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jambro · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 1:00 am Post subject: Garmin vs. Magellan vs. Lowrance

Yeah, well, Garmin, good luck with that! Guess I'll have to go move my caches around, make them EXTRA hard for you mister! Heh...

Magellans rule!

edited by dachebo on 2/13/06 to change subject name to include 3rd brand name.
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celticwulf · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:14 am Post subject:

Jambro, you move them like 30' according to your Magellen and they'll be closer to the real GPS coordinates Wink

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jambro · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:40 pm Post subject:

TheGilby4 · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:21 pm Post subject:

celticwulf · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:43 pm Post subject:

Grey Wolf and Wild Rice · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:28 am Post subject:

At least we Magellan users never have to wite in our logs "Poor sat reception due to tree cover" or "Couldn't get a good reading due to cloud cover(?)".

Go Jambro!

Marsha and Silent Bob · Past MnGCA President Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 6261

Only the silly non-color e-Trex users have that problem. The new antennas make the newer Garmin units work just as well.
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former hawkeye · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:01 am Post subject:

My geo buddy has a magellan and I have a garmin and there are things we have in common that results in DNF's

1. Muggles got it (what worst is to drive out of your way for a this type of DNF).
2. Cache over 60 feet from posted coordinates. Anything less-I hope to find.
3. Buried in snow-that why I say-Is it spring yet?! Laughing

(I got a list just waiting for the thaw in the "tundra").
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HugoBear · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:52 pm Post subject:

After buying the Lowrance you'll still have gas money left over to go find the cache...
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nature_nerd · edited by dachebo on 2/13/06 to change subject name to include 3rd brand name.

HugoBear · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 3:48 pm Post subject:

FWIW...

I called Lowrance tech support with a problem I had wit ha card reader I bought. I quickly described the problem to the person, then he started in with the name, phone number, address speech. I got through that and he simply said the new part would be there in 2- 3 days. No returns, no hassles, no anything. I was stunned. "That's what we do." is all he said to me before saying goodbye.

Very impressed.

Does Gargellan do that?
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jambro · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 3:50 pm Post subject:

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jambro · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:07 pm Post subject:

Dances With Beehives · Geocacher Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 671 Location: Chaska

On a recent trip, a friend of mine had a Magellan, and he’d left it in his car....he was sort of worried, because it wasn’t the best neighborhood. We weren’t in the store long, because I knew he was concerned. Sure enough, when we got back to the car, they had somehow broke in, and now instead of one, there were three Magellans in there. Sheesh! Sad

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