I, too,
will vouch for both the eMap and Bronco One!
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From:
az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com
[mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]On Behalf Of Brent Milner
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002
8:57 AM
To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching]
Changing of the Garmin
I believe there's a reason that those
eTrex units are so cheap. FroBro Goose had one of those yellow ones,
and we used it on my first five cache hunts, back in June. I found
that thing cumbersome and difficult to use. The screen is very small and the
buttons were not very well placed. It was a headache for me, and I consider
myself very adaptable to using electronic gadgets.
Soon afterwards, Goose sold it and bought
a Garmin eMap. That's also the unit I bought. It is MUCH better than the eTrex.
It does cost more than most of the eTrex units, I believe. If you're looking to
get a GPS unit real cheap (like for the kids, maybe), the yellow eTrex might be
a good idea. But if you're at least halfway serious about it, I feel that the
entire eTrex family will frustrate you.
I'm not trying to advertise on this
listserv, I just want to give some advice if you're looking to buy a
GPS. Goose and I got SWEET deals on our Garmin eMap units from a store in
Phoenix (Bronco One Electronics) that is one of the top Garmin sellers in the
world. They set the whole unit up, downloaded the latest drivers, and installed
the Phoenix area maps for free. You should at least check out their deals
before buying. I looked at Fry's Electronics and some other stores, and Bronco
One beat 'em.
Sorry if you felt spammed by my
testimonial. They didn't pay me to say this. :)
-FroBro Q-Tip
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Message-----
From:
az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com
[mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]On Behalf Of Team Tierra Buena
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002
8:22 PM
To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Changing
of the Garmin
I thought I saw
an ad recently (Fry's Electronics, perhaps?) for the Yellow Etrex at $89, but I
didn't pay a lot of attention to it. Now I see two other related items of
interest on the Garmin web page (http://www.garmin.com/outdoor/) One is they're offering $50 rebates on the Etrex Summit,
Legend, and Vista models, and the other is they've announced the GPS 72 for
November availability (just in time for the holidays!), which they're billing
as "the next generation of basic GPS units — right at home on land or
sea".
If you were
thinking about buying an Etrex, now may be the time.
Steve
Team Tierra
Buena