GPS question

[jonnythan]

My next GPS is going to be the Garmin Etrex Vista HCx.

It is replacing my Etrex Legend.

It does routing like the Nuvi/Zumo series.

Fits in your hand.

High Sensitivity.

Great for geocaching and Hiking.

I plan to use it in the car, bicycle, motorcycle and hiking. ....

This also describes the Garmin MAP76Cx which I recently bought.
It's waterproof and Garmin has a handle-bar mount for it.

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=145&pID=350

The GPSMAP series, as compared to the eTrex series, is much larger and heavier and has worse battery life. The GPSMAPs are simply too big, heavy, and bulky to be very useful for hiking or backpacking.

[mydlyfkryzis]

I have been looking at the Etrex Vista HCx, the MAP60CSx and the MAP76CSx.

These models all have the high sensitivity receiver. They are similar in function with differences in size, weight and cost.

For the money, the MAP76CSx has the best "specs" but is larger than the other 2.

The Vista is the cheapest, by $20 and $70 of the other 2.

All require City Navigator to use in the car with autorouting.

I have to think on this a while.....

They all are decent units.

[RocketGirl]

My Garmin Zumo 550 doesn't fall in your price range but I find it great. Nice and easy to use while riding, clear screen, good on the directions, securly mounted. I just trundled up to MA on it from VA, no issues.

I don't use it, but my husband does when we ride together. [I usually lead and he gives me a heads-up on the next turn over our Scala TeamSet comm's.] The two features that are great is (1) the Zumo will give him audible directions and (2) he can set up a multi-point route. Meaning that on our auto-gps it's strictly Point A to Point B and once you hit Point B you have to choose and select the next destination. Oh and a third (3) feature I think he likes is that the unit is easy to operate with his gloved hand. Good luck in your search.

[ofblong]

I just found out that with my garmin 2720 if the sats change "positions" to much that you have to hold one of the buttons down (cant remember but I did it earlier trial and error) while booting it. Then let it sit for 20 min while it downloads the new sat locations. It will also lose that data if its been shut down for a while.