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| Beartooth... |
 Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:24 pm |
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I've studied Garmin's pages for the GPSMAP 60CSx and the etrex
Vista HCx, and I'm still hesitating.
I want a Garmin newer than the original etrex vista and the rino
120 that I have, with color display and native USB connections, for
running MapSource (Chiefly TopoUS2008) in order to map my hunting grounds..
At my age, I'm all too aware that, geologists to the contrary
notwithstanding, these old mountains (in Western VA -- not WV, but close)
get taller and steeper every year. So I don't hunt deer much any more. In
fact, I stick mostly to squirrels.
That means I hunt smaller areas than most, and probably move
relatively often for anyone this far east; I sit at the base of a tree
for half an hour to an hour, still-hunt for fifty to a hundred yards, and
repeat.
So I want all the accurate detail I can get.
Does actual experience, in the field and at the PC, suggest
anything not obvious from the Garmin pages?
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Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User
All my hunts succeed -- and sometimes I get meat. |
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| Steve... |
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:11 am |
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On Oct 26, 1:24 pm, Beartooth <bearto... at (no spam) comcast.net> wrote:
Quote: I've studied Garmin's pages for the GPSMAP 60CSx and the etrex
Vista HCx, and I'm still hesitating.
I want a Garmin newer than the original etrex vista and the rino
120 that I have, with color display and native USB connections, for
running MapSource (Chiefly TopoUS2008) in order to map my hunting grounds..
At my age, I'm all too aware that, geologists to the contrary
notwithstanding, these old mountains (in Western VA -- not WV, but close)
get taller and steeper every year. So I don't hunt deer much any more. In
fact, I stick mostly to squirrels.
That means I hunt smaller areas than most, and probably move
relatively often for anyone this far east; I sit at the base of a tree
for half an hour to an hour, still-hunt for fifty to a hundred yards, and
repeat.
So I want all the accurate detail I can get.
Does actual experience, in the field and at the PC, suggest
anything not obvious from the Garmin pages?
--
Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User
All my hunts succeed -- and sometimes I get meat.
I am familiar with the GPSMAP 60Cx and it has and does everything I
need in a GPS using the TopoUS 2008. I have used it up in the
Colorado Rockies while elk hunting and it was always easy to get good
sattelite signal with accuracy most times down to about 10 feet. This
unit does not have the built in compass which would have been nice but
I always carry at least one compass with at all times anyway.
Steve |
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| Steve at (no spam) OutdoorFrontiers.com... |
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:16 am |
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"Steve" <kskenter at (no spam) 2z.net> wrote in message <SNIP>
I am familiar with the GPSMAP 60Cx and it has and does everything I
need in a GPS using the TopoUS 2008. I have used it up in the
Colorado Rockies while elk hunting and it was always easy to get good
sattelite signal with accuracy most times down to about 10 feet. This
unit does not have the built in compass which would have been nice but
I always carry at least one compass with at all times anyway.
Steve
Even if your gps did have the built-in compass, I'd still recommend carrying
a separate compass. Anything electronic can fail, and usually this happens
at the worst time. Plus, batteries die and cold weather saps them even
quicker.
Then too, there's always the possibility of losing the gps, that's what
happened to mine! It's lying somewhere on the plains of South Africa...... |
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| Steve... |
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:40 am |
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On Oct 27, 10:16 am, "Steve at (no spam) OutdoorFrontiers.com" <go-
fish... at (no spam) charter.net> wrote:
Quote: Even if your gps did have the built-in compass, I'd still recommend carrying
a separate compass. Anything electronic can fail, and usually this happens
at the worst time. Plus, batteries die and cold weather saps them even
quicker.
Then too, there's always the possibility of losing the gps, that's what
happened to mine! It's lying somewhere on the plains of South Africa.......
I think that is probably the main reason for not getting the Csx
(compass model) that I wouldn't become so reliant on the GPS compass.
Also it was about 50 bucks more which I used for better purpose.. I
usually use a clip on compass on my jacket or vest and also a wrist
band compass as a back up. But anyway the Garmin 60Cx is truely a
great little unit and very easy to use. I also got the Lakemaster map
program to use on the lakes showing the depth contours. Amazing! |
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