PING: Dean and jbjeep
 

We have JUST discovered geocaching. I was curious what it was from your
posts and decided to look it up.
After spending a ton of time on the geocaching site we learned just enoug to
be dangerous. ;¬D

We found our first one the next day and decided it would be a LOT of fun to
play with the Jeep and treasure hunt at the same time.
Ok, *I* decided. hubby is willing to go, but lacks my enthusiasm :-/
He's a real good sport though.

I was reading your post about GPS units but noted that you had not mentioned
model numbers. We have this sheet of specs printed out and of course it is
easy to see that the more you pay means the more you will get but for
geocaching, which do YOU use and why? If you could get a different model,
which would it be?

We have a Garmin StreetPilot III now, but that obviously isn't going to work
for geocaching.

Thanks in advance for any info you have to offer!

Kate

Re: PING: Dean and jbjeep
 

Its a LOT of fun, isnt it! =)

Um, model number... Uh? Garmin Etrex Legend, the blue one.
http://www.garmin.com/products/etrexLegend/

Considering what I use it for, and what its capable of, I should have gotten the Geko
or the Rhino or something. I dont use 75% of its capabilities. However, by
geocaching I did finally start to learn to use the darn thing. lol.

The mapping feature is important, I really need to learn to use it. I figure next
time I hit Moab I certainly will. It tracks where you have been and can save it.

I have a copy of the software both the cities and the topos, and have not even got it
up and running on my laptop. I so far have been fine with the map that is internal
to the GPS. HOWEVER, I have not used it in areas strange to me yet either, other
than for finding geocaches and I usually have a pretty good idea how to get to them
before I start out (the ones I have done are all out in the woods either on trails or
near roads here).

I did not get the C version, which is the color screen, I didnt see the need for it.
After all, most of its time its going to be bouncing around in the Jeep. I also
didnt want to spend the extra cash, not knowing at the time how much I would use it.

Here is a comparison page. Checkmark the ones you want to compare:
http://www.garmin.com/outdoor/compare.jsp

I looked at the Legend, Vista, Geko, Rhino, and a couple of others. I didnt look at
other brands much, since Garmin is what I was familiar with and most of the guys have
them so I can always go to them to get help with it (or RTFM).

Size was important to me, it had to fit in a shirt pocket - to be used outside of the
Jeep (this was before I even discovered geocaching). One shirt pocket for the
camera, one for the GPS. Number of way points, additional memory, screen size (its a
bit small but works for me). I thought at the time that extra memory and maps were
going to be important, and maybe they will be in the future.

Depending on your use, one with an optional external antenna may be good. That is
one downpoint to the Legend. However, living in BFE it has not been a problem, other
than tree cover can be really heavy at times and hard to get a sattalite at all.
There isnt any building interference out here unless you are really near a dam.

I am sure the other brands are good too, I am just not familiar with them. Like Warn
is the top winch on the west coast, Garmin is the most used GPS.

Also, I found that off all the places on the net that I was willing to buy from,
Amazon had the best prices ($125 today - I just checked). Not that you need to get
it on the net, but I didnt want to have to go searching in town for it. I hate
shopping.

Overall I am pretty happy with mine. It does what I need, and then some. Hopefully
I will eventually figure it out and use more of its capabilities. The price was
reasonable, for something I mostly keep in the Jeep and might get stolen - I didnt
want a really fancy one.

Oh, and I didnt get the power cord for the cig lighter and I really should have!!

Hope this helps!
-jenn




On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:22:19 -0600, "KJ.Kate" <KJ.Kate@WhoseHotMail.com> wrote:

>>We have JUST discovered geocaching. I was curious what it was from your
>>posts and decided to look it up.
>>After spending a ton of time on the geocaching site we learned just enoug to
>>be dangerous. ;¬D
>>
>>We found our first one the next day and decided it would be a LOT of fun to
>>play with the Jeep and treasure hunt at the same time.
>>Ok, *I* decided. hubby is willing to go, but lacks my enthusiasm :-/
>>He's a real good sport though.
>>
>>I was reading your post about GPS units but noted that you had not mentioned
>>model numbers. We have this sheet of specs printed out and of course it is
>>easy to see that the more you pay means the more you will get but for
>>geocaching, which do YOU use and why? If you could get a different model,
>>which would it be?
>>
>>We have a Garmin StreetPilot III now, but that obviously isn't going to work
>>for geocaching.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any info you have to offer!
>>
>>Kate
>>

Re: PING: Dean and jbjeep
 

Its a LOT of fun, isnt it! =)

Um, model number... Uh? Garmin Etrex Legend, the blue one.
http://www.garmin.com/products/etrexLegend/

Considering what I use it for, and what its capable of, I should have gotten the Geko
or the Rhino or something. I dont use 75% of its capabilities. However, by
geocaching I did finally start to learn to use the darn thing. lol.

The mapping feature is important, I really need to learn to use it. I figure next
time I hit Moab I certainly will. It tracks where you have been and can save it.

I have a copy of the software both the cities and the topos, and have not even got it
up and running on my laptop. I so far have been fine with the map that is internal
to the GPS. HOWEVER, I have not used it in areas strange to me yet either, other
than for finding geocaches and I usually have a pretty good idea how to get to them
before I start out (the ones I have done are all out in the woods either on trails or
near roads here).

I did not get the C version, which is the color screen, I didnt see the need for it.
After all, most of its time its going to be bouncing around in the Jeep. I also
didnt want to spend the extra cash, not knowing at the time how much I would use it.

Here is a comparison page. Checkmark the ones you want to compare:
http://www.garmin.com/outdoor/compare.jsp

I looked at the Legend, Vista, Geko, Rhino, and a couple of others. I didnt look at
other brands much, since Garmin is what I was familiar with and most of the guys have
them so I can always go to them to get help with it (or RTFM).

Size was important to me, it had to fit in a shirt pocket - to be used outside of the
Jeep (this was before I even discovered geocaching). One shirt pocket for the
camera, one for the GPS. Number of way points, additional memory, screen size (its a
bit small but works for me). I thought at the time that extra memory and maps were
going to be important, and maybe they will be in the future.

Depending on your use, one with an optional external antenna may be good. That is
one downpoint to the Legend. However, living in BFE it has not been a problem, other
than tree cover can be really heavy at times and hard to get a sattalite at all.
There isnt any building interference out here unless you are really near a dam.

I am sure the other brands are good too, I am just not familiar with them. Like Warn
is the top winch on the west coast, Garmin is the most used GPS.

Also, I found that off all the places on the net that I was willing to buy from,
Amazon had the best prices ($125 today - I just checked). Not that you need to get
it on the net, but I didnt want to have to go searching in town for it. I hate
shopping.

Overall I am pretty happy with mine. It does what I need, and then some. Hopefully
I will eventually figure it out and use more of its capabilities. The price was
reasonable, for something I mostly keep in the Jeep and might get stolen - I didnt
want a really fancy one.

Oh, and I didnt get the power cord for the cig lighter and I really should have!!

Hope this helps!
-jenn




On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:22:19 -0600, "KJ.Kate" <KJ.Kate@WhoseHotMail.com> wrote:

>>We have JUST discovered geocaching. I was curious what it was from your
>>posts and decided to look it up.
>>After spending a ton of time on the geocaching site we learned just enoug to
>>be dangerous. ;¬D
>>
>>We found our first one the next day and decided it would be a LOT of fun to
>>play with the Jeep and treasure hunt at the same time.
>>Ok, *I* decided. hubby is willing to go, but lacks my enthusiasm :-/
>>He's a real good sport though.
>>
>>I was reading your post about GPS units but noted that you had not mentioned
>>model numbers. We have this sheet of specs printed out and of course it is
>>easy to see that the more you pay means the more you will get but for
>>geocaching, which do YOU use and why? If you could get a different model,
>>which would it be?
>>
>>We have a Garmin StreetPilot III now, but that obviously isn't going to work
>>for geocaching.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any info you have to offer!
>>
>>Kate
>>

Re: PING: Dean and jbjeep
 

Its a LOT of fun, isnt it! =)

Um, model number... Uh? Garmin Etrex Legend, the blue one.
http://www.garmin.com/products/etrexLegend/

Considering what I use it for, and what its capable of, I should have gotten the Geko
or the Rhino or something. I dont use 75% of its capabilities. However, by
geocaching I did finally start to learn to use the darn thing. lol.

The mapping feature is important, I really need to learn to use it. I figure next
time I hit Moab I certainly will. It tracks where you have been and can save it.

I have a copy of the software both the cities and the topos, and have not even got it
up and running on my laptop. I so far have been fine with the map that is internal
to the GPS. HOWEVER, I have not used it in areas strange to me yet either, other
than for finding geocaches and I usually have a pretty good idea how to get to them
before I start out (the ones I have done are all out in the woods either on trails or
near roads here).

I did not get the C version, which is the color screen, I didnt see the need for it.
After all, most of its time its going to be bouncing around in the Jeep. I also
didnt want to spend the extra cash, not knowing at the time how much I would use it.

Here is a comparison page. Checkmark the ones you want to compare:
http://www.garmin.com/outdoor/compare.jsp

I looked at the Legend, Vista, Geko, Rhino, and a couple of others. I didnt look at
other brands much, since Garmin is what I was familiar with and most of the guys have
them so I can always go to them to get help with it (or RTFM).

Size was important to me, it had to fit in a shirt pocket - to be used outside of the
Jeep (this was before I even discovered geocaching). One shirt pocket for the
camera, one for the GPS. Number of way points, additional memory, screen size (its a
bit small but works for me). I thought at the time that extra memory and maps were
going to be important, and maybe they will be in the future.

Depending on your use, one with an optional external antenna may be good. That is
one downpoint to the Legend. However, living in BFE it has not been a problem, other
than tree cover can be really heavy at times and hard to get a sattalite at all.
There isnt any building interference out here unless you are really near a dam.

I am sure the other brands are good too, I am just not familiar with them. Like Warn
is the top winch on the west coast, Garmin is the most used GPS.

Also, I found that off all the places on the net that I was willing to buy from,
Amazon had the best prices ($125 today - I just checked). Not that you need to get
it on the net, but I didnt want to have to go searching in town for it. I hate
shopping.

Overall I am pretty happy with mine. It does what I need, and then some. Hopefully
I will eventually figure it out and use more of its capabilities. The price was
reasonable, for something I mostly keep in the Jeep and might get stolen - I didnt
want a really fancy one.

Oh, and I didnt get the power cord for the cig lighter and I really should have!!

Hope this helps!
-jenn




On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:22:19 -0600, "KJ.Kate" <KJ.Kate@WhoseHotMail.com> wrote:

>>We have JUST discovered geocaching. I was curious what it was from your
>>posts and decided to look it up.
>>After spending a ton of time on the geocaching site we learned just enoug to
>>be dangerous. ;¬D
>>
>>We found our first one the next day and decided it would be a LOT of fun to
>>play with the Jeep and treasure hunt at the same time.
>>Ok, *I* decided. hubby is willing to go, but lacks my enthusiasm :-/
>>He's a real good sport though.
>>
>>I was reading your post about GPS units but noted that you had not mentioned
>>model numbers. We have this sheet of specs printed out and of course it is
>>easy to see that the more you pay means the more you will get but for
>>geocaching, which do YOU use and why? If you could get a different model,
>>which would it be?
>>
>>We have a Garmin StreetPilot III now, but that obviously isn't going to work
>>for geocaching.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any info you have to offer!
>>
>>Kate
>>

Re: Dean and jbjeep
 

"KJ.Kate" <KJ.Kate@WhoseHotMail.com> wrote:
> We have JUST discovered geocaching. I was curious what it
> was from your
> posts and decided to look it up.
> After spending a ton of time on the geocaching site we
> learned just enoug to
> be dangerous. ;¬D
>
> We found our first one the next day and decided it would
> be a LOT of fun to
> play with the Jeep and treasure hunt at the same time.
> Ok, *I* decided. hubby is willing to go, but lacks my
> enthusiasm :-/
> He's a real good sport though.

Now you've done it! Mr.H. brought me a magazine clipping
about geocaching before Xmas but I hadn't had time to check
it out. I just did, it looks like fun, and there are a
bunch of them near us!

Seahag

Re: Dean and jbjeep
 

"KJ.Kate" <KJ.Kate@WhoseHotMail.com> wrote:
> We have JUST discovered geocaching. I was curious what it
> was from your
> posts and decided to look it up.
> After spending a ton of time on the geocaching site we
> learned just enoug to
> be dangerous. ;¬D
>
> We found our first one the next day and decided it would
> be a LOT of fun to
> play with the Jeep and treasure hunt at the same time.
> Ok, *I* decided. hubby is willing to go, but lacks my
> enthusiasm :-/
> He's a real good sport though.

Now you've done it! Mr.H. brought me a magazine clipping
about geocaching before Xmas but I hadn't had time to check
it out. I just did, it looks like fun, and there are a
bunch of them near us!

Seahag

Re: Dean and jbjeep
 

"KJ.Kate" <KJ.Kate@WhoseHotMail.com> wrote:
> We have JUST discovered geocaching. I was curious what it
> was from your
> posts and decided to look it up.
> After spending a ton of time on the geocaching site we
> learned just enoug to
> be dangerous. ;¬D
>
> We found our first one the next day and decided it would
> be a LOT of fun to
> play with the Jeep and treasure hunt at the same time.
> Ok, *I* decided. hubby is willing to go, but lacks my
> enthusiasm :-/
> He's a real good sport though.

Now you've done it! Mr.H. brought me a magazine clipping
about geocaching before Xmas but I hadn't had time to check
it out. I just did, it looks like fun, and there are a
bunch of them near us!

Seahag

Re: PING: Dean and jbjeep
 

Hey Jen!

Thank you so much for your input!

Well, I took the giant leap. Bought the Magellan eXplorest 500
DANG! This thing DOES stuff. Though I am certain that north still is not in
"that" direction. Unless of course North has moved from California to
tennessee. I know the stars are in all the wrong places.

I just have to figure out what all it does and see if I can remember what to
push when.

I've downloaded some caches and hope to go out this morning to look for at
least one to try the new toy.
Thanks for your input!

Here where we live the Garmin brand is not readily available. Heck, nothing
is! I wanted to buy it at a store rather than online incase I wanted to
return it. Sounds silly but now that I have played with it a little I like
it pretty well. Hope to get the hang of it soon.



"jbjeep" <jbjeep@saw.net> wrote
*snipped*

: Size was important to me, it had to fit in a shirt pocket - to be used
outside of the
: Jeep



Do you have ANY idea how hard a line like this is to pass up????????????

Kate






(this was before I even discovered geocaching). One shirt pocket for the
: camera, one for the GPS. Number of way points, additional memory, screen
size (its a
: bit small but works for me). I thought at the time that extra memory and
maps were
: going to be important, and maybe they will be in the future.
:
: Depending on your use, one with an optional external antenna may be good.
That is
: one downpoint to the Legend. However, living in BFE it has not been a
problem, other
: than tree cover can be really heavy at times and hard to get a sattalite
at all.
: There isnt any building interference out here unless you are really near a
dam.
:
: I am sure the other brands are good too, I am just not familiar with them.
Like Warn
: is the top winch on the west coast, Garmin is the most used GPS.
:
: Also, I found that off all the places on the net that I was willing to buy
from,
: Amazon had the best prices ($125 today - I just checked). Not that you
need to get
: it on the net, but I didnt want to have to go searching in town for it. I
hate
: shopping.
:
: Overall I am pretty happy with mine. It does what I need, and then some.
Hopefully
: I will eventually figure it out and use more of its capabilities. The
price was
: reasonable, for something I mostly keep in the Jeep and might get stolen -
I didnt
: want a really fancy one.
:
: Oh, and I didnt get the power cord for the cig lighter and I really should
have!!
:
: Hope this helps!
: -jenn
:
:
:
:
: On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:22:19 -0600, "KJ.Kate" <KJ.Kate@WhoseHotMail.com>
wrote:
:
: >>We have JUST discovered geocaching. I was curious what it was from your
: >>posts and decided to look it up.
: >>After spending a ton of time on the geocaching site we learned just
enoug to
: >>be dangerous. ;¬D
: >>
: >>We found our first one the next day and decided it would be a LOT of fun
to
: >>play with the Jeep and treasure hunt at the same time.
: >>Ok, *I* decided. hubby is willing to go, but lacks my enthusiasm :-/
: >>He's a real good sport though.
: >>
: >>I was reading your post about GPS units but noted that you had not
mentioned
: >>model numbers. We have this sheet of specs printed out and of course it
is
: >>easy to see that the more you pay means the more you will get but for
: >>geocaching, which do YOU use and why? If you could get a different
model,
: >>which would it be?
: >>
: >>We have a Garmin StreetPilot III now, but that obviously isn't going to
work
: >>for geocaching.
: >>
: >>Thanks in advance for any info you have to offer!
: >>
: >>Kate
: >>

Re: PING: Dean and jbjeep
 

Hey Jen!

Thank you so much for your input!

Well, I took the giant leap. Bought the Magellan eXplorest 500
DANG! This thing DOES stuff. Though I am certain that north still is not in
"that" direction. Unless of course North has moved from California to
tennessee. I know the stars are in all the wrong places.

I just have to figure out what all it does and see if I can remember what to
push when.

I've downloaded some caches and hope to go out this morning to look for at
least one to try the new toy.
Thanks for your input!

Here where we live the Garmin brand is not readily available. Heck, nothing
is! I wanted to buy it at a store rather than online incase I wanted to
return it. Sounds silly but now that I have played with it a little I like
it pretty well. Hope to get the hang of it soon.



"jbjeep" <jbjeep@saw.net> wrote
*snipped*

: Size was important to me, it had to fit in a shirt pocket - to be used
outside of the
: Jeep



Do you have ANY idea how hard a line like this is to pass up????????????

Kate






(this was before I even discovered geocaching). One shirt pocket for the
: camera, one for the GPS. Number of way points, additional memory, screen
size (its a
: bit small but works for me). I thought at the time that extra memory and
maps were
: going to be important, and maybe they will be in the future.
:
: Depending on your use, one with an optional external antenna may be good.
That is
: one downpoint to the Legend. However, living in BFE it has not been a
problem, other
: than tree cover can be really heavy at times and hard to get a sattalite
at all.
: There isnt any building interference out here unless you are really near a
dam.
:
: I am sure the other brands are good too, I am just not familiar with them.
Like Warn
: is the top winch on the west coast, Garmin is the most used GPS.
:
: Also, I found that off all the places on the net that I was willing to buy
from,
: Amazon had the best prices ($125 today - I just checked). Not that you
need to get
: it on the net, but I didnt want to have to go searching in town for it. I
hate
: shopping.
:
: Overall I am pretty happy with mine. It does what I need, and then some.
Hopefully
: I will eventually figure it out and use more of its capabilities. The
price was
: reasonable, for something I mostly keep in the Jeep and might get stolen -
I didnt
: want a really fancy one.
:
: Oh, and I didnt get the power cord for the cig lighter and I really should
have!!
:
: Hope this helps!
: -jenn
:
:
:
:
: On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:22:19 -0600, "KJ.Kate" <KJ.Kate@WhoseHotMail.com>
wrote:
:
: >>We have JUST discovered geocaching. I was curious what it was from your
: >>posts and decided to look it up.
: >>After spending a ton of time on the geocaching site we learned just
enoug to
: >>be dangerous. ;¬D
: >>
: >>We found our first one the next day and decided it would be a LOT of fun
to
: >>play with the Jeep and treasure hunt at the same time.
: >>Ok, *I* decided. hubby is willing to go, but lacks my enthusiasm :-/
: >>He's a real good sport though.
: >>
: >>I was reading your post about GPS units but noted that you had not
mentioned
: >>model numbers. We have this sheet of specs printed out and of course it
is
: >>easy to see that the more you pay means the more you will get but for
: >>geocaching, which do YOU use and why? If you could get a different
model,
: >>which would it be?
: >>
: >>We have a Garmin StreetPilot III now, but that obviously isn't going to
work
: >>for geocaching.
: >>
: >>Thanks in advance for any info you have to offer!
: >>
: >>Kate
: >>

Re: PING: Dean and jbjeep
 

Hey Jen!

Thank you so much for your input!

Well, I took the giant leap. Bought the Magellan eXplorest 500
DANG! This thing DOES stuff. Though I am certain that north still is not in
"that" direction. Unless of course North has moved from California to
tennessee. I know the stars are in all the wrong places.

I just have to figure out what all it does and see if I can remember what to
push when.

I've downloaded some caches and hope to go out this morning to look for at
least one to try the new toy.
Thanks for your input!

Here where we live the Garmin brand is not readily available. Heck, nothing
is! I wanted to buy it at a store rather than online incase I wanted to
return it. Sounds silly but now that I have played with it a little I like
it pretty well. Hope to get the hang of it soon.



"jbjeep" <jbjeep@saw.net> wrote
*snipped*

: Size was important to me, it had to fit in a shirt pocket - to be used
outside of the
: Jeep



Do you have ANY idea how hard a line like this is to pass up????????????

Kate






(this was before I even discovered geocaching). One shirt pocket for the
: camera, one for the GPS. Number of way points, additional memory, screen
size (its a
: bit small but works for me). I thought at the time that extra memory and
maps were
: going to be important, and maybe they will be in the future.
:
: Depending on your use, one with an optional external antenna may be good.
That is
: one downpoint to the Legend. However, living in BFE it has not been a
problem, other
: than tree cover can be really heavy at times and hard to get a sattalite
at all.
: There isnt any building interference out here unless you are really near a
dam.
:
: I am sure the other brands are good too, I am just not familiar with them.
Like Warn
: is the top winch on the west coast, Garmin is the most used GPS.
:
: Also, I found that off all the places on the net that I was willing to buy
from,
: Amazon had the best prices ($125 today - I just checked). Not that you
need to get
: it on the net, but I didnt want to have to go searching in town for it. I
hate
: shopping.
:
: Overall I am pretty happy with mine. It does what I need, and then some.
Hopefully
: I will eventually figure it out and use more of its capabilities. The
price was
: reasonable, for something I mostly keep in the Jeep and might get stolen -
I didnt
: want a really fancy one.
:
: Oh, and I didnt get the power cord for the cig lighter and I really should
have!!
:
: Hope this helps!
: -jenn
:
:
:
:
: On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:22:19 -0600, "KJ.Kate" <KJ.Kate@WhoseHotMail.com>
wrote:
:
: >>We have JUST discovered geocaching. I was curious what it was from your
: >>posts and decided to look it up.
: >>After spending a ton of time on the geocaching site we learned just
enoug to
: >>be dangerous. ;¬D
: >>
: >>We found our first one the next day and decided it would be a LOT of fun
to
: >>play with the Jeep and treasure hunt at the same time.
: >>Ok, *I* decided. hubby is willing to go, but lacks my enthusiasm :-/
: >>He's a real good sport though.
: >>
: >>I was reading your post about GPS units but noted that you had not
mentioned
: >>model numbers. We have this sheet of specs printed out and of course it
is
: >>easy to see that the more you pay means the more you will get but for
: >>geocaching, which do YOU use and why? If you could get a different
model,
: >>which would it be?
: >>
: >>We have a Garmin StreetPilot III now, but that obviously isn't going to
work
: >>for geocaching.
: >>
: >>Thanks in advance for any info you have to offer!
: >>
: >>Kate
: >>