Hand held GPS - The Hull Truth

mudrat · 02-21-2006, 09:40 AM

Jim I need some advice on purchasing a hand held GPS to carry with me on the boat in case my C80 craps out. Which model do you suggest.

yachtjim · 02-21-2006, 12:32 PM

There are no GPS's that will share the chart card with your C80 so you can't captilize on that. The best thing to do is buy a cheap gps that you can store on your boat with some spare batteries. I would suggest the Garmin GPS12. You can put waypoints on it that will get you home easily.[*]Garmin GPS-12[/list]Of course if you think you will use the handheld GPS for other times like hiking or someting then you might look at a GPS with Maps. If that's the case let me know.

mudrat · 02-21-2006, 12:36 PM

Jim
I was thinking of something with color and yes I will definatly be using it on my fourwheeler when I'm out playing in the woods so I would like map capability. Sorry for not giving you all the info up front.

yachtjim · 02-21-2006, 04:04 PM

In that case you might want to spens some money on one with a bunch of features. A real nice on that will work well on the water and land is the Garmin 76CSx. Rather than type al teh features you can read about it on our website. This unit is able to accept a memory card which will enable you to quickly ad cartography for water or land use. Ther eis also a handlebar mount for it. If you have any Q's fire away.[*]Garmin 76CSx[*]Bike Mount - will work on ATV[/list]

mudrat · 02-24-2006, 01:11 AM

Jim what about the Garmin 60CS, not the new 60csx is it a decent unit and does the new x models give me anything I really need over the older model

yachtjim · 02-24-2006, 03:03 PM

That is a real nice unit too. All the csx gives is the ability to accept SD cards and an altimeter. This would be helpful if you wanted switch cartography easily as you can just pop a new card in. Really any Garmin HH is nice, just depends on how much you want to spend, the more you spend the more features you get.