Can you recommend a basic GPS handheld

ShadowFox · 01-03-2013 04:18PM #1

Im looking to get into Geocaching tried a local cache on my phone and found it easy enough because i knew the area Im looking to pick up a basic easy to use GPS can anyone recommend one please

Tabnabs · 01-03-2013 04:40PM

Garmin Etrex

The original one is grand http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Garmin-Etrex-GPS-/200902140813?pt=UK_In_Car_Technology&hash=item2ec6b3638d

or the newer ones are fancy(er)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=a9_sc_1?rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Agarmin+etrex&keywords=garmin+etrex&ie=UTF8&qid=1362155933

GhostInTheRuins · 01-03-2013 10:49PM

Yep, etrex10.

ShadowFox · 05-03-2013 10:10AM

A mate has one of these http://www.heinnie.com/Navigation/Garmin-Sat-Nav/Foretrex-401/p-488-568-5704/ that he is trying to sell me
Anyone ever used this type for Geocaching?

GhostInTheRuins · 05-03-2013 10:47AM

grapeape wrote: »

A mate has one of these http://www.heinnie.com/Navigation/Garmin-Sat-Nav/Foretrex-401/p-488-568-5704/ that he is trying to sell me
Anyone ever used this type for Geocaching?

I don't think you can easily download and transfer pocket queries full of caches to the 401. I could be wrong though. So for geocaching it might be tiny bit less user-friendly in that regard.

MunsterGeo · 24-03-2013 09:48AM

ShadowFox wrote: »

A mate has one of these http://www.heinnie.com/Navigation/Garmin-Sat-Nav/Foretrex-401/p-488-568-5704/ that he is trying to sell me
Anyone ever used this type for Geocaching?

I'm considering (and saving...) for a handheld gps and am interested in the 401.

Since your mate has one, you could easily see if you can download the required data to it. That way you would know if it would suit you or not.

For me personally, it wouldn't be a big deal if you couldn't download data to it but I could see the advantage of being able to do so.

tampopo · 22-01-2014 04:49PM

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

Yep, etrex10.

Howya GhostInTheRuins, I got an etrex10 about a year ago and I don't know what it is about it but am having terrible trouble understanding/operating it. I want to be able to enter the GC codes and get it to point me in the right direction. Will this do this?

I have a Windows phone which seems of little use. That's why I got the GPS, y'know?

Any basic tips would be appreciated. Going away this weekend and would love to be able to pick up a few while I'm at it...

ta much,

GhostInTheRuins · 22-01-2014 05:50PM

tampopo wrote: »

Howya GhostInTheRuins, I got an etrex10 about a year ago and I don't know what it is about it but am having terrible trouble understanding/operating it. I want to be able to enter the GC codes and get it to point me in the right direction. Will this do this?

I have a Windows phone which seems of little use. That's why I got the GPS, y'know?

Any basic tips would be appreciated. Going away this weekend and would love to be able to pick up a few while I'm at it...

ta much,

Are you having trouble getting pocket queries on it, or just inputting coordinates?

You mention entering the GC codes, if you're not using pocket queries the GC code will be useless to you, you need to enter the geocache coordinates into it for it to point you anywhere. They'll be something like this :
N 53° 36.713
W 006° 33.252

tampopo · 22-01-2014 05:56PM

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

Are you having trouble getting pocket queries on it, or just inputting coordinates?

You mention entering the GC codes, if you're not using pocket queries the GC code will be useless to you, you need to enter the geocache coordinates into it for it to point you anywhere. They'll be something like this :
N 53° 36.713
W 006° 33.252

Yes, yes, the co-ordinates like above should do me grand...eh,what section should it be inputted???

GhostInTheRuins · 22-01-2014 06:02PM

tampopo wrote: »

Yes, yes, the co-ordinates like above you do me grand...eh,what section should it be inputted???

On the main menu press the "Where to?" icon, and then on the next screen press the "Coordinates" button, and that'll get you to the input screen. Use the arrows and numbers to throw in your coordinates!

tampopo · 23-01-2014 08:45PM

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

On the main menu press the "Where to?" icon, and then on the next screen press the "Coordinates" button, and that'll get you to the input screen. Use the arrows and numbers to throw in your coordinates!

Ah yes, that's it. Easy when you know how, eh? I tried it last evening after the mystery that was the Amber prog on RTE1. Brought me to GZ which was 100m from where I'd been looking.

previously I'd used hints or clues and photographs from previous finds. I couldn't find it in the dark, but went back today. STILL couldn't find it. Checked the photos again and they were roughly 100m from where I was brought by the GPS. I'll try again with one I've found and see how accurate it is. But it's a vast improvement, so thanks very much...

GhostInTheRuins · 23-01-2014 09:58PM

No problem

Can you recommend a basic GPS handheld

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