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Mon Aug 18th, 2008 12:17 pm |
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CAMPBUDS wrote: Did anyone see any GPS deals in the ads today?
Lesa,
Dick's Sporting Goods advertised (in paper) a Garmin, Ventura HC GPS Bundle. It contained a color Etrex, case, and topo software. http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2776525&kw=2776525&sr=1&origkw=2776525
The ad also list a $30 rebate. Said total savings after rebate $130.00
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fla-gypsy
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Posted: Mon Aug 18th, 2008 01:12 pm |
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Quote "However, I was at Pepboys just the other day, and they had a GPS for $99 (after a $20 mail in rebate)"
That is very cheap. Would it be of any use? I would think at that price you couldn't expect much but maybe I am wrong. The Chinese seem to make everything cheap and occasionally they make something good.Last edited on Mon Aug 18th, 2008 01:13 pm by fla-gypsy
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zigzag3337
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Tue Aug 19th, 2008 12:42 am |
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Not sure on the Pepboys GPS (I didn't look at it). They had a large banner up above the door that was advertising it. If you never had one before it might work for you. Since I use mine mostly for camping, I always pick a campground (Suwanee River Music Park) that we go to just to see if the unit is up to date because I found that a lot of them won't have a deep vocabulary included.
I can only speak for the Garmin and the Magellan units, but I have found that the Garmin is easier to reload the new maps (April each year and free by the way) and custom waypoints.
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CAMPBUDS
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Posted: Tue Aug 19th, 2008 01:31 am |
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Zigzag,
Have you ever used your GPS for Geocaching?
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zigzag3337
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Tue Aug 19th, 2008 02:04 am |
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No. But I have used my hand held (EL' Cheap O, $85 @ Walley World)
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=6015179
to mark waypoints of my deer stands during hunting season and mark where the truck was parked when we ride our ATV's in the forest. For this application, it works good. I bought this same exact one at a local pawn shop for $60 and it does a great job. The one that I lost on vacation was just under $400 and my wife told me that I couldn't spend that much for a hand held (too easy to misplace).
I'm not sure if the one that I have in the truck will accept latitudes and longitudes (I just got it and really only use it for directions). I will have to get out the manual and see if it will. I know if I push the AAA icon, it will tell me the address, latitude & longitude, and compass reading of my location. I think it has more features on it than I will every use. I only bought this one for the camping feature....Last edited on Tue Aug 19th, 2008 02:12 am by zigzag3337
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zigzag3337
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Posted: Tue Aug 19th, 2008 02:08 am |
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I did check out the website that was stated in the other forum and I noticed that there is 3 geocaches located here in Callahan. Depending on the upcoming weather and me relocating the hand held (due to the recent move), I will try to see if I can find any of them.
This sounds pretty cool!
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Crazy Kamper
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Thu Sep 18th, 2008 07:46 pm |
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| We also looked into getting a GPS from a pawn shop and they wanted bout 70.00 but as in the other forum area we ended up getting one cheap from Walley world and went with the new so we would have the directions having never used one before!!
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zigzag3337
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Posted: Fri Sep 19th, 2008 12:22 am |
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As of right now we are up to 43 finds in the geocaching game and at first I just typed in the cordinates and went to looking. As I got close to the cache and on the GPS screen the little triangle was right under me, but I was having trouble finding the cache. I have found that by doing this, it would get me within about 100 feet of the cache. If I right down the latitude and longitude on a piece of paper and switch the screen over to the navigator screen, then I would get within 3 feet. A big difference when looking for something very small.
Overall, it's fun to do!
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Fri Sep 19th, 2008 12:27 am |
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| It sounds like you are having allot of fun with it Richard. I've got to get me one of those things.
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