GPS Experts

[Letpikego]

Some of you were kind enough to help me out with a GPS recommendation. I was looking for something for everyday use at home in Ohio for driving that would also work well on a boat. My son and I do a fly out from Red Lake, Ontario every summer. A GPS to get us there and navigation on the lake is what we are looking for. The overwhelming recommendation was for the Garmin GPSMAP 76CSx. I have researched this and it seems like a good unit for the price. It is waterproof and floats-a good feature since my 12 year old son will be using it with me, although I'll probably be the one who drops it. Here's the big question I have. We're fishing an outpost in the middle of Ontario. If we catch a nice fish can you press a button to mark the spot on the GPS so you can return there later? Thanks for your help folks!

[Sinker]

Sure you can.....its called a waypoint. Not sure how that unit works, but on mine, I just push the mark button twice and it saves it. Then you can go back and edit the waypoint with name, or something you'll remember it by.

 

SInker

[Muskieman]

most GPS have a MARK option... press that option and press OK and voila you've just entred it into

the memory ... then name it.

and follow the directions to it the after year.

[Tomcat]

Visit the Garmin web site and download (free of charge) the user manual for the Garmin GPSMAP 76CSX. Doing so will answer many of your questions and probably raise a few too. More importantly, reviewing the manual before you purchase should provide you a warm fuzzy feeling about the unit before you spend your dollars.

[SlowPoke]

I'm far from a GPS expert but this little guy blows my mind for the price...

http://www.amazon.com/Lowrance-Multimedia-...m/dp/B000GSQDPM

I had a chance to play around with it at the store and what I appeciated most about it was the SD card slot. Drive to your location with the included map and pop in a Navionics chip to navigate the lake. Track your routes on the water, mark waypoints/icons etc. A big bonus for me as I have already invested in the Lowrance/Navionics chips for the boat.

It's smaller and lighter with a bigger screen than the 76 series Garmin plus it has a built in mp3 player and picture viewer.

One of the only things I didn't like about my Garmin 76 was the shape. To keep a signal it had to be in the window and because of it's height, it had to be near the edge of the dash.

If I was buying another hand held, this would probably be it.

-Brian

[douG]

My 76csx works just fine sitting on my lap in the car or on the passenger's seat, no problem receiving and maintaining lock.

[Roy]

You drive a convertable, Doug?

[douG]

No, dear.

[Roy]

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