Lisa Williams wrote: -- I am interested in getting a > GPS unit, and wondered what your recommendations were. > Hi Lisa, I have a Garmin 12 which I am happy with. Several friends have since bought Garmins' Etrex, which is smaller and lighter, but I find their screen is too hard to read, and I have 20/20 vision. Also the battery compartment looks like a water trap, but note the following comments on my 12. While using my 12 in light rain and snow it failed due to water damage, which appeared to enter via the battery compartment. The unit was replaced under warranty, and my high-tech modification was to wrap a strip of car inner tube around the unit from top to bottom, thereby holding the battery compartment tightly closed. I also dry-bag it. During navigation training in the bush the 12 had better reception than the Etrex under thick canopy, and was much faster to acquire position. A comment was made that due to the higher power use of the 12 (four AA batteries versus two in the Etrex) it would not be as economic for an organisation using them for prolonged training. No affiliation with Garmin etc. Cheers John Kirk-Anderson Banks Peninsula NEW ZEALAND *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Dec 03 2002 - 10:04:57 PST
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