+Cadence Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Has anyone mentioned this? I searched, but no one seemed to have noticed... Nice Sneak Peek on Garmin's site for their wristwatch GPS. 007's companion For those urban caches when you gotta run stealth mode! 500 waypoints 10000 trackpoints Geko style system - no basemap yet 15 hours on a rechargeable L-ion battery A/C desktop charger with PC interface Personally I'm still pretty psyched about the Rino 130, but this is great! OddTodd - K7PKT Quote Link to comment
+Karma Hunter Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 (edited) There is an earlier thread on the pros and cons of the basic Forerunner here which you may find interesting. The one you found looks like it may address some of the concerns folks had about using it for geocaching. Edited February 13, 2004 by Karma Hunter Quote Link to comment
+Cadence Posted February 13, 2004 Author Share Posted February 13, 2004 Apologies, didn't know it was also called the Forerunner. The Garmin home page has it as "Foretrex". No wonder the search provided no finds. Thanks Karma Hunter! OddTodd - K7PKT Quote Link to comment
+geo-jedi Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 These are two separate devices. The ForeRunner is made for running workouts but can also find waypoints. The ForeTrex is similar in physical design to the ForeRunner but obviously has different firmware that makes it more suitable for hiking. Neither have detailed maps, or the ability to load maps. Team Geo-Jedi Quote Link to comment
+TeamK-9 Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 This thing is less conspicuos than my big maggelan sportrak that looks like a 3 year old cell phone, but it looks a little big for a normal watch... Quote Link to comment
+SBPhishy Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 If you think your spotrak looks like an out-of-date cellphone, you should see my Meridian! Quote Link to comment
+Prime Suspect Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Couldn't you just get a Geko and some duck tape? Quote Link to comment
+Cadence Posted February 15, 2004 Author Share Posted February 15, 2004 Y'know, they even have different colored duct tape - you could look pretty spiffy - even if it did cost you your arm hair... the price we pay for style. (Sigh). Quote Link to comment
+Insp Gadget Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 I wonder if you could turn the FOrerunner into a Foretrex by loading the trex firmware? They sem to be pretty much the same unit, except for the software.... Quote Link to comment
+CoasterManiacs Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 I wonder if you could turn the FOrerunner into a Foretrex by loading the trex firmware? They sem to be pretty much the same unit, except for the software.... I'm new to GPS... but Foretrex is WAAS enabled, where the forerunner is not. Wouldn't that require more than firmware to operate? So far the forerunner has been great for tracking my running workouts, and its working greate on geocache hunts as well. Quote Link to comment
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