In general, it seems that Garmins have the higher marks of all the names
bandied about. It's coming down to a matter of model number.From:
milwginny@xxxxxxx
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: GPS units
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 17:36:34 -0600
We’ve had a DeLorme and liked it – until the little plastic piece that
holds the batteries broke and we discovered it can’t be fixed!! Expensive unit
–
and all they could offer was refurbished unit (the same one, with the same
plastic piece they admitted frequently breaks) for another $100.
We now have a Garmin and it’s good, but NOT paperless. Another problem with
DeLorme was getting pocket queries on it – we never did manage that. And we
haven’t figured out this function on the Garmin.
We do use my smartphone as a secondary unit (for batter reasons), and I got
a power pack (backup power for phone) for Christmas. The smartphone app brings
up pocket queries automatically which I love!
We’re looking at maybe getting a Garmin e-Trex 30 this spring...but will
talk with folks at potluck.
Oh – we use our TomTom to get to the general area of the cache, but it
stays in the car – the Garmin and phone do the work from there!
Ginny
Kiernan Dahlberg, Ph.D. “Speak the truth as if you had a thousand voices! It is
silence that kills the World.” --St. Catherine of Siena
From: Tina Boyle
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 4:13 PM
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: GPS units
We use a Nuvi in the car which has a connection problem ATM and we can't
charge it in the car. We may have to replace it.
We have 2 GPS's a Delorme PN60 and a Garmin GS map 62. Both are
great for geocaching!
We bought a PN 60 at best buy for a present for my mother in law. It was
250.00. It basicly is a matter of preference they operate a little different. I
like the Delorme maps better!
I also use my I phone but not to locate caches. After loosing an I phone in
the woods once I would never use it as a solo source of caching. To easily
broken also. But great for finding caches on the fly and logging on the go.
More advice take what you wish throw out the rest.
Honestly if you want to go caching with us to use our devices so you can
decide just ask.
Tina
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 9, 2013, at 2:30 PM, Patricia Hutchison <patriciahutchison@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I'm not sure I'm doing this correctly, but here goes.
I'm starting to research GPS units in preparation for attending MOGA. I
don't know where to start. There are lots of units and vendors out there
and I don't know what to look for. Currently, my GPS is the Geocaching
app on my iPhone 4, which has a lousy battery life. Suggestions on what
features I should look for in a unit would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Spiritwolf922
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