moneys no object

[+Wrgwayandhobolos]

ok being that money is no object for anyone what GPS would you get i want a very high end GPS and i guess this is the best place for reviews thanks for the input

[+WRASTRO]

Get to know a surveyor. They have really good toys. And I believe the US military has some pretty accurate equipment as well. For the rest of us there are a number of choices that really come down to your own personal preferences. Garmin, Magellan, Lowrance and DeLorme all have excellent hand held units. I am sure there are others as well.

[+Puppy Dawg]

Nah. Those aren't very good for caching. Get a PN-40, Colorado, Dakota, Oregon, or, if you're willing to go through complicated procedures just to send caches to your GPSr, Magellan and Lowrance have some decent models. But on the serious note, stick with Garmin or DeLorme.

[Motorcycle_Mama]

I am moving this thread from the Getting Started forum to the GPS and Technology forum.

[NordicMan]

Trimble makes some fancy stuff like this one, and I am sure the user manual is 10x bigger than the units themselves

 

http://www.trimble.com/geoxh.shtml

 

But for Geocaching they are overkill.. If the HIDER doesn't use sub-meter accuracy equipment then you're just pinpointing his inaccuracy..

[+Knight2000]

I was also thinking of Trimble. Is it paperless?

[kchunks]

Something like this in something like this.

[+kunarion]

Is it paperless?

Today, you can get a Trimble 5800 RTK GPS System for $6000 off with a trade-in. They're practically giving them away.

 

http://www.martininstrument.com/trimble-58...and-flexibility

Edited August 16, 2009 by kunarion

[+user13371]

ok being that money is no object for anyone what GPS would you get

It depends on what your uses will be. Geocaching? Surveying, land management? Navigation, on any or all of roads, trails, wilderness, water, in the air?

 

i guess this is the best place for reviews

No, this is a terrible place for reviews unless you are specifically interested in GEOCACHING as your primary purpose, and you're willing/able to integrate a huge number of responses and filter through everybody's personal prejudices. "I love product X" is an opinion, it's only useful as a "review" if you know and trust the person expressing it. Useful reviews would compare product X and Y under similar conditions that are relevant to your intended purpose -- those kind of reviews do show up here, but rarely.

 

thanks for the input

You're welcome.

[+Rockin Roddy]

ok being that money is no object for anyone what GPS would you get

It depends on what your uses will be. Geocaching? Surveying, land management? Navigation, on any or all of roads, trails, wilderness, water, in the air?

 

i guess this is the best place for reviews

No, this is a terrible place for reviews unless you are specifically interested in GEOCACHING as your primary purpose, and you're willing/able to integrate a huge number of responses and filter through everybody's personal prejudices. "I love product X" is an opinion, it's only useful as a "review" if you know and trust the person expressing it. Useful reviews would compare product X and Y under similar conditions that are relevant to your intended purpose -- those kind of reviews do show up here, but rarely.

 

thanks for the input

You're welcome.

 

Actually, and I believe there are some who'd agree, this is a GREAT place to get "reviews". Reviews ARE opinions based on others' experiences, this is what is given here on a regular basis. If you read the reviews given on the amazon.com sales pages for any of the units for sale, you'll get just that, personal opinion from user experiences. Now, if you're looking for revies from say Consumer Products or such, then this isn't the place at all!

 

That said, take any personal experiences you read here with a grain of salt and do your own research as well, you'll soon come up with the info you desire...or run away screaming lol

[+user13371]

... this is a GREAT place to get "reviews". Reviews ARE opinions based on others' experiences.

No, they're not.

 

A product review covers features and how they work, the more complete the better, and ideally with comparisons to other products. It contains facts -- information which may be objectively proved or disproved. An opinion is a belief which cannot be objectively proved or disproved; a subjective view held by the person stating it. A product review may contain opinions, but if it contains ONLY opinions without facts it is useless.

 

That's MY opinion, at least

 

If you read the reviews given on the amazon.com sales pages for any of the units for sale, you'll get just that, personal opinion from user experiences...

Actually, Amazon.com product description and review pages usually contain more factual information, arranged in a more accessible and useful way, than most of the "reviews" posted on the Groundspeak forums.

 

On Amazon.com (and many other sites selligng a range of products from multiple vendors) you can easily compare feature sets and current prices between different models and brands. As for the opinion-filled reviews, you'll typically find more individual reviewers, with ONE review from each person who chooses to post, with a 1-5 rating given by that person. Those are indeed "just" opinions -- but the wider sampling, numerical ratings, and elimination of the back and forth arguing make it very useful for product evaluation.

[+Rockin Roddy]

... this is a GREAT place to get "reviews". Reviews ARE opinions based on others' experiences.

No, they're not.

 

A product review covers features and how they work, the more complete the better, and ideally with comparisons to other products. It contains facts -- information which may be objectively proved or disproved. An opinion is a belief which cannot be objectively proved or disproved; a subjective view held by the person stating it. A product review may contain opinions, but if it contains ONLY opinions without facts it is useless.

 

That's MY opinion, at least

 

If you read the reviews given on the amazon.com sales pages for any of the units for sale, you'll get just that, personal opinion from user experiences...

Actually, Amazon.com product description and review pages usually contain more factual information, arranged in a more accessible and useful way, than most of the "reviews" posted on the Groundspeak forums.

 

On Amazon.com (and many other sites selligng a range of products from multiple vendors) you can easily compare feature sets and current prices between different models and brands. As for the opinion-filled reviews, you'll typically find more individual reviewers, with ONE review from each person who chooses to post, with a 1-5 rating given by that person. Those are indeed "just" opinions -- but the wider sampling, numerical ratings, and elimination of the back and forth arguing make it very useful for product evaluation.

 

Whereas here, you get primarily opinions from others who are using the GPS as the one wanting opinions will likely be. I stand by my opinion that you can learn a great deal in these forums!

[jmundinger]

http://www.igage.com/mp/pm3/pm3.htm

[+TotemLake]

ok being that money is no object for anyone what GPS would you get

It depends on what your uses will be. Geocaching? Surveying, land management? Navigation, on any or all of roads, trails, wilderness, water, in the air?

 

i guess this is the best place for reviews

No, this is a terrible place for reviews unless you are specifically interested in GEOCACHING as your primary purpose, and you're willing/able to integrate a huge number of responses and filter through everybody's personal prejudices. "I love product X" is an opinion, it's only useful as a "review" if you know and trust the person expressing it. Useful reviews would compare product X and Y under similar conditions that are relevant to your intended purpose -- those kind of reviews do show up here, but rarely.

 

thanks for the input

You're welcome.

Too true. Way too true.