What kind of GPSr do you use?

[Team B Squared]

Lynn and I each have a Lowrance IFinder. They work great and they are cheap enough that I don’t worry about breaking them while out caching.

[Team Honeybunnies]

We did our first several hundred with a Garmin Geko 301, and then upgraded to a 60CSx. Until the Colorado sees some more cacher-friendly improvements we’ll be sticking with that.

[Lostby7]

First 500 with a Garmin Vista and the next 1,000 and counting with the Garmin 60Cx. I’m holding out hope that the Garmin Colorado will get it’s act together soon so that can be my next unit.

[Frizz]

I started out with a Magellan 100, was later given a Magellan Meridian Color, and when that got stolen from my car, I replaced it with a Magellan Explorist 600XL. I love the BIG color screen and it is very accurate, however I find some of the control functions a bit cumbersome at times. It also auto-routes very well for me.

[EnergySaver]

I have two old Garmins … eMap and GPS72.
Recently I got a Garmin Nuvi 650 for in the car.

I really like this combination … I load the Nuvi with the waypoints as POIs (points of interest) … so the Nuvi tells us where to drive, then I hit “find nearest” on the eMap and hike to the cache. We only use the GPS72 as a “guest” GPSr or if the kids feel like running ahead on their own to find it (which doesn’t happen often any more).

I have a hard time justifying getting a newer/better handheld vs. my eMap. I like the size of the screen on the eMap … it finds the caches … and I like the way you manually enter waypoints better than how you do it on newer models*.

* On an eMap you move between the numeric fields of the coordinates using the left/right buttons, and simply flip through 0 to 9 using up/down buttons. To me it’s more user friendly than having to move around on the matrix of numbers layed out like a calculator on newer GPSrs. But I guess it’s all in what your use to.

[Cachelovskys]

I LOVE my eXplorist 210! It has all the features that I need…including the most important…IT FINDS CACHES! It is cheap, durable, and very easy to use.

You can have your color screens and what not!

[Crockett3663]

Well, right now I’ve got a Magellan Explorist 210 that I bought used just about two weeks ago, but I’ve been having all sorts of problems with it. I called Magellan’s tech support, and they’re supposed to be sending me a brand new Triton 300 within the next week.

I’ve heard that Magellan’s tech support leaves something to be desired, but being new to the hobby and not knowing too much about it, I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

[MikeB]

@Cachelovskys wrote:

I LOVE my eXplorist 210! It has all the features that I need…including the most important…IT FINDS CACHES! It is cheap, durable, and very easy to use.

You can have your color screens and what not!

Amen! Save the money for batteries and gasoline!

[Empty_One]

I was given some reward points at work to use for merchandise, and they had two hand held GPS’s, an unknown Garmin, and an eXplorist 600. I picked the eXplorist, and have been happy with it, other than having to send it in to Magellan twice.

For all the bad press they get, my experience with Magellan has been pretty good. The first time, some keys on my keypad didn’t work out of the box, and they immediately sent me a new unit, and the second time, I bricked it trying to update the firmware to the European version, and they fixed it with no problems, even though it was just out of warranty.

[Ry and Ny]

I didn’t know how much I was going to enjoy this, so I found what looked like a good deal on eBay. Got a Map60C for $140 shipped that included MetroGuide and the sport waterways map packages.

[jenhen1]

Started with an ’03 vintage Magellan Sporttrak and loved it until last year when I got a Garmin 60csx for my birthday. (Thank you, honey!) Beat the living **** out of the Magellan and never had a problem with it. I dropped the Garmin in January and had to send it in for repairs although they simply sent me a new one since it was still under warranty.

Anyway, I was blown away with how much more accurate the 60csx seems to be than the Magellan. Now I don’t know how I managed without it!

[TyeDyeSkyGuy]

It’s too bad there wasn’t an option marked “both” or more than one. We use a Garmin in the car to get us from park to park, and a Magellan Meridian Color to get us to the cache.

[greyhounder]

I use a Garmin 60CS and love it very much. I have used a few other Garmins as well, and a couple Magellans.

I just find Garmin to be a little more user friendly for me.

Bec

[marc_54140]

OK, if everyone is bragging…..here are all the Grmin’s I have owned:

xTrex

Venture

Venture

GPS V (Sheila 1.0)

Venture

30cs? (Which ever one I won at the Eau Claire event back then….)

Venture

Street Pilot 2360 (?) (Sheila 2.0)

Venture

[furfool]

My wife bought me a Garmin etrex back in the late 90’s. I only used it for deer hunting at the time and would have to pull out the manual every year to learn it all over again. It has served it’s purpose well for me after I started caching. I have passed it on to my son to use for caching. I currently use a Garmin 60Cx. Another great gift from my wife. I love the thing, and it is quite a bit more accurate than my old one.

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