GPS unit for 150 Bucks?

[silver_dollar]

That's all I have to spend. Can I get a Garmin or Magellan for that amount of money that will "get me around" so to speak?

I have never owned, operated or even held a GPS unit, but I would like to experiment around with one.

Any suggestions?

Harland

[TopSgtLawrence]

Harland, If you fish at night or hunt a big set of wood than the hand held GPS is the way to go. On my Magellan, when you get to the boat ramp press MARK, it will store that in the memory as a land mark,If the is the first mark,it will be entered as land mark 1, when you get ready to go back to the ramp at night you cant see press goto and will put up the land marks enter land mark 1 and the GPS will point to the boat ramp. same way with a truck if hunting.

[MNwiskers21]

Hello,

Yes you can get a GPS for under 150 bucks. I have a small hand held garmen GPS that I absolutely love, it has all the features that you need. This GPS you can get for around a 100 dollors. Some places sell them for cheaper then others, I bought mine from cabelas for really cheep 89 bucks. I recomend you looking on e-bay, I almost garentee you that you can get an amazing deal.

Take Care!

Sincerely, Kevin

[silver_dollar]

Can somebody give me a make and model number of a good unit to buy?

Thanks, Harland

[TopSgtLawrence]

Harland here you go: magellan explorist 100=$99.99,lowrence ifinder Go2=$99.00, cobera 100=$89.99, garmin 72=$149.99 garmin etrex=$99.99

[brad kilpatrick]

I would look into a Garmin unit. I've seen and used others and like the Garmin's the best. Check ebay I'm sure you can get a great unit for $100-$150. I know a lot of people like the etrex models and they are resonably priced

[bigsammy]

I use a Garmin 72 and have no complaints.Its showed me the way back to the boat ramp when the fogs rolled in on many occaisions.I can follow it the exact way I went or take a short cut or two.Do your homework before you buy.Use the search and you'll find lots of info:cool:

[silver_dollar]

I thank everyone for the input!!

Wolfman, I will look into that Meridian Gold and will buy it if I can find it. A lot of the discontinued units have been replaced by higher dollar stuff.

I really cant justify over 200 dollars for a play pretty right now! Wifey would go nuts! LOL!

Thanks to all again! Harland:)

[TopSgtLawrence]

The one on the left is the older one. I will probaly be donated to the B.O.C. as a star giveaway. The one on the right is my new one latest model. I got for christmas.

[TopSgtLawrence]

Brian, here is the Gps

[barbaros]

Hello,
I agree with wolfman,
If you prefer a better unit to have; try to get a colored model. They are affordable and very easy to handle.

BR from Turkiye,
Serdar

[RT1]

i just bought my first gps last nite its a garmin etrex got it from wallymart for 99 bucks ,its not to bad a unit so far,iv'e so far manually added my first way point to a fishing holes i located ,with the use of mapcard and some bathymetric maps of the lake and jumped in my truck and it took me to ecactly were i was looking at on the map.i might add the one i got from wallyworld didnt come with any accesories just the lanyard,i half to order online the pc cable to hook it to my pc ,so ican be updated and you can put in gps cordinates ..good luck

[duxsrus]

I have an Etrex Legend also and it's been the best gps I've had yet. It's very easy to use.