03-18-2003, 01:42 PM
I am personally fairly new to using GPS. However, from the research I did before buying one, I ended up going with Garmin. The Magellan units are probably just as good, but it seemed that Garmin had a far larger selection of mapping software to choose from. Also, the customer support people were very helpful in outlining some of the differences between their software.
I ended up going with the new Garmin Rino 120. This one has 8MB memory but it also comes with a built in FRS and GMRS radio that you can use with your Motorola TalkAbout radios...a big bonus to me. In fact, if you have 2 Rino units and use them to talk back and forth it will send the GPS coordinates from one to the other and will map where the other person is. There are also a lot of other really cool features with this unit.
If you do decide to check out the Rinos, spend the extra $$$ and go with the 120. The 110 only has 1MB of memory and you cannot download maps onto it. It will plot a path and save waypoints, but it does not use actual maps.
Anyway, that is what I ended up with and I really love it.
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I ended up going with the new Garmin Rino 120. This one has 8MB memory but it also comes with a built in FRS and GMRS radio that you can use with your Motorola TalkAbout radios...a big bonus to me. In fact, if you have 2 Rino units and use them to talk back and forth it will send the GPS coordinates from one to the other and will map where the other person is. There are also a lot of other really cool features with this unit.
If you do decide to check out the Rinos, spend the extra $$$ and go with the 120. The 110 only has 1MB of memory and you cannot download maps onto it. It will plot a path and save waypoints, but it does not use actual maps.
Anyway, that is what I ended up with and I really love it.
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