GPS for beginners

[jaywmustang]

looking for some advice on a gps unit. i have never owned or used one so i am complete clueless. i want it mostly for hunting and out in the woods. there are a couple of things i do want. color screen, easy to use, able to mark spots i want to find again and around 400ish. i have one coming but i am thinking about canceling the order. its a triton 2000 but the reviews r making me worry. anyone here ever use the triton 2000 and do u know if they worked out all the bugs? can anyone suggest a gps unit for me thanks

[Madmarx]

Garmin 60 CSX

[riceboi]

get a ATT tilt phone it have a build GPS hehe.

[Eagle]

I have a TomTom, works pretty good.

[jaywmustang]

well i should add it has to be handheld

[Eagle]

My tomtom is primarily for auto, but you can get non-road maps for it, and it is easily hand held

[Looper]

Have you looked at the Garmin Rino, FRS Radio and Color GPS all in one?
http://www.thegpsstore.com/Garmin-Rino-520HCx-GPS-FRS-Radio-P1579C0.aspx

[Eatem Alive]

Have you looked at the Garmin Rino, FRS Radio and Color GPS all in one?
http://www.thegpsstore.com/Garmin-Rino-520HCx-GPS-FRS-Radio-P1579C0.aspx
The radio functions on those suck. You would be better off buy separate radios & GPS. I use a Magellan eXplorist XL and I like it a lot. . It's a little big at times but the bigger screen is nice. The new Garmin Colorado and the Magellan Tritons are supposed to ok and have a lot of nice and un-necesarry features but both have had some issues that are supposed to be fixed with firmware releases. Like Madmarx said, the Garmin 60csx is supposed to be the all around best one right now.

[Looper]

The radio functions on those suck.Thank you for your opinion.

Could you please go into more detail about what exactly do you dislike about the radio functions on the Rino? What about the GPS part of that device, does that "suck" too?

I always thought it was a nice feature that if all the people in my hunting party had Rino's we could transmit our locations to each other via the built in FRS/GMRS radio.

:cheers:

[Madmarx]

well i should add it has to be handheld

Did you check out the Garmin 60 CSX?
If you don't need the electronic compass you can save a few dollars and buy the 60 CS.
Either way they're easy to use w/ lots of options.
Hand held and weather proof.
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=310

[notcreative]

Garmin is by far the best brand of the GPS receivers I've used. Easy to use, easy to update, and compact. You will pay more but its worth it.

[Empyreal Rogue]

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/cheap_gps.png

[Eagle]

yes! I saw that comic today and this post was the first thing I thought of!