<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I just got an Oregon 450 which works very very well compared to my old Magellan unit. It isn't cheap though. I would just say don't buy a Magellan gps, they have terrible support, and their gps unit firmware is buggy and you get bad battery life. Bottom line: stay away from Magellan!!<br>
<br>Russell</div><div><br>On 2010-06-14, at 13:28, Gregory <<a href="mailto:nomoregrapes@googlemail.com">nomoregrapes@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>A lot of OSM-ers love the Garmin Etrex Legend HCx. It's got everything you want for a good price. Cheaper and you tend to start losing a lot for not that much money saving, more expensive and your jumping up to things like touch screen and latest/fashionable plastic case. The Legend is also so durable for the odd accidental drop.<div>
I generally agree with what is said in this review, and it breaks down Garmin's naming convention <a href="http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/gps-recommendations/"><a href="http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/gps-recommendations/">http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/gps-recommendations/</a></a></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/gps-recommendations/"></a>You tend to save by buying online, somewhere like amazon, than buying in the shop (although that might not be so much in North America).<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 14 June 2010 19:46, Richard Weait <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richard@weait.com"><a href="mailto:richard@weait.com">richard@weait.com</a></a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 2:38 PM, john whelan <<a href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com">jwhelan0112@gmail.com</a></a>> wrote:<br>
> I run a Garmin etrex legend HCx which gives 3 meter accuracy which I think<br>
> is reasonable for a GPS unit. Mine came from MEC they have a web site at<br>
> <a href="http://www.mec.ca" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.mec.ca">www.mec.ca</a></a> and are reasonably priced.<br>
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</div>Hmm. Their site is down now. Must be all the OSMers going for GPSes.<br>
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They have a store in Toronto on King Street, near Peter Street.<br>
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