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04/23/2007 at 12:19 pm #1724714
We lost our GPS 😥 and need to buy a new one, Garmin or Magellan? Has anyone tried or own a Brunton Atlas GPS?
04/23/2007 at 12:25 pm #1873471What type were you using previously?
04/23/2007 at 12:57 pm #1873472@The Hike and Seekers wrote:
Has anyone tried or own a Brunton Atlas GPS?
If I’m not mistaken the brunton atlas is just a retagged lowrance gpsr. I see online the atlas is going for about $200, for about $20 more online you could pickup a lowrance h20 C(color unit) and it has a newer/better receiver.
I’ve never used a lowrance, so I would probably stick with a garmin or magellan(for me my preference is garmin, though I have owned 4X more magellan products).
04/23/2007 at 1:25 pm #1873473We have 2 Lowrance IFinders and love them. We *almost* never have problems with losing reception under trees and they are inexpensive enough that we don’t mind beating up on them. The first unit we purchased in 2002 or 2003. We began geocaching in June 2005 and it has been with us for just over 1,100 caching finds and still operates almost like new. The 2nd unit we purchased in August 2005 and has been with us for almost 1,000 finds and still runs just like when we bought it. We have never had to have either one serviced for anything. We highly recommend checking into Lowrance units.
The downside is that they will not do autorouting for you, but we prefer to plan our own routes out as we go. The MapCreate package of maps for Lowrance does an excellent job at mapping out just about all of the roads correctly. We cache up here in the UP and northern Wis very frequently, and it almost always has even the little 2 track woods roads shown on the gps, it is quite handy.
04/23/2007 at 2:37 pm #1873474We previously had a Garmin Map60. Found out that it floats only a little while! We were happy with the Garmin, except that it lost sat. in heavy tree cover. We were looking at the Brunton Atlas MNS or other brands. Looking for suggestions.
04/23/2007 at 3:39 pm #1873475If you liked your 60, I would recommend you replace it with a 60Cx. This unit has much better tracking under cover. You will find that you can get 12′ accuracy inside most buildings, and will never lose signal from mere trees. Plus, it will work very similar to your 60, so your learning curve will be reduced. And it still will not float. If you want a floating GPS, go with the 76 series.
04/23/2007 at 3:43 pm #1873476@Team Deejay wrote:
If you liked your 60, I would recommend you replace it with a 60Cx……
I agree….if you are already familiar with a unit and don’t have a lot of issues with it I’d stick with a similar unit. I have the 60Cx and couldn’t be happier….though now I’m thinking about attaching a bobber to it when near water…..
(Oh and I have yet to lose signal with it; I’ve had it for about 6 months and have found about 350 caches with it.)
04/27/2007 at 7:33 pm #1873477UPS just delivered my new Garmin 60Cx and I can’t wait to get home to turn it on. Any recommendations on how to load it? I have a 2gb card so I should have lots of space.
– Michael
04/28/2007 at 7:48 am #1873478@ExecLink wrote:
UPS just delivered my new Garmin 60Cx and I can’t wait to get home to turn it on. Any recommendations on how to load it? I have a 2gb card so I should have lots of space.
– Michael
With the 2gb card you can (should) be able to load the whole U.S onto it. Others have recommended the Mapsource V8 NT which has smaller map segments. We have a 1gb card for our 60Cx and it has plenty of space.
04/28/2007 at 9:37 am #1873479On our recent trip I loaded the entire US with Nav NT as well as the Eastern half of the US with Topo on my 2gb card and still had lots of room left over. It took a good while (45-60 minutes as I remember) but it worked. It was worthwhile when in places like the Smoky Mts to be able to switch to Topo to see the hiking trails and such. It is also nice near rivers while caching to help decide which side of the river the cache is on. Nav does not have any detail at all with rivers/streams or trails.
The only problem with switching back and forth is forgetting that you did and trying to autoroute while Nav is hidden. It’ll route- but in most cases you don’t want to follow.
04/30/2007 at 11:28 pm #1873480Well, I can chime in here as well. The first GPS receiver that I had for geocaching was a Lowrance Expedition Color. That was a great GPS. It had the SIRF II chipset, as well as the 16 channel parallel receiver. I never had a problem with that losing satellite coverage in trees, or on cloudy days. I would highly recommend it it you don’t need autorouting. If you do want autorouting, I would go with a Garming GPS 60CSX, or a 60CX if you don’t need the altimiter and the barometer. I have a GPS V for autorouting in the vehicle, and then a Garmin Rino 120. I would like to get the Rino 530, but am not sure.. Those are great radio/GPS combos….
Justin
05/01/2007 at 12:45 am #1873481I have not bought one yet. I am thinking in a Garmin Map 60c or cx. i was happy with the last one just haven’t been able to pull the trigger on buying one. Thanks for all that responded,
Chuck
05/01/2007 at 5:13 pm #1873482REI has a sale on Garmin GPS, 25% off. I am not sure what models.
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