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nieuwendyk-25 · 05-16-2007, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by KevinInSac

The last two guys mentioned hand held units that you can load maps onto. They are not designed for road navigation ie: turn by turn guidance. They are going to be much better for off highway use though, as you can pinpoint your exact location and go there (and also make various waypoints). You can even load topo maps onto the handhelds.

This is actually not true. I have a Magellan Meridian color that is handheld for hiking...can load topos on to it, and it mounts in the vehicle and does turn-by-turn guidance. Mine is several years old, but Magellan has several models that do this. It is an all around awesome GPS if you want to just have one.

I keep my maps on SD cards, so if I want to switch to TOPOS, I just change the card and load the map. The only negative to my particular one is the color screen...you have to use lithium batteries because it has to stay backlit to see the screen. When I bought mine there were 4 Magellan models that would do Turn-by-turn navigation and were hand helds.

I have a Magellan road mate that belongs to my Dad, but he has navigation in his car now, so he lets me use it whenever I want. It is cool, because of the bigger screen, but the menus can be confusing (since I don't use it much, I keep getting stuck in this one part of the menu and can't get out).

Anyway if I could only have one, I would have a handheld that does turn-by-turn because I hike a lot, and I like to go GEOCACHING!

GARMIN AND MAGELLAN'S IN MY OPINION!