[GeoStL] Re: New Garmin Units
- From: "Jim Bensman" <jbensman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:36:27 -0500
"Battery life is no big deal to me because I have a car cradle/charger and
it doesn't take more than an hour to find most caches."
I guess it would be useless for RGS caches! :-)
Jim Bensman
"Nature Bats Last"
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From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Keiser
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:10 AM
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: New Garmin Units
I have the iQue 3600. Out of the box, It's really meant to be a street
navigation system and not for off-road, in the woods use. However, it does
work for caching. I misplaced my eTrex and have been caching with the iQue.
Battery life is no big deal to me because I have a car cradle/charger and it
doesn't take more than an hour to find most caches. Battery life is much
better, btw, if you turn the gps receiver off.
My biggest 'beef' with the system for caching is that the map only gets to
120 feet at the highest magnification. I like using the maps when I'm
zeroing in on a cache and 120 just doesn't give much detail. It also doesn't
have a pointer screen, but I'm told you can get one separately to run on it.
I don't use the pointer much, so it's not a big deal for me. Check out
www.smittyware.com for cachemate and cachenav which work on the ique and
make caching easier.
Having said all that, it's an AWESOME street navigator. It shows you were
you are on the streets and It's so incredible easy to find the best place to
park and/or the best access to a cache it saves TONS of time. When I still
had my eTrex around, I'd use the iQue to get my car to the spot I needed and
then took the eTrex the rest of the way.
Now it's iQue all the way, but I'm glad I didn't start with just the iQue.
dave (fullquiver)
On Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at 08:44 PM, Sara Carter wrote:
OUCH!!!
Bernie <happykraut@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
- I know someone that has the IQUE 3600 , he thought something was wrong
with it because it ate batteries like you would not believe. He contacted
Garmin and was told that under certain usage you can expect 40 min battery
life. I can't imagine going caching for a day when you have to recharge your
batteries every hour. Bernie
Sara Carter wrote:
IQue vs. 60CS
Which is better? The IQue alone or a 60CS and a seperate PDA? I'm in the
process of selling a couple things I don't need (not geocaching related
stuff) and saving some money and thinking about upgrading from my Etrex
Vista. I'd like to here the thoughts of others before doing anything since
both are not cheap investments.
Sara
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