Handheld GPSs - Any recommendations?

[vadeer]

Hope your deer seasons are off to a good start! Wondering, I've decided that I should get a GPS to help with those long night-time walks back to the truck. Does anyone have any recommendations?As usual price is a consideration as I am trying to stay below $200 (if possible).I am zeroing in on the Magellan eXplorist 210

http://www.thegpsstore.com/Magellan-eXplorist-210-P775C2.aspx

Any thoughts? Thx.

[Canned Heat]

If there's ever been a time where the old adage "you get what you pay for" was true...it would be with a GPS Unit. I'd wait til you got some more coin and wouldn't bite under a $300 unit (or more).

I would stick to a Lowrance, Garmin, or Magellan...or another make that's been doing them for awhile. The Bushnell Onix looks sweet, but I've heard it's got some bugs to work out yet.

I'm sure with all the guys here, you'll get some good feedback.

[mutantcoil]

I use the Garmin Rino® 120.



https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=146&pID=6405

"Rino 120 combines two-way radio and GPS features to help you keep tabs on others in your group. Using Rino's unique Position Reporting feature, you can send your exact location to other Rino users in your group, so they can see your precise location on the map page. And, because Rino is a standard FRS/GMRS radio, you can use it to communicate with any other conventional FRS/GMRS radio around."

[Gundeck]

I work with GPS units every day. You are not looking for a fancy toy, you are looking for a tool to get you back to your starting point. I would STRONGLY recommend you get a unit with a SiRF Star III chipset, MTK chipset or other new high accuracy chipset. With the Garmin units, you want to stick to the H series or Cx series units, as the GPS receiver is much better than the older models. For a basic unit, the eTrex H is a great choice. Another option in the price range would be the eTrex Venture HC (a few more bells and whistles).

[Flix]

+1 on the SIRF chip. Where I hunt there is often steep canyons and/or heavy timber. Lesser GPS units lose signal and have a hard time getting it back. I have the Garmin 60CSX and am quite happy with it. My last GPS was the original mono Garmin eTrex Vista. They have since seriously updated this model with the high sensitivity chip. It's not the SIRF, but reports are that it performs quite well.

I don't have any experience with the Magellen.

-- FLIX

[vadeer]

Based on your comments - how does the eTrex Legend Cxsize up?

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=327

Thanks.

[Passafist]

I use an etrex. All I need it a bread trail and way points. Under $100 bucks.