Magellan 315 a good cache investment?

[+Landy49]

We are on a shoe string budget and I am looking to find my wife a good gps unit for caching. I heard the magellan 315 is a reliable piece...any advisements?

 

Thank you

[+user13371]

Unless the 315 was free or danged close to it, there would have to be other, better choices.

A Garmin eTrex 10 costs $119 brand new, and that really squeezes down the market for used geocaching toys.

 

How much is your "shoe string budget?"

[+Landy49]

Unless the 315 was free or danged close to it, there would have to be other, better choices.

A Garmin eTrex 10 costs $119 brand new, and that really squeezes down the market for used geocaching toys.

 

How much is your "shoe string budget?"

 

with costs and 2 kids in college....lol 65 probably:)

[robertlipe]

I'm with Portland Cyclist. The 315 is pretty ancient - I bought and returned one ten years ago as it was too quaint even then. By the time you add a cable to it and a USB/serial adapter to transfer waypoints and print cache pages, you'll find yourself near the price of a more modern GPS but with a more frustrating experience.

 

For a review, see

http://www.gpsnuts.com/mygps/gps/hardware%20reviews/magellan%20315/magellan_315_review.htm - and note that the company has been bought and sold at least three times since then, so if that ten year battery is bad, you odds of getting Magellan to replace it (the case is ultrasonically welded, so you can't) are approximately zero.

 

I'm all about bargains, but even if free, this model isn't.

[+Landy49]

I'm with Portland Cyclist. The 315 is pretty ancient - I bought and returned one ten years ago as it was too quaint even then. By the time you add a cable to it and a USB/serial adapter to transfer waypoints and print cache pages, you'll find yourself near the price of a more modern GPS but with a more frustrating experience.

 

For a review, see

http://www.gpsnuts.com/mygps/gps/hardware%20reviews/magellan%20315/magellan_315_review.htm - and note that the company has been bought and sold at least three times since then, so if that ten year battery is bad, you odds of getting Magellan to replace it (the case is ultrasonically welded, so you can't) are approximately zero.

 

I'm all about bargains, but even if free, this model isn't.

 

 

Insights on what you would see as my best beginner model at the pricing would be appreciated.