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[wily]

i'd say -- save your money. i got a garmin for my birthday a couple years ago, and i've never used it.

no offense

[flyfshn]

Have a Garmin Nuvi200 that I use for work/trips and it works great. Have not tried it while hiking/fishing yet. If you are looking for a simple GPS, check out Ebay for a used Garmin V or other handheld....can find good deals on used ones.

[Dutch]

You never know how you will use a gps until you have one. I have friends who own them and never take them out. The don't have mapping capability though. I have had a Magellan hand held for several years. I use it in the boat, in the car, and geocaching. I rarely leave home without it. I did have to get software and lake map cards to make it more productive.

Don't buy one without mapping capability. They are worthless.

I don't ever plan to be without a gps again.

[wily]

mine doesn't have mapping, and like dutch said...it is worthless.

[asgoodson]

I have a Garmin 76CSx. Love it, it is handheld and waterproof. It also floats.

Why I would agree that in the true picture, this does not provide a lot of value as I am never truly in a situation of life or death (to this point anyway), I like playing with it.

I plot alot of points and then download them to the computer...call it geeky, but I get some level of enjoyment of plotting my points on a map and keeping a history, notes of success, ect.

On untraveled river with a timeline to get to a certain point, I do find it very useful to plan stopping/camping points so that I do not show up at the take out 4 hrs early and waste precious weekend time by not having the info I need.

All in all, I would buy the 76CSx again if I was looking for a GPS.

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[brittsnbirds]

I broke down and bought a DeLorme PN 20 this past Christmas. They had a $100.00 rebate going I cannot remember when it expires. This thing does it all plus it has mapping overlay capability. Check out their site;

http://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/DELibeCCtp...p?section=10106.

I bought mine for road, hunting and fishing.

I also recommend doing a google search for GPS reviews.