[GeoStL] Re: Garmin GPSIII+ performance
- From: Paul Konopacki <konopapw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 22:32:18 -0500
Barramus had (has) a GPSIII+. I have a GPS III.
I can't vouch for your exact assessment, but I think
that the older Garmin models do not update and
indicate travel direction as quickly or as accurately
as the new models.
In my case, the antenna reception has gotten
so bad over time, that I can walk for 10 yards and
the numbers will not change, or I can stand still and
the position arrow will bounce around like a
superball in a racketball court. In most cases, after
I get within 150 feet of a cache, the GPSR reading
is unreliable.
(The only present on my Xmas wishlist is a high-end
Garmin!)
John Kinder wrote:
> Anyone use a GPSIII+? I went geocaching with someone who had a Garmin
> GPSIII+ while I used my Garmin Etrex Legend. While driving, both units
> tracked position and bearing to waypoints the same and seemed identical in
> responsivness. However, as soon as we stopped and got out of the car there
> was extreme differences. The Legend would point to the cache and off I'd go.
> The GPSIII+, however was just plain unacceptably sluggish. It would
> sometimes take minutes (really) for it to come to its senses and point in
> the right direction.
>
> Both units had battery saver modes "off" so they were updating once per
> second, and both were acquiring the same sattelites and had comparable
> accuracies. Comparions were with units out in the open with unobstructed
> view of the sky.
>
> Bottom line was the GPSIII+ wasn't even in the same league when walking
> slowy with it - yet they seemed identical when traveling fast by car. Bigest
> ovservation is GPSIII+ seemed to take a long time makng sense of the
> transition from moving fast in a car to moving slow by foot.
>
> Anyone had experience with a GPSIII+? Is what I describe above typical for
> this unit?
>
> John (dj&r)
>
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