Posted: 4/21/2011 4:26:27 AM EDT
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Looking for a handheld Garmin that might be used as a supplemental tool overseas. Must have MGRS. Does not have to be advanced and complicated.
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Quoted: Thanks, all. Quoted: Etrex legend. It will display coordinates in MGRS and is the most bang for your buck, period. You can pick them up under $100 if you shop around. Are you referring to the Legend HCx for <$100? Yes. It's the simplest, non color, basic GPS that Garmin makes. It will however do everything you need it to, and if it gets confiscated by the @#^ Navy customs guys in Kuwait (make sure you wipe all the waypoints before you leave) or if it gets lost or broken you'll be out less $$. You aren't going to need turn by turn voice directions, or color maps, the monochrome topo maps you can find online for any garmin work fine with the legends. |
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Etrex legend. It will display coordinates in MGRS and is the most bang for your buck, period. You can pick them up under $100 if you shop around. Are you referring to the Legend HCx for <$100? Yes. It's the simplest, non color, basic GPS that Garmin makes. It will however do everything you need it to, and if it gets confiscated by the @#^ Navy customs guys in Kuwait (make sure you wipe all the waypoints before you leave) or if it gets lost or broken you'll be out less $$. You aren't going to need turn by turn voice directions, or color maps, the monochrome topo maps you can find online for any garmin work fine with the legends. Actually, it's not for me. I'm getting it for my brother. From previous trips in that region, I don't recall anyone asking/searching for GPSs. Do they confiscate them or just ask that data is removed? |
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Etrex legend. It will display coordinates in MGRS and is the most bang for your buck, period. You can pick them up under $100 if you shop around. Are you referring to the Legend HCx for <$100? That model typically sells for ~$175. Yep, Amazon has it for $171. Chairborne is referring to the non-color one. |
Does color really matter on a topo map?  Here you go:http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=etrex+legend&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hl=en&cid=10942964056527823093&os=sellers# |
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Does color really matter on a topo map? Here you go:
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=etrex+legend&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hl=en&cid=10942964056527823093&os=sellers# Thanks. Do you know if the base map is US or North America only? BTW, color is not a deal maker or breaker, but the color one offer 25-hour battery life v. the non-color's 18-hour. |