Aronius Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 Which Garmin eTrex do you own? If you own more than one which one do you use primarily? Note-also see the Garmin Poll and the Magellan Poll. Farewell Mother Hips....for now. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 I found it to be a good combination of features and price. "You can't make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs, but by standing a flock of sheep in that position, you can make a crowd of men" -Max Beerbohm Quote Link to comment
+carivercpl Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 Started off last year with it...but santa is going to be nice to me this year...and littledoggie7 will get her.... Quote Link to comment
+Man In The Wild Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 Yellow here... Good thing I don't have the Camo! Quote Link to comment
mortonfox Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 Yellow eTrex. The one I'm using now is a replacement for the first one, which got worn out from too much geocaching. Well... actually, I'm not sure what's wrong with the first one but it's out of warranty and it doesn't cost much more to get a new one. Why yellow? It's simple to use, cheap to replace, and easy to find when I fall down while climbing a hill and it drops into the leaves. And I always bring paper maps (lots of Hagstrom and ADC map books) so I don't need those on the GPS. Quote Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 Started out with a 38 (not a pistol) went to the Vista, does it job. Tahosa - Dweller of the Mountain Tops. Quote Link to comment
Sliver & Lucy Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 LEGEND I have had no trouble with signal loss or any other trouble... I am a happy Legend owner Quote Link to comment
shrekTBA Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 Yellow, Legend and Vista!!! It's not a sport unless there is something dead in the back of the truck when you get home. Quote Link to comment
Aronius Posted November 24, 2002 Author Share Posted November 24, 2002 S&L, I think thats what i'm going to get....You've had good luck with it, huh? Farewell Mother Hips....for now. Quote Link to comment
Sliver & Lucy Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 I have had very good luck with it Aronius. I use mapsource on mine as well and it works great for my needs.. Good luck with your legend if thats what you choose to get,, I think you would be happy with that choice. HAPPY CACHING Quote Link to comment
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 Well I will see how the e-trex works it has the next decimal point which will be handy for me been working with 2 decimals so long now its gonna be easy.I also have a Magellan 2000 The first one,and The Magellan Trailblazer as well. When all else fails Geotry again. Quote Link to comment
tatoeba Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 My Yellow is fine and was cheap to buy (with an Amazon discount) Good luck to you! Legendeo is still in Beta! Quote Link to comment
+Divine Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 Was going to buy the yellow one, but asked older geocachers for advice 1st and someone convinced me to buy Venture. Small increase in the price for more features. I've been very happy with my new toy Quote Link to comment
+The BeeGees Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 If it's good enough for Floopy, it's certainly good enough for me. Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 It's behaved faultlessly... could do with more memory, though John ------------------------------------------------ You don't stop playing because you get old. You get old because you stop playing. Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 Don't forget that Garmin has a whole line of GPS units that are not etrex's. I originally had a little yellow but now have this one. Other posters have been right. To get quick answers to questions like these, find yourself in Clayjar's chat tonight from 8:30-9:30 CST. Markwell Chicago Geocaching Quote Link to comment
+MaxEntropy Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 My Legend is working fine for me. The antenna isn't the greatest, so It loses signals inside the car away from the window and under heavy tree cover. The 8 meg memory allows me to load the mapsource map for my area and fortunately, I live near the center of my local map, but I travel frequently outside the map, so I frequently have to load other maps. Next time, I'm getting the 32 meg e-trex (or more likely a GPS-5 for the car that my wife will use). If you want to get a legend, check the mapsource maps and see if your local map covers the area in which you spend most of your time. If it doesn't, get 32 meg. That way you can load four maps and not have to worry too much about it. Quote Link to comment
bestfamily4 Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 Summit I love it how small and easy it is to use. waterproofness, compass and altimiter/barometer. But I really dislike how easy it loses lock. I have to get a lock in wide open area to even venture under trees or in steep terrain. If I get a lock then put it in my pocket it loses lock. Yesterday the batteries went dead under tree cover, I swapped the batteries out then had to find a really open area to get it to lock again and it wasnt as good of a lock as I had gotten from the parking lot. D. Best one of the bestfamily4 Quote Link to comment
+GeoVamp Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 So far my Legend has treated me well-it acts confused from time to time but not that often-and I've found 278 caches,3 benchmarks and countless other things.SO CACHE ON "Everythings's Eventual"-Stephen King Quote Link to comment
Freelens Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 Etrex yellow is all you ever need for geocaching. To do anything else you need something better. Quote Link to comment
+Chazman007 Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 Legend used here.. I map on my computer more than on the GPS. I was the true Geek in California, using my laptop to track live as I drove up and down the streets looking for the cache entrance. Quote Link to comment
+Chazman007 Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 Legend used here.. I use the mapsource on my computer more than on the GPS. I was the true Geek in California, using my laptop to track live as I drove up and down the streets looking for the cache entrance. Quote Link to comment
+Trikster Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 Er, Legend. yeah. It's served me well over the past couple of months, especially considering I bought it for $85... And, um. quote:Originally posted by Markwell:... I originally had a little yellow... "Little, yellow, different, better"? -Trik Legend-ary Quote Link to comment
+SkydiverDman Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 I have two GPSr's one for flying (Garmin 196) and a Vista for GeoCaching. I actually use the 196 and download the same waypoint data to it, and then use it to do the work to take me to the GC waypoints without having to worry about getting lost in neighborhoods and places that I have not been to. It works great! The Vista is the radio of choice when we get on the scene though. It is amazing and with the $50. rebate out now, it's a real bargain for all that technology. *Blue Skies!* SkydiverDman If at first you don't succeed, SKYDIVING NOT FOR YOU! Quote Link to comment
+Web-ling Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 I've got the basic yellow. Don't see any reason to spend more. Then again, I have hunted about 60% of my caches without using a GPSr at all, just a map or aerial. Quote Link to comment
Buttons Brigade Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 Started off with a eTrex yellow and realized I wanted to use it for other things so I stepped up to the Vista. Quote Link to comment
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