i use the garmin gps12. works great and batteries last a long time. i use mine along with a compass at all times. it works excellent to gain a heading and then use a compass set to the heading you want to go. i usually verify the heading every 10 to 15 min depending on the terrain. this holds especially true if ever out after dark or when a snow storm hits and your visual is limited. spent one night in the mountains of colorado after a snow storm hit about 1 1/2 hours before dark. now i never leave camp without it. that was a cold and wet 15 hours.

i use the garmin gps12. works great and batteries last a long time. i use mine along with a compass at all times. it works excellent to gain a heading and then use a compass set to the heading you want to go. i usually verify the heading every 10 to 15 min depending on the terrain. this holds especially true if ever out after dark or when a snow storm hits and your visual is limited. spent one night in the mountains of colorado after a snow storm hit about 1 1/2 hours before dark. now i never leave camp without it. that was a cold and wet 15 hours.

I have the Etrex Camo model. Got it for 129 @ wal mart. Love it except when in thick woods have troubl getting signal. Oh well still gets me to the truck

Here is some good info for the do it yourself
types. Make your own data cable, & power cable. Hacking the Etrex also (getting temp from it etc)

Mike

http://www.gpsmemory.com/
http://www.nomad.ee/micros/etrex.shtml
http://etrex.webz.cz/service.html

I use a Garmin GPS12. Best money I've spent in a while.

I've got an older Garmin 38. Never go hunting without it. This past fall I had to leave 2 caribou quarters in the country overnight. The next day the fog was really thick. No problem. I had marked the spot as a waypoint. Using the GPS and my compass I had no problem finding the little stand of trees (one of many in the area) where my quarters were hung.

Note I said using a GPS and a compass. You can't shoot a bearing to a distant landmark with a GPS and I personally find it easier to walk on a bearing using a compass. Always carrying a map is a good idea too, especially in terrain you are unfamiliar with. In the event your GPS dies on you it will be easier to find your way with a map and compass than with a compass alone.

Kevin Murphy

GPS are great tools they are only limited sa to the user wich makes mine very limited.lol anyway i use my garmin12 all the time mostly out of state,for marking areas thet i want to get back into next year. They seem to work most of the time but like everybody else said don't leave your map and compas at home.

GPS are great tools they are only limited sa to the user wich makes mine very limited.lol anyway i use my garmin12 all the time mostly out of state,for marking areas thet i want to get back into next year. They seem to work most of the time but like everybody else said don't leave your map and compas at home.

I have got a GPS III plus, and I love it. But when you get into real thick woods, it doesn't work. So better have a compass.