handheld gps
Submitted: Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 at 20:03
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nahor
just wanting to know other peoples ideas on value for money when buying a handheld gps . This gps will be used for around town, and horse riding in the victorian high country
Reply By: Member - Doug T (FNQ) - Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 at 20:13
Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 at 20:13
Be more specific with the around town part.
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 at 20:16
Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 at 20:16
Hear Hear
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Reply By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 at 20:16
Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 at 20:16
Use the search function. This has been asked dozens of times and there are as many answers as questions.
It all depends on what you want to pay. A $1000 one may give better value than a $300 one. Most wont give u street mapping AND offroad unless you are prepared to pay more. Doug will be the one to ask and he is the Garmin Guru??????
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Reply By: nahor - Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 at 20:24
Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 at 20:24
was thinking around the $700 mark . would like street navigation turn by turn but want it mainly so as not to get lost when riding in the bush
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Follow Up By: Skippy In The GU - Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 at 23:47
Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 at 23:47
Anyone of these will do what you want
eTrex Legend HCx - A$429,eTrex Vista HCx - A$529
GPSmap 76Cx - A$589 , GPSmap 76CSx - A$669
GPSmap 60Cx - A$589, GPSmap 60CSx - A$669
but you will need the purchase OzTopoV2 and turn by turn City Navigator
The Nuvi's will be too fragile
The Magellan series have great mapping too, Triton 400 Topo pack @ $899
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Reply By: Member - Nev (TAS) - Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 at 21:22
Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 at 21:22
Hi Nahor,
I am not sure if this is what you are after but for $179 looks a reasonable buy,
http://www.kogan.com.au/products/Kogan-GPS-Watch-with-Bluetooth/
I have their bigger unit the FIO GPS which used to be excellent GPS prior to the latest software upgrade. (Admittedly they say it is being fixed and returned half of the upgrade price but have been waiting
well over 6 months now.) Also the bigger unit doesn't have USB or bluetooth which makes it not as useful as I would like nowadays. Still it does run and tells me to turn left and right etc generally where it should and plays mp3 and mp4s which keeps the rugrats happy.
I have no ownership or share etc etc in this company just a user of one of their products.
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Reply By: Member - Kiwi Kia - Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 at 21:55
Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 at 21:55
When making your selection be sure that you can enter a waypoint with out having to be connected to a computer. When you are out in the boonies and some one tells you the co-ordinates of a
good camp spot you need to be able to punch it in on
the spot. Some times wish I had kept my little Garmin Geko,
check them out, it's probably all you need.
Also, the size of the characters on the screen need to be big enough to actually read them !
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Reply By: nomadoz - Friday, Apr 25, 2008 at 00:21
Friday, Apr 25, 2008 at 00:21
I know were is a GARMIN 12 with rechargeble batteries
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Reply By: Paul Grabonski. Vic - Friday, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:51
Friday, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:51
I bought this week a Garmin Legend HCx
from JA-GPS
I bought the Garmin Legend as it is USB and works with all software, has 10K track points to record trips and and comes with Aussie base map and you can add more mapping like the free Shonkmaps onto micro SD card. Another good feature is colour and has 25hrs battery life on 2 AA. Other models like the Vista have electronic compass and barometric pressure and battery life is considerably reduced. GPS altitude is fine for my needs and does not calibrated and the GPS compass works fine when moving or walking slowly and does the job. Spent a lot of time researching brands and models to get the most suitable, and the Legend constantly came up the best overall for my needs.
Garmin Legend is big enough for use in car, motorcycling and walking.
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