Cheap GPSr's

The Garner Family · Post by **The Garner Family** » 01 December 04 11:05 pm

Got a catalog today for Super Cheap Auto, who have advertised:

"Hand Held GPS: Memory storage for up to 3840 marks, 20 routes, 31084 route points and 156 waypoints per route". It's a real GPS (not just a mouse) and it's $149!!!

Is this the cheapest new GPSr around or can you get any cheaper?

EcoTeam · Post by **EcoTeam** » 02 December 04 8:25 am

The Garner Family wrote:Got a catalog today for Super Cheap Auto, who have advertised:

"Hand Held GPS: Memory storage for up to 3840 marks, 20 routes, 31084 route points and 156 waypoints per route". It's a real GPS (not just a mouse) and it's $149!!!

Is this the cheapest new GPSr around or can you get any cheaper?

You can get a new Yellow eTrex for less than that on eBay - delivered.

I got my new ForeTrex 101 for just over $150 on eBay, a bit extra for delivery from the states of course.

Even the Amazom.com price for an eTex in the states is $85US.

I've heard that the Super Cheap GPS is pretty crap. I think there was a thred on it some time ago.

EcoDave

ving · Post by **ving** » 02 December 04 11:20 am

hi!
er... since i am brand new to the whole gps/geocache thing i cant really add much, but I got the magellan gps companion on ebay for a little over $100 AU but you have to have a palm M5XX to go with it. seems to work ok

EcoTeam · Post by **EcoTeam** » 02 December 04 6:20 pm

ving wrote:hi!
er... since i am brand new to the whole gps/geocache thing i cant really add much, but I got the magellan gps companion on ebay for a little over $100 AU but you have to have a palm M5XX to go with it. seems to work ok

Until you drop it, smash it against a rock, or put tree branch through the screen

EcoDave

Slider & Smurf · Post by **Slider & Smurf** » 02 December 04 6:35 pm

EcoTeam wrote:... Until you drop it, smash it against a rock, or put tree branch through the screen
EcoDave

But that's no different to the risk you run with any GPSr ... probably a cheaper combination than spending big $$$ on a colour model!

Gunn Parker · Post by **Gunn Parker** » 02 December 04 7:08 pm

Camping world are advertising a Magellan Explorer 100

for $249.00.
I dont know if they are any good or if the price is good.

Lt. Sniper · Post by **Lt. Sniper** » 02 December 04 8:17 pm

It has no serial port and it will be a pain to load every cache in by hand

I cant beleive I am not recommending a Magellan!!!

What a sad day....

Lt. Sniper · Post by **Lt. Sniper** » 02 December 04 8:21 pm

I dont see a use for a color model unless you really require it for road mapping. Even then a greyscale does a prity good job. Color is a luxury.

Lucanos · Post by **Lucanos** » 03 December 04 9:59 am

The Garner Family wrote:Got a catalog today for Super Cheap Auto, who have advertised: 
"Hand Held GPS: Memory storage for up to 3840 marks, 20 routes, 31084 route points and 156 waypoints per route". It's a real GPS (not just a mouse) and it's $149!!!

Hey, I just checked out the QLD Super Cheap Auto Catalog online. I can't see any GPS Units being advertised in there. 
 
Can anyone else? If so, what page??

The Garner Family · Post by **The Garner Family** » 03 December 04 10:46 am

what page??

I've since thrown the catalog out so can't look it up sorry. It was definately on the left hand page up the top though. Also bear in mind that some stores have different prices and therefore different catalogs in different parts of town.

The Garner Family · Post by **The Garner Family** » 03 December 04 10:48 am

Acutally, I <a href="http://www.supercheapauto.com/www/index ... 525">found it</a>

Hounddog · Post by **Hounddog** » 03 December 04 11:11 am

I started off with a Magellan GPS 300. It has no computer connection and no mapping is as basic as you can get, but it served me well and helped me find over 100 hundered caches before I upgraded.

Back in the days of Selective Error coding (30 mtr accuracy) I was also able to use it to play our own primitive version of Geocaching.

Entry level GPS units actually offer a bit more of a challenge to the game. They give you nothing but an arrow and a proximity meter. Sometimes I actually put the MAP330 aside and use the 300 to find the cache just for fun.

Nothing wrong with them if you don't want to be spood fed information.

EcoTeam · Post by **EcoTeam** » 03 December 04 1:10 pm

Slider & Smurf wrote:
EcoTeam wrote:... Until you drop it, smash it against a rock, or put tree branch through the screen
EcoDave

But that's no different to the risk you run with any GPSr

Yes it is.
My eTrex is drop proof, water resistant, and you couldn't puncture the screen if you tried. The amount of abuse its had in the last few years is incredible. I've dropped mine 5 meters onto rocks, had it roll down dirt hills, smashed it into rock faces when I've slipped, had it completely soaked in Aeroguard!, used it in rain and water environments, had the screen poked countless times. Never failed once, and it has nothing more than cosmetic damage.

Hand held dedicated GPS units are designed to be rugged. PDA's are not.

What GPSr are you using that is so fragile?

EcoDave

EcoTeam · Post by **EcoTeam** » 03 December 04 1:15 pm

Gunn Parker wrote:Camping world are advertising a Magellan Explorer 100

for $249.00.
I dont know if they are any good or if the price is good.

A quick check on Ebay has the "Buy it Now" price at US$110, so AU$250 sounds very expensive, esp for a GPS without a serial connection. A standard eTex is much better value.

EcoDave

Webguy · Post by **Webguy** » 03 December 04 2:02 pm

is that deer dead?

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