Well, I *did* say *most* caches. For tough ones, you'd need a break back at the car anyway!!! :)
I haven't done many tough caches in STL, but I can think of only one cache in Mid-Missouri which would need more than an hour where you're not in your car for any leg of the cache. (Rhett's Run Multicache)
And for those RGS caches, once you get to area--it seems to me that the GPS is less useful--you have to use 'cacher instinct' or at least try to think of sinister ways to trick cachers and see if Rich did that!! :)
dave
On Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 12:40 PM, Bernie wrote:
He is a much better cacher than me. If I remember right, it took about half a day for D&D and that was a group effort. Bernie<image.tiff>
Jim Bensman wrote:
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!J
Bensman
"Nature Bats Last"
From: [] On Behalf OfDave Keiser
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:10 AM
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[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 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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