I looking for a new hand Held GPS. what is you guys opinion on the most accurate Hand Held GPS on the market? Nothing fancy just accurate
thanks
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I looking for a new hand Held GPS. what is you guys opinion on the most accurate Hand Held GPS on the market? Nothing fancy just accurate
thanks
I haven't used all of the of course but, I have found the Garmin Etrex Vista CX to be a great little unit. Example being, on my local lake there is a stump pile that I fish. Normally there is a 8 - 12 inch piece of it above the surface of the water that I use to locate it. A few weeks ago the water started rising and when I went to find it it wasn't visable. I remembered that I had stored it in my GPS and set a route to it. I pulled it up and it got me within 10 feet of it. I was impressed. Good luck on your search.
I too have only the Garmins, have a couple of the older models, GPS 72 and 76, and they get me to my spots pretty close, no trouble finding the stumps etc with my DF. I had a older Lowrance from before WAAP and I do believe the Garmins are more user friendly.
I just got this one thru the mail yesterday. Now I just gotta learn how to use it. :D Seems a few folks on these boards uses this one. I think the price is low for this unit, cheapest I could find anyway. This is a brand new GPS, not refurbished.
http://www.edgegps.com/eCart/viewIte...?idProduct=113
i am thinking of getting one. any more ideas about choices? thanks rex
I have 2, both Lowrance and they both will normally put me right on top of a brush pile. The portable is a H2O. I had a color H2O but sent it back as the screen was too hard to see in bright sun light.
I like my Garmin Etrex Legend, not in color but I can download my coordinates onto it, and has waas built in. My next etrex will have a built in compass with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crappisaurusrex
I am as computer literate as my stray cat that took up out back.I have the I finder H2O and a lowrance I way for the truck and aint got the foggest idea of how to load one of them sd cards with what I want on it..Oh,I also have the Mapcreate stuff too,two different ones..This stuff is confuseing considering the only computer I ever worked with was one that took up a whole warehouse room and had 71/2 inch tape reels on it..Any instructors out there????ss
The SD card goes under the batteries. As for map Create, the best thing to do is load it and start playing with it. I loaded all of SE US on a 512 meg SD card from Map Create and still have loads of memory left. Just remember when using a SD card with Map Create you are limited to 5 cards you can register with it. At least that is with the 6.3 version. Don't know about the new one.Quote:
Originally Posted by sentrysam
Well,I appreciate the info there Chief or master chief or senior chief(litterraly)I was Navy also ,6 years,,but I still am at odds witht this damn thing,sometimes a sign comes up and says my mmc reader writter from Lowrance in not completely installed ,now how in hech can you just halfass install something?????duh???I have two of these map create things,one was for the Iway and the other I purchased from lowrance or cabela's and has 6 shinny disc's with it some say south ,some say north,east ,west,etc,...Now how do I go about takeing the dern map I want off of mapcreate and put into my Iway so I can't get lost anymore or less...?I'm fix'n to donate these things to file 13...ss
hey gabowman that sounds like a great deal thang for the linkQuote:
Originally Posted by gabowman
I have a Lowrance iFinder H2Oc and I really like it for a hand held unit. One day I hope to by a Sonar/GPS combo (or two!) but for now, this one works fine. I just purchased an external antenna for it so I can pick up a few more satelites. With the internal antenna, it seemed slow to update when I was using it on Lake Greeson to get on top of condos that I had waypointed. However, when my brother, who was watching the GPS, would say that I should start seeing the condo, almost every time just as he was saying it, I would start to see the edge of the condo on the sonar.
The other reason for purchasing the external antenna is the hope that I can see speeds below 1mph. With the internal, I never saw speeds below 1. I'm hoping that more satelites means more sensitivity to movement.
I have Navionics SD cards for US East and US South. I also have a SD card that I keep my waypoints on, and some of the free Enhanced Lake Maps that you can download from Lowrance's site. I just purchased MapCreate 6 for a good price on ebay, but I would not recommend it. I did not realize that it did not have the contour lines for the lakes, like MapCreate 7 does.
Jeff
Try going here: http://www.lowrance.com/Downloads/Drivers-and-Firmware/Quote:
Originally Posted by sentrysam
and download the latest driver for the reader.
I use an e-trex legend--I prefer a handheld unit because I can take it hunting or any other place you want to go---my unit is accurate to 4-5 feet if you have enough satelittes to hook up on---i would recommend one that has WAAS capabilities--my first one did not---it seems to increase accuracy:) :) :)
My first handheld had an electric compass in it. My second one did not and I really miss that function.
My next one will have an electric compass.
I'm with you sentrysam: An just think, before all this came out I could catch Crappie,:(Quote:
Originally Posted by sentrysam
BentPole ,one thing for certain,I spent more time fishin and less time lookin,,,ss