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Re: Gps Which one should I buy?
Board: Geocaching and Other Stashing Games
Reply to: #54238 by Lone R
Dec 1, 2006 4:53am
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I don't do much geocaching, but I can offer my opinion on using the GPS for driving...

We have a Garmin GPS V that I absolutely love in the car. You can also search for stuff like the nearest wal-mart, etc. which has been a real time-saver for us on road trips to new places. It has served us well and saved us from being completely lost a time or two. (Of course, just because you have a blip on the GPS doesn't mean the road is also visible on the GPS... )

We upgraded recently to a new model from garmin, a gps 60 I think? It has lots of bells and whistles, and it may be great for geocaching, but I don't know since I don't do much caching. But I really find myself pretty annoyed with it in the car most of the time. When you plug in an address it doesn't necessarily show you the shortest or most sensible driving route as the V did. And usually by the time it plays the little audible signal to turn, you are already supposed to be across three lanes of traffic to turn RIGHT NOW.

My mostly OT $.02...

MB
Re: Gps Which one should I buy?
Board: Geocaching and Other Stashing Games
Reply to: #54265 by Kirbert
Dec 1, 2006 6:06am
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Quote before you wear out the buttons on that thing.


Good grief! I don't cache THAT much....lol
Re: Gps Which one should I buy?
Board: Geocaching and Other Stashing Games
Reply to: #54305 by MoonBunny
Dec 1, 2006 7:12am
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Thanks for the info about your experiences with the GPS 60. My husband and I are starting to talk about upgrading. Wish they would just upgrade the GPS V - give it a color screen, up the number of waypoints to 1000 and up the amount of storage space for more map capacity. Maybe I should email Garmin.

Lone R
Re: Gps Which one should I buy?
Board: Geocaching and Other Stashing Games
Reply to: #54330 by Lone R
Dec 1, 2006 7:17am
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My husband seems to be pretty happy with the 60, but he is the cacher in the family. He loves being able to keep tons of waypoints and tons of maps in the thing. I think the usability issues are less important to him than they are to me. He is wanting to upgrade the software now (mapsource, I think?) to the latest version but I don't know if that would help my issues any.

If you want more info about the 60, you can aq-mail ArmorGuy and ask him directly. He could definitely give you more details than I could.

MB
Re: Gps Which one should I buy?
Board: Geocaching and Other Stashing Games
Reply to: #54322 by Jenni P McD
Dec 1, 2006 9:31am
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Quote
Quote before you wear out the buttons on that thing.



Good grief! I don't cache THAT much....lol


Each waypoint involves 14 digits, and each digit requires pushing buttons an average of 7 times to enter. Yes, you'll wear the buttons out. And you'll make lots of typos, each of which can cause great consternation.

With a cable and EasyGPS, you can load three dozen waypoints into your Garmin in about five seconds. With no errors. If your 'puter has a 9-pin serial port connection and you have a scrap mouse and an old credit card laying around, anyone with the skills and tools to carve a rubber stamp can make a data cable for an ETrex, and the EasyGPS software is free. Just do it.
Re: Gps Which one should I buy?
Board: Geocaching and Other Stashing Games
Reply to: #54355 by Kirbert
Dec 1, 2006 9:47am
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Quote Just do it.


Awww, man.....but I don't wanna. I'm lazy that way. I'm sure I could figure it out, but, still.....