MessageI 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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Tierra Buena
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 8:22 PM
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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
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