bluz Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 this will be my first gps. I find geo-cache is super fun. I also use my bass boat quite often. Can you give me pros or cons of this unit. from your experiance. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
+Fuzidave Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 i first had a Venture and loved it. w/ the $50 rebate i decided to get the Legend since it has the base road maps. i like it just as much. the only downside i've seen, depending on detail you have setup, it can take a few seconds to draw all the roads. not a terrible amount of time, but just noticable. Quote Link to comment
+Minex Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 I bought the GPS Unit not knowing anything about it. Overall, I'm very pleased with the unit. I pruchased MapSource Topo so I could put the memory to some use. Some complaints I have is that map refresh is slow, as mentioned by FuziDave. The reception of the unit isn't the greatest when I dont have a clear view of the sky. WAAS is pretty much useless for me. I also hate the sparkly blue color of the unit. I wish I could change covers. However, Garmins support for the unit has been exceptional. They've come out with many updates since I bought the unit. The Etrex is very portable... this is a huge plus. Lastly, it managed to get me to every cache so far. -Minex Quote Link to comment
+Rubberhead Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 bluz, I duck hunt and fish (saltwater inshore and offshore). I had a Venture but recently upgraded to a Legend. The Legend is perfect for me. I even find the Calendar, Sun and Moon and best hunting and fishing times very useful in planning my hunting and fishing trips. I can not even complian about signal strength since I always get good reception when I'm on the water. Quote Link to comment
+Alan2 Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 quote: I even find the Calendar, Sun and Moon and best hunting and fishing times very useful in planning my hunting and fishing trips. I have that feature on my Vista. How reliable is the fishing/hunting times. Frankly I thought it "too" convenient to actually work. Does it? Also, do you know when they're coming out with the feature for the best time to find blondes? ALan Quote Link to comment
+Searching_ut Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 I've gone through several units and find that for handheld use, my Legend is my favorite. I tend to cache only when things are slow, but try and hike at least 500 miles a year. For the trip computer, tracklogs, and navigation on the move, the Legend, or Vista rule. I like them quite a bit better than my next favorite, which is my GIII+, with my sportrak being my choice after that. For some of my ramblings on the Legend check out: http://searching_ut.home.sprynet.com Quote Link to comment
scubagecko Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 I got my eTrex Venture a couple months ago and it comes with hunting/fishing calendar and WAAS. It also comes with a cable to connect it to your computer. You will need a cover that makes it float no matter what you get even though it is water-resistant so you don't lose it slapping mosquitos while fishing. I think the Venture is just peachy. Quote Link to comment
+apersson850 Posted October 26, 2002 Share Posted October 26, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Alan2: I have that feature on my Vista. How reliable is the fishing/hunting times. Frankly I thought it "too" convenient to actually work. Does it? Also, do you know when they're coming out with the feature for the best time to find blondes? ALan It's already there. That's what the "Hunt and fish" really means!!! Anders Quote Link to comment
+Rubberhead Posted October 26, 2002 Share Posted October 26, 2002 The best hunting and fishing times is great for predicting deer movements. Duck hunting is best when the best hunting time coincides with sunrise. I fish saltwater so I've found the tides to be a better indicator of the best fishing times. However, I'm sure that there's a direct correlation between tides and the predicted best times. I’ve just never bothered to try to figure out what it is. Quote Link to comment
crazy leg's Posted October 27, 2002 Share Posted October 27, 2002 Ihave an e-trex venture and it work's fine. i bought it for geocaching. what i'm curious about is whether other reciever's are more sensitive, that is to say will one pick up a stronger signal than the other under the same condition's. the reason i ask is while out caching the other day in medium to heavy tree cover my gps would be pointing in one direction telling me i'm getting closer then all of a sudden it would swing back the other way and it had me going in circle's. there was someone there with a differant type of unit and i ask them if they were getting good reception they repled yes as they walked straight to the cache on the first attempt. Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted October 27, 2002 Share Posted October 27, 2002 I believe it was just that you were getting some multipathing (signal bounce) off the trees. Why you, not him? maybe where you were standing... maybe a bit different unit picking up different sats. Quote Link to comment
+TinSparrow Posted October 27, 2002 Share Posted October 27, 2002 I own both a Magellan 310 and a Garmin eTrex Venture. I find that the Venture is more feature rich and provides much better information as long as it can find a signal, but it loses signal much much more frequently than the lower cost Magellan unit. I had the Magellan unit first and I had purchased the Garmin as an upgrade, but this unit is not performing nearly as well as I had hoped. Quote Link to comment
sunsetnkc Posted October 27, 2002 Share Posted October 27, 2002 I have no complaints, has always worked very good for caching. I leave it in the truck and use the maps alot here around KC when I get lost, which seems to be alot.... Quote Link to comment
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