wal-mart.com has the garmin etrex vista c for about $280 shipped. That's a good price I think.

Quote from: porsche4786wal-mart.com has the garmin etrex vista c for about $280 shipped. That's a good price I think.

Circuit City lists the eTrex for $89.99 (base model, no maps)

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Garmin-eTrex-Handheld-GPS-Receiver-eTrex-/sem/rpsm/oid/37482/catOid/-13099/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

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The one downside is that, although it can do cross-country trips, it can only store 10 pre-set waypoints, which is kind of a pain if you are trying to plan a good twisty route from point A to Point B.

I don't understand how pda or standalone gps work but after 10 pre-set waypoints.. can you plot another 10 routes by inputing directly to axim? without the use of computer?  it is just time consuming, right?

i just set a bunch of favorites (waypoints). then, call upon them as you need them.

Anybody have the etrex vista or vista C? They seem like they are the best deal and they have a color screen.

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Quote from: porsche4786wal-mart.com has the garmin etrex vista c for about $280 shipped. That's a good price I think.

Circuit City lists the eTrex for $89.99 (base model, no maps)

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Garmin-eTrex-Handheld-GPS-Receiver-eTrex-/sem/rpsm/oid/37482/catOid/-13099/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

I have the Garmin Quest.  I bought it and a Ram mound that is powered from the bike for about $400 total.  I love this thing.  Good color screen, auto re re-routing, trip planning and more.  It came with the North America base map installed and the CD fro the detail map for the entirety of North America.

Quote from: etamI don't understand how pda or standalone gps work but after 10 pre-set waypoints.. can you plot another 10 routes by inputing directly to axim? without the use of computer?  it is just time consuming, right?

Yes, you can always input new waypoints or destinations directly on the PDA.   What I meant is that for any one "trip," you can only have 10 waypoints.

Quote from: JMyrick on August 04, 2005, 03:34:42 PM
..... I have a Garmin eTrex Legend and I use it all the time on and off the bike whats also cool is they sell a bike kit for it and it mounts on the handlebars I have mine on the left side of the bike if you want some pics let me know ill post some. Its great for checking the speedo and comes with a pretty good map installed but you can also get more maps plus its waterproof
http://www.garmin.com/products/etrexLegend/index.jsp

Joe

+1. I just bought the eTrex Legend as well, and played around with it for a couple of hours and took it on a ride out of town this weekend. For what I bought it for, and it's price, it does very well. I paid like $125 on eBay for mine, brand new. I still have to order the handlebar mounting kit, but this weekend I just had it in the map section of my tank bag and could see through and used it that way - worked fine.

My favorite features of the eTrex Legend:

-Affordable. To my knowledge, there are 3 eTrex's; the Venture, Legend, and Vista. The Venture has a few less features, and the Vista has a few more. The Legend is a nice middle of the road product for those that do not need the full features, but more than just the bare minumum 

-Easy to use and easy to see. Go to the main menu, click find, and you can find your way to just about anywhere easily. The speedometer/trip meter is also helpful (especially on the GS..) and is easy enough to see when you just glance down at it for a split second while riding. You can even see when the nearest exit is, when it is, and a basic idea of whats there. You can also find your way back using waypoints and saved tracks (make a popcorn trail).

- It is said to be water proof for up to 30 minutes, and has a nice case design.

- There is a mounting kit available to fit our bikes, as well as a dashboard kit so you can use it in the car too.

- It has built in maps and you can buy a CD with even more maps and it will connect to your computer and download them to it. Not all GPS's will do this; like the Venture. This is why I bought the legend instead of the venture.

I just figured I'd share my input. I just wanted something affordable with a couple of cool features to take along with me on rides, nothing serious. This does very well and I am happy with it, personally. 

Back to wanting a gps again... But am kinda confused. For like the garmin etrex vista c how much can you put on it? Fit one state? Or just parts? My dad just bought a gps for the truck that hass a map of the whole us on it with very detailed street maps, which is very handy.

Quote from: porsche4786 on May 11, 2006, 11:32:28 AM
Back to wanting a gps again... But am kinda confused. For like the garmin etrex vista c how much can you put on it? Fit one state? Or just parts? My dad just bought a gps for the truck that hass a map of the whole us on it with very detailed street maps, which is very handy.

I have a vista c, i bought it before the vista cx came out, which has a expandible memory slot.  You can upgrade the memory in the new cx which would be very handy.  The plain C like I have, has 24 mb of memory, which is about enough to get the whole state in topo maps, or about 2/3rds the state in road maps (i'm talking about my home state of Alabama, not a big state like Texas) or a combination of both.  The topo maps have the roads on them, they are just not named.  I bought the road maps before the topos, but if I had to do it again I would have skipped the road maps and went straight for the topos.

Even tho you can only load 1 state or so at a time, the base map of the whole US remains on the gps at all times, so you don't loose that.  You can also load maps to follow a certian route across several states, you just have to load a new map set everytime you take a long trip. 

I have written a couple of reviews on the vista c here, a search will turn them up i'm sure.

Edit... here is one of my reviews.  http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=22184.0

I forgot about the CX, that would probably be the way to go.