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Location: Mapleton,IL | Does anyone have any experience with handheld GPS? I am thinking about buying one and have no experence with them. I would like something that could map lakes and woods. Any advice would be helpful.
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Location: Otsego, MN | I have a I finder and I like it a lot. I have a lakemaster map inside and it works pretty well. I can also use it in the woods during hunting season. It's also water proof which is nice. |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | A great way to start is go to a vendor that has a large number of GPS options. The salesmen tend to play with them all and can talk features and user friendliness of each. Cabelas, Gander Mountain, Reed's, Bass Pro are all options.
This is just the start. After you narrow down your preferences, then you can seekout people that have used them in the wild.
A friend had very good sucess with a Garmin V, unit. It is relatively small about 2.5" x 6" x 0.75", and was able to be tied into his computer to download and back-up information.
Edited by Steve Van Lieshout 11/4/2005 2:54 PM
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Location: minocqua, wi. | just got a Garmin handheld a couple of weeks ago. i've basically been dropping my 11 year old off a couple miles away from home with the GPS and the walkie-talkie. told him "it's supposed to do this and supposed to do that" ... well, the kid has figured the whole thing out and has taught me, so now i know how to use it. haven't bought the lake maps yet, but that's the plan.
i like the ability to use it in the car, with the maps in the boat and use it as a good learning tool for the boys.
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Location: Mapleton,IL | Which Garmin did you get? |
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | I just got a Garmin GPSMap60. Neat unit. Garmin will also let you download their updated software, so you stay current. My GPS hooks up to my puter via a USB cable, that came with it. Whatever brand you sttle with, you can buy an instructional video which walks you through everything. My buddy has a Magellin, and I borrowed it and the instructional video. His was nice too, but I forget which model. |
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Location: NeverNever Lake | I'm the proud owner of the Garmin 76CS. It has all the features you would expect out of a handheld unit + altimiter/barometer as well as solunar tables. It even has whacky games where you run around your yard trying to wipe out monsters and stuff.. I figured they'd be all fun and stuff till you run into something or get tripped while watching the way too tiny colored screen,,,,,,,,,,,,get the picture?
BTW, I upgraded from the 76s that I had 3 trouble free years of service from...... |
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| The Lowrance I-finder pro is a very nice unit that accomodates the (navionics) MMC cards you use for your lakes and has it's own internal card as well for land and water based coordinates. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I have a Garmin for hunting,especially tracking a deer after dark in the swamps; works great. Don't need the lake maps for that. |
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Location: Chicago, Beverly | get one that is waterproof.... have taken my lowrance atlantis apart twice now to dry... magellan's merridian(I think) seem pretty good for the waterproof model i saw.. I do like my lowrance..just the waterproof thing is annoying.. |
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