looking into hand held GPS one that a third grader can understand

I hear ya ! LOL

Garmin's the best..............I got one, and it can connect you to the internet I think ?!?! LOL

Simple is the best !!!

I am not going to argue which one is best.. I do use the DeLorme Earthmate and the new ones have satilite texting.. That IMO is much better when you are in an area that has no cell service.. It is simple and you can purchase programs (after your trial ones expire) for a fly over of the areas in question or satlite dowloads. I am partial to the DeLorme mapping however..

And like most toys third graders have eats batteries at a very rapid pace. I looked at those, they do just about everything anyone could want, just couldn't get past the 6 hour life of the batteries. (have lost power in the dark more than I care too).

Most third graders can run circles round electronics, you want one an old man can use.

Just take a third grader along hunting.

Get one that's simple but lets a simpleton expand if they can get past the power button. Garmin hcx models do that and mine will run for days on lithium batteries, enough time for even old men to figure out. They also stop using batteries when hooked up to the computer. Lets you watch youtube vid after youtube vid showing you all the features.

Come on man, Internet's been around a long time, you ain't figured out how to use it to learn yet? You do need a third grader around.

garmins can't connect to the internet, not the handhelds anyway. All the cool kids of the outdoors like the new 62's that just came out. I have an oregon (touch screen) and an astro 350 which is based on the 62, but I can track my doggies.

The user interfaces is very intuitive but you have to put forth the effort and play with it. The people I know that are intimidated don't really try much to learn. Once you learn one you pretty much know them all, they are all similar. There is a main menu that you can customize, and several pages like trip meter, satilite, tracks, ect.

I have several models and I don't know that the more basic model is any easier to use than the more advanced model. The features you will use the most are on all the models, like saving waypoints, saving and following a track, navigating to a waypoint . . .

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I like my Garmin GPSmap 60CSx it does more than I know how to do,but I use it for hunting as well as for driving. I just wish I knew how to use all the features as far as hooking it up to a computer and overlaying,plotting etc. But it get the job done for what I need it for.

I have yet to see a GPS that never ate batteries up.. A friend of mine has a Garmin and it eats them up very rapidly as well.. My advice for any GPS is to have chargable batteries. So you can have a couple extras on hand and save yourself some dollars..