Which hand held GPS to buy

I needed to replace my old Magellan Gold and after much research I decided on the Garmin Dakota 20 which I can highly recommend.It has great features and very easy to use with a built in topo map.

garmin GPS is the way to go mate, if they fail and cant be repaired garmin now offer a service which you only pay around $100 and you'll recieve a new "refurbished unit" i got a refurbished gps map 60 csx because the on/off button was playinbg up and the new unit certainly looks new. I have 5 different garmins and they all have been excellent units.

If you are happy with the Magellan maps on the XL (which are DiscoverAus) then have a look at the maps on the new eXplorist 610 or 710. They include the Raster 250k maps for the whole of Australia and the updated DiscoverAus Topo maps which show just about every track in Australia!
In addition the 710 has turn by turn voice commands for navigation and has a camera and voice recorder built into the one unit.
If they offer you a trade-in, then it will be even more economical.

Regarding service/repairs, there is a hotline and a service department in Sydney with a turnaround of approximately 15 days.

I also have a Garmin it's the Oregon 550, have had it for quite a few years and have never had any issues with it.
I originally bought it for Geocaching but it gets used all the time when cycling, bush walking and camping.

You can get maps like OSM, Shonky etc that are free but I use OzToppo which you pay for, but you can't beat it.