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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