+soupster Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I dont think I really need color and wanted to save a few $$. I was looking at the Garmin 76s any other recomendations....$200-300 area... Quote Link to comment
+JDan150 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I think the GPS V is really great. I have 2 of them. Quote Link to comment
DiverMan Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Depends on what your needs are. I have the garmin legend that works well for me. I cannot comment on the Magellan units but from what I understand, they have their pluses and minus as well. Quote Link to comment
+Mastifflover Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I know that you are new so I will give you some advise before the moderators slap your hand. If you post the same topic in more than one forum they consider that spamming the boards. Oh you can get a nice Garmin Vista for under $250!! Quote Link to comment
+RockyRiver Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 (edited) I dont think I really need color and wanted to save a few $$. I was looking at the Garmin 76s any other recomendations....$200-300 area... If you want the best bang for the buck, its the Magellan Gold. http://www.magellangps.com/en/products/product.asp?PRODID=90 You will need to buy an SD film card and mapping software to meet your needs also. The etrex series by Garmin are OK, but in the woods in heavy tree cover they lose signal easy. I own or have owned about all the new GPS's made on the market now and I have no prefrence to Garmin or Magellan. If you want a good GPS with everything in the kit ready to go, get a Garmin GPS V, they are about $330-$350 new. Edited March 19, 2004 by RockyRiver Quote Link to comment
+SBPhishy Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 I will second the Magellan Gold. It's an amazing unit for the price. I have one and it's great. Quote Link to comment
ZippySLC Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 The GPSV is really an amazing unit. You can't go wrong with it. Quote Link to comment
+NimravusHSSR Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 (edited) I didn't like the V because it was soo slow when routing (compared to the iQue, 60c etc) and the memory is pretty much useless. I was constantly reloading maps to where I was going. Speed it up a bit and throw in an SD card slot and it's a winner! The 56 megs on my 60c is barely enough. I have about 400 megs of map data loaded onto my iQue. Edited March 20, 2004 by FlashMaster Quote Link to comment
+soupster Posted March 20, 2004 Author Share Posted March 20, 2004 sorry for posting twice but i did not know it went through on this forum. oops! Im a bad boy ! Quote Link to comment
+WhereRWe? & RULOST2? Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 I like my Garmin eTrex Legend. You can get it for around $150 on eBay, or for $200 al WalMart. It seems to be the same as the more expensive etrex Vista except that the Vista has more memory. Quote Link to comment
+Mastifflover Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 The Vista also adds an electronic compass which will work even without a sat. lock and a barometric altimeter that can graph your elevation changes. Quote Link to comment
+SBPhishy Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Just to add, you will still be able to graph your elevation changes if you have some software, with the other units. It seems to be somewhat arguable as to which one is more accurate. Quote Link to comment
+L.O.S.T.JJsKJ Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Whats a great retail price for the Gold? Quote Link to comment
+RockyRiver Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Whats a great retail price for the Gold? They are $200 at tigergps.com Quote Link to comment
+L.O.S.T.JJsKJ Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Cool, I found a Gold w/ extra 16mb card and Streets & Destinations USA for $220 after rebate at local Big 5 Sporting goods store. Quote Link to comment
+bob393 Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 A map76s! In my opinion. Quote Link to comment
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