ayeyen Posted March 16, 2004 Posted March 16, 2004 Hi! I'm new at GeoCaching but I love it! The only problem is I'm really poor! I'm looking for a really REALLY cheap GPS. (eTrex Legend is my fave!) Anyone? ANYONE? Quote
jmabbott888 Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 We got a Magellan sportrak for $145 out the door at walmart. This is the yellow one not the map sportrak, it doesn't show maps but it does have waypoints, routes & a compass. We use ours alot & it seems to work great. hope this helps Quote
SBPhishy Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 Your best bet is for the eTrex yellow. You probably wont find a Legend for anywhere near under a hundred bucks. You might be able to find an eTrex yellow for 60 bucks on ebay. It would work just fine for caching. Also, you may be able to find an older Magellan GPS 315 for cheap too. They work fine for caching. If you want to spend 150 or so, I can offer you a mint condition SporTrak Map with lots of goodies. Quote
Lady Sarianna Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 I'm also looking for a cheap GPS. My husband & I have 2, but we're looking for one for my little brother, who lives across the state from us. He's really into caching, but can only go when we're visiting him, because he doesn't have one of his own. If anyone knows of a GPS we can get for, hopefully, less than $75-100 please let me know! You can e-mail me at annajeny2000@yahoo.com. Thanks! Quote
ayeyen Posted March 21, 2004 Author Posted March 21, 2004 How cheap, you ask? Really as cheap as possible (Canadian $$) I realize there is little hope because no one is going to part with a Garmin eTrex legend for $30 :-( But I am really poor (well, not really, but it's all in the college fund, y'know!) Anyhow, yeah. I'm actually thinking of getting a Yellow and $60! WOW! Thanks for the tip! Quote
hydes Posted March 24, 2004 Posted March 24, 2004 I'm new as well and have found the etrex yellow and the geko 101 to work marvelously for caching. I believe you can find either one for about $80-90 most days. It also appears that there are a couple sellers in this forum that can provide quality GPSrs for less than other locations... Personally, we've ordered from the GeoCaching.com link to Offroute.com. BTW, I CANNOT recommend Cobra gpsrs. We had a horrible experience with their midrange model. Hope this info is helpful. Nathan Quote
mires Posted March 24, 2004 Posted March 24, 2004 Hi! I'm new at GeoCaching but I love it! The only problem is I'm really poor! I'm looking for a really REALLY cheap GPS. (eTrex Legend is my fave!) It's not relevant, but I can't resist U people form noth USA can't imagine what is poor once was in Kazchstan (former soviet uninion). If I remember right mounthly salary the profesor at local University is below 10$ that I could call poor Quote
SBPhishy Posted March 24, 2004 Posted March 24, 2004 (edited) It's not relevant, but I can't resistU people form noth USA can't imagine what is poor once was in Kazchstan (former soviet uninion). If I remember right mounthly salary the profesor at local University is below 10$ that I could call poor Yeah, and there are starving children in Africa. I'm not really offended at all by your comment, but coming in here and saying "U people" sounds a bit elitist to me. Just because you were in Kazchstan one time, doesn't mean you know any better than any of us. I'm sure many of the people in this forum have visited many other countries, and have seen how other people live. You're right. It's not relevant. Sorry, I couldn't resist. I see that your post is saturated with "smilies" so you are obviously saying this with a light heart, but still... Edited March 24, 2004 by SBPhishy Quote
ayeyen Posted March 26, 2004 Author Posted March 26, 2004 I'm actually from Canada. I'm not from Northern USA, like you say. Also, which one would be better: Germin Geko 101 or Garmin eTrex Yellow? (I also have my eye on a Magellan GPS 2000 that's insanely cheap.) Quote
mires Posted March 26, 2004 Posted March 26, 2004 etrex is better (IMHO) bigger display, better feels in hand. has possibility to connect to PC/PDA Quote
direktor Posted March 28, 2004 Posted March 28, 2004 I have a Magellan Blazer 12 I'll be wanting to upgrade very soon. How's $50 sound? I have the original manual somewhere, but I don't know if I'll be able to find it. If I can't, I'll print out the PDF manual I have. Quote
ayeyen Posted March 29, 2004 Author Posted March 29, 2004 UPDATE: It has to be someone in Ottawa, ON because my dad wants me to try my GPS first and stuff, sorry direktor. I guess I can't buy it from you because "oh he's gonna rip us off what if it doesn't work you're gonna be ripped off!" So, sorry. Stupid paranoia. Quote
+Xilo Posted April 3, 2004 Posted April 3, 2004 $40 for a <a href="http://www.magellangps.com/en/support/oldprod.asp">Magellan Blazer12</a> plus exact shipping. Or make an offer.. Quote
+Andy and Robin Posted April 8, 2004 Posted April 8, 2004 http://tinyurl.com/2kofk buy this one cheap. Quote
SBPhishy Posted April 8, 2004 Posted April 8, 2004 Just in case you are considering that one that Andy and Robin posted, make sure that it shows the digits out to the 3rd decimal. Otherwise it wont get you close enough. Some of the older units dont do this. Quote
+Andy and Robin Posted April 8, 2004 Posted April 8, 2004 Actually Andy and Robin used this unit to find several caches before buying a Legend. Seemed to get us plenty close actually. Don't remember having any DNF's with it , but have had plenty with the Legend and the 60cs! Quote
SBPhishy Posted April 8, 2004 Posted April 8, 2004 won't it only get you to within a certain distance? Of course it's not impossible to find a cache, but when your area of searching is a 100 foot diameter circle, it seems like that may be a bit problematic. Quote
K9 Crew Posted April 11, 2004 Posted April 11, 2004 My son has done 59 caches with a Blazer 12 and only 2 digits. Only twice did he have a problem, but still found the caches. Now he has a Garmin 72 and I believe he did just as well with the Blazer 12. Quote
SBPhishy Posted April 11, 2004 Posted April 11, 2004 How close is the closest they are able to get you to the cache with only 2 digits? Quote
+Chichikov Posted April 12, 2004 Posted April 12, 2004 WaldenRun has 1,499 finds and he doesn't use a GPSr , just some truly impressive skill with a map and compass. I mention this because even though I prefer my 60CS with accuracy to three decimal places, it is possible to cache very well without. Quote
ayeyen Posted April 12, 2004 Author Posted April 12, 2004 I'm thinking of a Sportrak Map. I've heard about the crack problem, not to worry. My dad says if I pass this year in school (which is still a toss-up) then I can get one! Also, sory about the insanely poor comments. I meant poor as in this society, not globally. No offence to anyone in Kazichstan or Africa. If I had big money,I'd donate to feed the Africans. I'm not a bad person! Quote
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