregon 450.

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