+jlw82 Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Hello everyone! I have been thinking of buying a GPS 72. And i Have a few quastions... Is it a good GPS? Can I upload other maps to the GPS. Like streetmaps over cities? Or do I need a GPS with MAP then? Is it price worth? I have been looking for review without results. Have a nice day everyone! Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 This is a very good but very basic unit. No you can not have maps. Not very expandable, lower res screen and memory, but good antennea, and features. I didn't check the price, but rpbably well worth the price. But maps are really great to have so you may want to dish out more money for a Map76. Here is the 72: http://www.garmin.com/products/gps72/ Quote Link to comment
+slinger91 Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 the MAP76S, but if you are just starting out, I would sugest a basic unit like the etrex yellow. That's what I started out with. If you are wondering how good they are, oregone has found well over 700 caches with one. Support our troops! Right now they are in countries that outlaw beer! Quote Link to comment
+Tubby Rower Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 quote:Originally posted by jlw82: Is it a good GPS? Can I upload other maps to the GPS. Like streetmaps over cities? Or do I need a GPS with MAP then? Is it price worth? I have one and love it. Is it a good GPS? yes. No maps. The price issue depends on what you want/need. Here is a list of things that I like about it: buttons on the front 10-character waypoint name fairly cheap ($149.90 at gpsnow.com - including shipping) I have one Any of the GPS's out there will be great. If you search through the forums here, people have almost every type that you can get. Very few people have said that their GPS is completely useless. Maps are nice but they do cost extra. The rinos have a radio function on them. A LOT of people seem to have the Etrex Vista (I think that this one has the maps). My brother usees the yellow Etrex. He loves it. My advice... Buy a little more than you think that you need right now. That way later you won't kick yourself for paying the "little bit" of extra money to get something that you want then. kc row, row, row your boat Quote Link to comment
+fairplay Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Buy it !! All extrex models are defenetly too small !! their resolution is better but the display is too small. And when you consider buying a newer modell like 76maps, etc the battery will not last so long. Your basic model, has a big display , where you can see many data fields , yet more than Etrex , and the battery will last up to 20 hours , in contrary with the GPS76map s which holds only 10 hours (when all its features are turned on) So , if I were you I'd buy the 72!! hello Quote Link to comment
+jlw82 Posted March 25, 2003 Author Share Posted March 25, 2003 The GPS 76 looks great to. A littel more expensive. Better resulution and its come with a data cabel. Is the 76 the same gps as the 72 model? The differ is higher resultion and ability to a external antenna. I will use my GPS mostly for cardriving and, finding the way back to my car. ;-) AND when I are at sea and catch pike pikes! :-) Maps are good. I know. But they are TO expensive for me. Quote Link to comment
+Tubby Rower Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 then you had better get a GPSMap 76 instead of GPS 76 or GPS 72. The map version's MSRP $400, non-map 76 $251, 72 $171. You probably need to get a mapping gps. These cost a little more. just make sure that the 76 you get is the mapping one not just the souped up 72 with the ext. ant. hookup.. Compare the models here kc row, row, row your boat Quote Link to comment
+Tubby Rower Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 I have the 72. The resolution on it is fine. I don't think that the extra resolution is worth the money. Maybe the ext. ant. but not the resolution. kc row, row, row your boat Quote Link to comment
McKenna Family Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 Just bought one of these last night at West Marine for $154.00 I looked at the GPS76, which my dad has, and couldn't really see much difference in the display resolution. Overall it seems like a nice unit, especially compared to the Magellan 3000 I was using before. I can get it to lock into 3d mode from inside my house. My brother just ordered a GPSMAP76s, wish I had that kind of dough... McKenna Family Watsonville CA, San Jose CA, Dublin CA Quote Link to comment
ecuchief Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 I have the 72 & love it. The price was right (Christmas gift :-P) I would love to have the color, but hey, I would love to have a H2 Hummer too! I use the gps in my car now & plan to use it for marine at the shore this summer. The unit came with the MapSource Points of Interest which allows 1mb of data (capacity of unit) to store to unit. I would love to see Garmin come out with an upgrade to more memory, but I don't really expect that. What I may do one of these days once I out grow this unit is to buy on with more memory. As I was starting out in the gps mania, I'm glad my Dad bought me this one. HTH! John Quote Link to comment
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