Wherigo GPSr? (not smartphone app)

[ferretlady]

Can anyone please tell me which GPS models still support Wherigo? I recently upgraded from an Etrex to an Oregon, and at first I thought it would work (based on what the Wherigo.com site said). I was quite disappointed to learn that only the older model Oregons will work. I'm even debating returning the Oregon if I can get another device that will support Wherigo, as it sounds like a lot of fun.

 

I'm one of those archaic dinosaurs who does NOT have a smart phone, and no plans of getting one - I don't use a cell phone often enough to justify another monthly bill to pay. (I still have a 7-yr-old flip-phone that works perfectly & the $30 a year I spend for pay-as-you-go minutes suits my individual needs just fine - haha)

 

I realize that the game is veering towards smartphone use - but surely some GPS's still support it? Or am I just out of luck?

[+Isonzo Karst]

Here's a thread that speaks to this topic from Jan 2015

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=329336

 

The only GSP models that ever supported Wherigo were the Garmin Montana and Oregon, and the new models in those lines do not. I run Wherigo on a Garmin 450. (For geocaching, the newer 600 works better in the way the geocaching menus are set up, but the 450 unit is fine, and will run Wherigo.)

 

I believe you'll have to hunt for an older used or (if you can get lucky) an older close out Garmin model. http://www.gpscentral.ca/products/garmin/oregon-comparison.html

 

I find the discontinued Oregons here and there on the web.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B005GRM6TU/ref=olp_twister_all?ie=UTF8&mv_edition=all

 

I started with Wherigo with a used PDA (doing the job a smartphone would now), and a blue tooth gps to let the PDA know where it was. A somewhat complicated set up, but dirt cheap at the time...

Edited December 27, 2015 by Isonzo Karst

[+on4bam]

The only GSP models that ever supported Wherigo were the Garmin Montana and Oregon, and for at least a year now the new models in those lines do not.

 

Don't forget the Colorado models.

However, using a smartphone or tablet is more practical. I make screenshots at every stage of a Wherigo on my Android tablet with WhereYouGo app.

[+StefandD]

The Monterra is able to run the WhereYouGo app.

[+Mausebiber]

Don't base your decision for a GPS on the capability to run Wherigo. My experience is, that newer Wherigo are written for smart phones and hardly run on a GPS.

[ferretlady]

Thank you for the information, everyone! Sigh - well, perhaps I'll keep an eye out for an inexpensive older model

 

Don't base your decision for a GPS on the capability to run Wherigo. My experience is, that newer Wherigo are written for smart phones and hardly run on a GPS.

 

Ouch - I was wondering if that might be the way of things - that the individual games might be written only for smart phones now... I guess it wouldn't make much sense to get a different GPS, just so I can play Wherigo, if increasing number of the games won't run properly -- or if GPS usage is being gradually phased out...

 

Sigh... oh well... Thank you so much for the replies!!!