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GPS cont’d

Apparently the readership of my small niche of the web has no interest in GPS at all, because I received zero replies after my recent inquiry. Oh well, I don’t mind, really.

So today I went on a GPS unit foray with the intent of getting an eTrex Summit, which costs about EUR 220 in Germany, but came back home with something significantly better for a smaller price:

At their fantastic Cologne store Globetrotter is currently selling out their stock of eTrex Vista units which normally cost EUR 429 for EUR 199, because apparently Garmin is about to release a new model or something like that in the next weeks. This means that one gets the Vista unit which has all features of Summit plus basemap support (which I don’t really, but this doesn’t matter) for 20 bucks less. Pretty cool price. Pretty cool toy.

GPS

Dear lazyweb,

I’m considering to get myself a GPS unit, but I am not really sure what to buy. Looking around it seems that most shops (in Germany) offer Garmin products and I currently think I’ll go for one of their models, most likely one from the eTrex family.

eTrex Summit has this nifty compass/barometic altimeter thing and comes at a reasonable price, while eTrex Legend is even cheaper and unlike Summit supports street maps. I will most likely only use the unit off-road, so map support is not critical for me.

As a result I’m leaning towards the Summit model at the moment, but if someone suggests something better or has bad things to tell about eTrex/Garmin/Summit, I’ll certainly reconsider. Let me know if you have anything to say.