Guest mcb Posted June 28, 2001 Posted June 28, 2001 Per Artful Dodger's request I have started part three of this thread below is a recap of part two. By Model -------- Garmin eTrex Legend: 14 Magellan 315: 14 Garmin III+: 13 Garmin Vista: 12 Garmin GPSMAP 76: 11 Garmin 12: 9 Lawrance Globalmap 100: 8 Garmin eTrex: 7 Garmin eTrex Venture: 5 Magellan 330: 5 Garmin eTrex Summit: 4 Garmin eMap: 3 Garmin 12MAP: 3 Garmin 12XL: 3 Garmin III: 2 Magellan 2000XL: 2 Eagle Accunavsport: 2 Garmin GPS 76: 1 Garmin eTrex Mariner: 1 Magellan 320: 1 Magellan 330m: 1 Magellan 2000: 1 GeoDiscovery Geode: 1 Magellan for HandSpring: 1 Apelco/Ratheon GPS11: 1 Eagle Explorer: 1 Silva Multi Navigator: 1 By Brand -------- Garmin: 88 Magellan: 25 Lawrence: 8 Eagle: 3 Apelco/Ratheon: 1 Silva: 1 mcb
Guest JonBoy470 Posted June 28, 2001 Posted June 28, 2001 Magellan GPS315. It rocks even if I hadn't gotten it for free!
Guest joshgray Posted June 29, 2001 Posted June 29, 2001 Basic eTrex. a little annoyed at how innaccuarte it has been for me.. but we'll see... ------------------ --- JoshGray http://joshgray.myip.org
Guest The 19th Posted June 29, 2001 Posted June 29, 2001 eTrex Legend. There sure are a lot of Legend owners here.
Guest Paulwhy Posted June 29, 2001 Posted June 29, 2001 Garmin GPS 12. Good under tree cover, I hardly ever lose a signal. I also use it with Microsoft Streets and Trips ($10 after $20 rebate) in the car. Works great. I always know where I am, where I am going, and where I can find nearest bagel shop, gas station, or geocache.
Guest SteveL Posted June 30, 2001 Posted June 30, 2001 Etrex Venture - got it yesterday and found my first cache with the family. What an amazing little device!
Guest Duger Posted July 1, 2001 Posted July 1, 2001 I am using a Magellan Map330 waas enabled. It works good, really fast GPS fix and sensitivity when under foliage/inside car/etc.
Guest DParesh Posted July 1, 2001 Posted July 1, 2001 Etrex Vista Purchased yesterday. First hunt today! (Succesfull to!) Ron
Guest Peter Scholtz Posted July 2, 2001 Posted July 2, 2001 Garmin eTrex basic. ------------------ Peter Scholtz www.biometrics.co.za
Guest packnrat Posted July 7, 2001 Posted July 7, 2001 i have a garmin etrax and love it as it rides on the handlebars of my mt bike. just bought a magellan 315 and need some time to find out about it. Packnrat
Guest Chris Juricich Posted July 8, 2001 Posted July 8, 2001 Garmin eTrex. Worked fine on my very first hunt today!
Guest Zer0 Posted July 8, 2001 Posted July 8, 2001 have a delorme earthmate for my laptop in the car using street atlas 7.0 just purchased a garmin III plus a few weeks ago and love it 4 caches logged with it.
Guest mcb Posted July 11, 2001 Posted July 11, 2001 By Model -------- Garmin eTrex Legend: 15 Magellan 315: 15 Garmin III+: 14 Garmin Vista: 13 Garmin GPSMAP 76: 11 Garmin eTrex: 11 Garmin 12: 11 Lawrance Globalmap 100: 9 Magellan 330: 8 Garmin eTrex Venture: 6 Garmin eTrex Summit: 4 Garmin eMap: 4 Garmin 12MAP: 4 Garmin 12XL: 4 Garmin III: 2 Magellan 2000XL: 2 Eagle Accunavsport: 2 Garmin GPS 76: 1 Garmin eTrex Mariner: 1 Magellan 320: 1 Magellan 330m: 1 Magellan 2000: 1 GeoDiscovery Geode: 1 Magellan for HandSpring: 1 Apelco/Ratheon GPS11: 1 Eagle Explorer: 1 Silva Multi Navigator: 1 By Brand -------- Garmin: 100 Magellan: 29 Lawrence: 9 Eagle: 3 Apelco/Ratheon: 1 Silva: 1 mcb
Guest kimbeattie Posted July 11, 2001 Posted July 11, 2001 Garmin eTrex Magellan 315 (bought for antenna and better sensitivity when in/under tree cover)
Guest Cape Cod Cache Posted July 12, 2001 Posted July 12, 2001 You missed my Garmin GPS 48 from 'What v1.0'
Guest rmpgis Posted July 12, 2001 Posted July 12, 2001 Lowrance GlobalMap 100 OziExplorer, OziMC software to upload custom maps in addition to Lowrances data I consistently get position lock in my house. WOW
Guest k2dave Posted July 12, 2001 Posted July 12, 2001 garmin III+ Topo USA software I also use MS streets but that can't be DL into the gps Very happy w/ it ------------------
Guest klgraves Posted July 14, 2001 Posted July 14, 2001 Am I the only one still using a Lowrance Globalnav 12? I think they went out of production last year. Guess I'll upgrade when the new Lowrance ifinder comes out. Tim
Guest db8tr Posted July 14, 2001 Posted July 14, 2001 I am using a gpsIII+ and love it. I have never lost the signal in heavy tree-cover. It is a winner in my book.
Guest Mr_Macaw Posted July 15, 2001 Posted July 15, 2001 at the basic eTrex, but changed my mind after reading these fora; my reason was the reportedly better reception. Having played with the unit, I can also say that I find the buttons-on-the-front form more user-friendly. I find that I get usable reception around bits of London, though I wouldn't expect it to work around really high buildings. A couple of things that annoy me slightly: * The Expected Position Error is only shown on the position screen, and isn't shown when the unit is averaging. It'd be nice to have it as one of the customisable displays on the other screens. * The leather case doesn't have a piece of clear plastic to protect the screen against scratches. Does anyone know of another case with this which will fit the 315? Overall, I'm happy with the unit. [This message has been edited by Mr_Macaw (edited 15 July 2001).]
Guest reholmes Posted July 15, 2001 Posted July 15, 2001 I have Garman 45XL it's about 6 years old but still credible. On a good day the EPE is around 60'.
Guest sivad Posted July 15, 2001 Posted July 15, 2001 I had a garmin venture now I have a basic Etrex. Which I will be getting rid of and going back to a venture. My wife talked me into traiding. Because of price.
Guest Havasu Desert Rat Posted July 20, 2001 Posted July 20, 2001 Garmin Model 12. I've never lost a signal even in heavy conifer forest, and can get a lock standing in the middle of my house. It's done everything I asked of it and the menus are really simple to navigate. Does averaging and will give me the distance between any 2 waypoints in memory. If I can get all these features plus WAAS, I might consider upgrading. ------------------ Larry Sallee aka The Havasu Desert Rat
Guest Bob Bowter Posted July 20, 2001 Posted July 20, 2001 I carry the Vista most places I go. It's not much bigger than the case for my sunglasses. I have even been known to fire it up on the way to the trash dumpster. Dang, is that's not GPS obsession. My only complaint is that it occasionally looses lock under heavy tree cover. For hiking and just general getting around in the wilderness this not much of a problem. When hunting and placing caches it's a bit more annoying. Overall it's an incredible unit.
Guest Hard Slate Posted July 20, 2001 Posted July 20, 2001 Still waiting(impatiently)for my Legend to show up.I thought it should have been here by now.I'm leaving for Virginia 7/25 and hope to have it to do a couple of caches.I guess the gps12 will have to work,it has yet to let me down.
Guest faithwalker Posted July 20, 2001 Posted July 20, 2001 We use a Street Pilot and a brand new map76...Had a Vista but returned it in trade for map76. Waitin on the V. ...Faithwalker...
Guest wm6p Posted July 20, 2001 Posted July 20, 2001 Vista forever. 10 finds so far. Takes me where I want to go.
Guest Sluggo Posted July 22, 2001 Posted July 22, 2001 be the only Geocacher in the world that uses a Horizonal Situation Indicator (HSI) and Glideslope to find a cache. Now, if I could just get you guys to put them closer to the airports. (The car rental is killing me. And Avis says that if I bring back one more Tarus with a busted oil pan they are going to boot me out of the WIZARD Club.) --Sluggo
Guest Sluggo Posted July 22, 2001 Posted July 22, 2001 be the only Geocacher in the world that uses a Horizonal Situation Indicator (HSI) and Glideslope to find a cache. Now, if I could just get you guys to put them closer to the airports. (The car rental is killing me. And Avis says that if I bring back one more Tarus with a busted oil pan they are going to boot me out of the WIZARD Club.) --Sluggo
Guest dan_edwards_1966 Posted July 22, 2001 Posted July 22, 2001 Magellan for HandSpring, and I love it to bits. I am even thinking of making some custom GeoTracking software for it.
Guest 1000$bill Posted July 26, 2001 Posted July 26, 2001 Lawrence Globalmap 100 get good locks at home, in the car, and as long as I keep moving in the woods. Gets flakey if you stop,then change directions suddenly. takes it 20 to 30 paces to recognise change and show new heading even with pinning turned off or on.
Guest Books Posted July 26, 2001 Posted July 26, 2001 Garmin eTrex Legend. So far it's worked great! [This message has been edited by Books (edited 26 July 2001).]
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