boboraji Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Thinking of getting into the 'sport.' Found a used GPS V. Would it be easy for a novice? Can you load caches into it from a laptop from Geocaching.com? Anyone have experiences with this unit.....thanks, JACK Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I still use my GPS V. It's an older model but tried and true. You can upload waypoints if you have a cable. I think they are only a serial cable so if you don't have a serial port you'll need a converter. What's the price on the one you are looking at? Quote Link to comment
boboraji Posted October 10, 2010 Author Share Posted October 10, 2010 I still use my GPS V. It's an older model but tried and true. You can upload waypoints if you have a cable. I think they are only a serial cable so if you don't have a serial port you'll need a converter. What's the price on the one you are looking at? $100 brand new in box Quote Link to comment
+Vertigo Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I still use my GPS V. It's an older model but tried and true. You can upload waypoints if you have a cable. I think they are only a serial cable so if you don't have a serial port you'll need a converter. What's the price on the one you are looking at? $100 brand new in box Well, I had this unit and recently gave it to a local cacher who was using a navigation GPS. It was a great unit, expecially because it would route you to the cache via roads (with the correct maps loaded), but that was almost 10 years ago when I got it. I'm not sure I would spend $100 on it today. You can probably get a better more sensitive unit for just a little bit more money. Quote Link to comment
+ecanderson Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 $100 brand new in box OUCH! You can get a brand new (color screen even!) Garmin eTrex Venture HC for $125. If you are OK with the B&W screen, you can get a new eTrex H for only $95. Both of these units will outperform the older V model under anything but ideal conditions. The older models do not have the higher sensitivity GPS chipsets of more recent models. While an interesting "collector's item", I wouldn't consider a V for $100 under any circumstances. Quote Link to comment
+myotis Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Nor would I. I had one many years ago. Quote Link to comment
Dr Jeckyl and Mr Hide Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I still use my GPS V. It's an older model but tried and true. You can upload waypoints if you have a cable. I think they are only a serial cable so if you don't have a serial port you'll need a converter. What's the price on the one you are looking at? $100 brand new in box I gave one away recently - couldn't see myself asking anything for it. Not a bad unit but there's a wealth of cheap colour units around. And 24 megabytes of memory fills quickly, though the serial connection takes forever to load with. Quote Link to comment
+Redwoods Mtn Biker Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 That Venture HC is a much better deal. Quote Link to comment
NordicMan Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 If I ever stumbled across a "V" at a yard sale I'd grab it up in a second! ..provided it wasn't more than ~$20-30 Quote Link to comment
+robd0gg Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I still have my GSP V.. my second GPSr (first was a Magellen SportTrac that I took back for a refund). I bought it around 2003/04 and it was a great unit for a lot of years for me.. they are waterproof and extremely rugged.. I used it many motorcycle and mtn bike rides and the thing has bounced out of it's mount countless times, and never broke. Having said all that, I would definitely recommend a newer unit. The GPS V receiver is ancient, the processor is slow.. (scrolling around via the cursor takes forever to update the screen), and as others have said, the available memory is not adequate. Quote Link to comment
+kazyn Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I paid $99 shipped on ebay for a factory refurb Venture HC...he still has many many more available if you would like the seller's name. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I still use my GPS V. It's an older model but tried and true. You can upload waypoints if you have a cable. I think they are only a serial cable so if you don't have a serial port you'll need a converter. What's the price on the one you are looking at? $100 brand new in box $40 brand new in the box maybe. No way $100. 8 years ago it was considered the cream of GPS units by many, but it has long been passed by. A $120 Legend H blows it away performance wise. Quote Link to comment
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