what GPS are you using?
08-07-2005, 07:57 PM
#21
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RE: what GPS are you using?
Got a eTrex Vista, love it. Little more memory than the ledgend, can load more maps. But, even units with WAAS won't get you real great accuracy if that's what your looking for. I use mine for fishing alot, it usually gets me within casting distance of the brushpile I marked.
08-10-2005, 06:31 PM
#23
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: what GPS are you using?
I'd love to have a unit that can download maps and has more features but I have been playing around with my basic Garmin Etrex and am quite amazed that this basic unit is all I need to get me back to camp. Maybe in the future one with more features will be in my hands, but for those who have never used one I think the basic unit is a good place to start. In only a couple of days of playing around with it, I feel confident with it already.
08-10-2005, 07:31 PM
#24
Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: what GPS are you using?
I have the original Etrex, a Etrex Venture, a GPS 76 (all three are Garmin)and a Magellan Meridian Platinum. The meridian is nice because of the expandable memory cards, which allow me to download Topo's, coastline marine charts, and even detailed turn-by-turn driving directions! But - the features that garmin has are more useful - like the built-in acerage calculator, and the ability to save tracks and routes seperately. If you order the topo software from Maptech, you can download all waypoints, tracks, etc. from mostany gps unit on the market. I have seen, and want a Garmin Etrex Legend!
08-11-2005, 06:50 AM
#25
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RE: what GPS are you using?
Roseaukaine.......I don't know how old the unit was, but a while back I saw a Garmin Etrex Legend on clearance for $125 at a Walmart. It was brand new, maybe it was a display model. I didn't grab it because at the time I already a new Etrex and thought I should learn how to use the basic unit first.
08-11-2005, 04:15 PM
#26
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fulton N.Y. USA
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RE: what GPS are you using?
I too had purchased a Garmin eTRAX back in April,though it does not have all the bells and whistles it works great. It took very little time to learn and is a great little unit. I use it for fishing and looking forward to using it this fall. I have not been disapointed with itand don't think that I will be ,you can do a lot with just the basic unit.
Bill
Bill
08-12-2005, 08:48 AM
#27
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Spring TX USA
Posts: 211
RE: what GPS are you using?
My wife bought me a Lowrance "I finder hunt" for my birthday last year. It has hunting icons for stand, tracks etc. all related to hunting. I will say that I am a novice in the GPS world but this unit seems complicated as all get out to me. Of course I would never tell her that.
08-14-2005, 05:43 PM
#28
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Upstate New York USA
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RE: what GPS are you using?
I have the Garmin Rhino 120, Nice GPS features, but the two way radio isn't that great, it picks up alot of static when you put the radio in scan while using the GPS[:@]
08-18-2005, 09:31 AM
#30
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: The mountains of Southwest Virginia
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RE: what GPS are you using?
I have a Etrex also. I use it for atv riding in the summer and hunting in the fall. It dosn't have all the bells and so on but I wouldn't know how to work them anyway. LOL!
SF
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