
Great GPS / Forest Toy
Review created: 05/24/09(updated 05/29/09)

Cliffs notes:
If you want the newest, smallest, most high tech up-to-date expensive GPS out there, look elsewhere. If you like something usable, low priced, with a big screen...read on.
Detailed Review:
This is my 2nd one. My Favorite GPS I've owned. Was excited to find another as they've mostly been discontinued.
I love the Lowrance series of GPSes...very user friendly and easy to use.
They may not be the "top of the line" "well known" or "highly sought after" gpses, but they do the job well.
I use mine for hiking and geocaching, occasionally biking. I use them a lot and am pretty hard on them and have used 3 Lowrances, 2 Magellans, and a Garmin in the past, so this is what I'm comparing to.
Best things about it: Price, AA batteries, larger screen size (I think some compact units are too compact), durable buttons (the center rotary pushy knobs on the old Magellans were prone to breakage), downloadable waypoints through an SD card, and the MP3 thing is a nice touch.
The biggest downfall I've seen is durability. They are durable and for outdoor use, don't get me wrong...but their face plates scratch after repeatedly being thrown in a backpack full of rocks collected on a hike and after the 28th time they're dropped on hard concrete, their screen might give out and then they're broke forever. Not bad, but could be better.
Oh, and the funky earphone jack. That should've been standardized so you don't have to use their earphones. Honestly, you think you'll use the MP3 part, but you won't do it often.
Anyway, for under $100, an excellent GPS...if you can still find one anyhow ;-)
Review ID: 10000000012131831

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