Geocaching

written by FickFam on Sunday, August 15, 2010:

we inherited this GPSr for entry level GC'ing. We had some problems early on our first 2 cache hunts. I have since discovered 2 essential menu options that must be on. You must have 'pinning' enabled in order to eliminate jumping.

written by KilllerBee on Wednesday, July 21, 2010:

Seems to be a bit more acurate than my Garmin eTrex H but time will tell. It certainly has a ton more features plus a base map.

written by toolman990 on Monday, June 07, 2010:

First GPS.

written by Us-Peoples on Sunday, May 30, 2010:

good overall, bulky but clear and nice to have. hower -1 star because its jumpy.

written by MastahMatt on Wednesday, May 26, 2010:

My first GPSr for geocaching, I bought this one without doing a bit of research. The device was rather reliable for the most part, but compared to newer models it tended to drop signals too often for my taste. Whenever I walked near any kind of hill or rise, or if the tree cover was even slightly dense, I'd hear that annoying double tone letting me know I'd lost the signal. I did enjoy the large array of options, and I liked the simple but functional layout of the displays (by design when this device came out). Lock-on time was reasonable, and as long as I had some open terrain, the device always led me to the cache. It is durable, and waterproof. The very worst part of caching with this device was the battery life. 4 AA batteries last about 6 hours. I went through hundreds of batteries in 8 months with the GlobalMap 100. All-in-all, I don't have many regrets using it, but I wouldn't want to go back to it.