I have a Garmin eTrex Vista. It stores a ton of detail maps (loaded from the "optional" CD) in its 24 mb of memory, and it has every feature that you might want, except route finding (none of the tiny ones do this) and color.
The downside is that the battery life is terrible. They claim 12 hours on alkaline aa's, but I seldom see 8 and 6-7 is more likely. Forget about NiMH rechargeables. With rebates and discounts, look to spend 3-400 with the maps. If you just want lat/lon and no maps, the basic eTrex model can be had for about $125 and the battery lasts much longer. I don't like the models that have a basemap (big highways) but don't support detail maps - for 80 less than the Vist, they aren't worth it. BTW, I had a Magellan handheld before this and I much prefer the Vista. Cary At 07:18 AM 7/1/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Okay all you gearheads. I figure someone out there must be into handheld >GPS systems and geo-caching and that sort of thing. My hubby's birthday is >coming up, and he's expressed an interest in a handheld GPS unit. But, I >know nothing about them. I can read online reviews and stuff, but, what >features should I be looking for? We don't have a lot of money to spend, >so I'm not looking for the top of the line - just something functional. > >Thoughts? >-d > >--------------------------------------------------------- >Deanna Schneider >UWEX-Cooperative Extension >Interactive Media Developer > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
