Guest go4hockey Posted August 1, 2001 Share Posted August 1, 2001 I am going to buy my first GPS and I need some help on deciding between the eTrex (yellow) and the eTrex Venture. It would be nice to have mapping functions, which I understand now that the Yellow does not have, but does the Venture have enough to warrent me spending an extra 50 or 60 dollars on? Must tell you that unfortuently I have to keep the cost down so these are about my only choices. Quote Link to comment
Guest bob_renner Posted August 1, 2001 Share Posted August 1, 2001 The Venture does not have any mapping functions. It has a city database which I believe is a set of waypoints for the center of cities, and the capability of loading points of interest from a CDROM. For mapping you need to step up to the Legend or Vista. A big advantage of the Venture/Legend/Vista is the improved resolution of the screen. You need to go to a store that can demo the various models and check out the features yourself. Bob [This message has been edited by bob_renner (edited 01 August 2001).] Quote Link to comment
Guest go4hockey Posted August 1, 2001 Share Posted August 1, 2001 Thank you that clears up some questions I had. I appreciate it and cannot wait to go out for my first cache! Quote Link to comment
Guest BigDoggie Posted August 1, 2001 Share Posted August 1, 2001 Be sure to check out the Magellan 315 as well. Among other things, it has a better antenna which allows it to pick up better under tree cover. Also has a nice automatic averaging feature. Amazon.com just reduced this one by $10 to $140, and you can get a $10 amazon coupon and maybe a Magellan $20 rebate (the coupon I have expired 7/31, but they seem to issue new ones as soon as the last expired.) Quote Link to comment
Guest White Rabbit Posted August 1, 2001 Share Posted August 1, 2001 I just got the Magellan 315 yesterday, but no rebate It's a great GPS and I had no problem finding where abouts my first cache was. I noticed that it's pretty user friendly and has a great easy to use interface. But, my opinions probably don't mean anything since I've only had my GPS for a day now (but I did find my first Cache!! It was great fun). Quote Link to comment
Guest White Rabbit Posted August 1, 2001 Share Posted August 1, 2001 I just got the Magellan 315 yesterday, but no rebate It's a great GPS and I had no problem finding where abouts my first cache was. I noticed that it's pretty user friendly and has a great easy to use interface. But, my opinions probably don't mean anything since I've only had my GPS for a day now (but I did find my first Cache!! It was great fun). Quote Link to comment
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