Buying A Gps

[jfc1097]

I was wondering if someone can tell me the best buy for the buck, I'm new to this and would like to know which is the best handheld GPS to buy? Also I have on my laptop streets 2005 w/ the gps and want to know if I would be able to interface with a handheld unit?

[+Team Perrito Blanco]

It would be best to browse this forum and see the responses umteen others have gotten for the same question. I LOVE my Garmin 60CS, just for the record.

[+knlcox]

All of the information I've seen points to the Garmin eTrex Legend as being the best all around buy for around $125. It has a nice sized screen, a simple thumb scroll/press button, & 8mb of memory to accept map updates and cache downloads. Just read through some of the numerous threads about the differences in units and Garmin will be at the top... and for those who can't afford the $400 color units, the Legend is got to be GPS of choice for the bargain minded. I'd actually rather have one than my Rino 120... but mine was free!

Edited October 19, 2005 by knlcox

[+Renegade Knight]

Best bang for the buck right now belongs to the Garmin GPS V. It comes with city select softare for about 250 or less.

 

Best GPS...that's another thing and costs a lot more.

Edited October 19, 2005 by Renegade Knight

[+JohnnyVegas]

For just staring out and if you do not want to spend big bucks. the Magellan explorist 210,Exlorist 210 26mB of storage, poi and geocahe file storage system. Tiger GPS has them for about $156.00, The legand is a fine unit, but it has been around for a long time and the newer GPS products form Magellan, Garmin and Lowrance are going to have better electronics in them

[Neo_Geo]

CLICK HERE Same question asked at the same time - just worded differently. Summed up very well HERE.

[+Angry Marmot]

Just picked up the Explorist 210 as my first GPS after doing a lot of shopping around and research. Seemed to be the best option for my price range ($150-$200.) Very happy with it so far. If I had more to spend I would grab the 400 for the versatility of the memory card, but for me that was more of a luxury feature so I stayed within my budget.

[+Farb]

All of the information I've seen points to the Garmin eTrex Legend as being the best all around buy for around $125.

Yes! I started caching with the Etrex Legend. Not knowing what I needed, I read a number of forum posts and realized that this was the least expensive (cheapest) Garmin unit that had a 'click stick'. The forums said to avoid any unit that did not have one. Solid advice! Of course, I suffered from GPS envy and just upgraded to the 60CS.

By the way, the legend faithfully led me to a host of caches. It never let me down!