What is the best handheld GPS around $300 for hunting and fishing?
February 3, 2010 by GPS Answers
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Looking for a good handheld GPS.Don’t know if I should go with the Lowrance Ifish or Ihunt or Garmin GPSMAP 60CSX.Any info appreciated.
Pay me $300 and I’ll tell you then give you my gps for free.
Lowrance more bells and whistles for your money-$300.00
The lowrance I fish h2o . I`ve owned one for 3 years and never had a problem.Garmin is for the once a month man the Lowrance is for the weekend warrior.
Garmin vs lowrance I have a buddy that has a Garmin E Trax the Garmin is simple but the lowrance is faster and more accurate. by almost it seems 2-3 yards. this is a big difference if you are ice fishing before daybreak and want to find your honey hole from the day before in a blinding snow storm. Or when its 1 hr. before daybreak and you want to sneak to your tree stand with out a light un detected Can mount it on your boat ,your car, your snowmobile , and 4 wheeler.Ram mounts makes the mounts and brackets.They come preloaded with a standard map also I bought a chip and added hot maps platinum to it and most lakes i fish I get 1 ft. contours.cam, also you can load topo on them. You can get more detailed maps for lowrance.
lowrance is a very good company ,been around for a longer time than most. Their service is good. Find all this at http://www.cabela`s.com or http://www.basspro.com.
Great Question
Hope this helps ya.
I would recommend a Garmin eTrex. I use the Vista but one of the cheaper models from the same line would work well. Add the Garmin Topo maps and you have a very useful tool that fits easily in your pocket. I also use mine for geocaching and other off-highway applications. I added the MetroGuide maps and it is a decent highway GPS as well.
Bert
If you research the internet, you will find that users prefer the Garmin over any other brand by a wide margin.Extremely user friendly!
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