GPS question

[cfelton]

Ive been thinking about buying a small handheld gps to use on my V and maybe traveling on the road . Ive found a few on ebay fairly cheap. The lowrance ifinder GO is really cheap but dont know if it will serve my needs. As for marine use , I probley only need it to go to the Checapeake Light tower and maybe to the Gulf Stream on a flat calm day. I just need one to track my course there and get me back. what do you all suggest?

[cterrebonne]

Originally Posted by cfelton

Ive been thinking about buying a small handheld gps to use on my V and maybe traveling on the road . Ive found a few on ebay fairly cheap. The lowrance ifinder GO is really cheap but dont know if it will serve my needs. As for marine use , I probley only need it to go to the Checapeake Light tower and maybe to the Gulf Stream on a flat calm day. I just need one to track my course there and get me back. what do you all suggest?

as of right now i use a magellan meridian and i have gone on 65 mile plus trips into the gulf and im here to tell the tales.

[THEFERMANATOR]

I use a GARMIN GPSMAP 76. They have come down in price dramatically lately, and you can get the BLUECHART CD and upload detailed maps to it as well. I used mine on a 1300 mile voyage before with ZERO problems. The $3K STANDARD MARINE CHARTPLOTTER(1 year old) quit on us leaving BOSTON and bound for FLORIDA, so we used my GARMIN all the way back. Plus I used the basemaps on the drive up to BOSTON and back to FLORIDA in the truck.

[tsubaki]

Check and see what kind of software is available for the different handhelds.
The one theferm has is great.
I have the old one without maps but have the program to move tracks and waypoints to the PC and transfer the waypoints back to the GPS.

[spareparts]

http://www.charlestonfishing.com/for...il.asp?id=5318

try these

[macojoe]

Way back when I had a Garmin 12 hand held, no chart just numbers, and after going to were I wanted and putting ll numbers in I never never never got lost it was the balls!!

Garmin all the way!! That being said I got great deal on a standard Horizon this winter brand new, going to give it a shot, if I no like there will be a North Star on there faster then you can blink a eye!!