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MNMizzou
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Location: Maple Grove, MN
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 Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 11:32 pm Post subject: New Oregon Series |
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| I am not in the market for a new GPS at all, but the new Garmin 600 series looks pretty nice. Among the big things I noticed, brightest screen they've ever made, and the ability to hold 4 million caches. Yup that's what it said, 4 million. |
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AerosmithPA
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Joined: 19 Nov 2005
Posts: 526
Location: Grand Rapids
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| Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:38 am Post subject: |
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| All at the same time? That's about 3,999,880 better than my 400. |
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jicknarson
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Joined: 26 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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"Load All the Geocaches
No more picking, choosing and planning, just download them all. Oregon 600 can hold up to 4 million. Download every cache on OpenCaching.com. Load caches from GSAK. Or use your favorite program or website supporting GGZ files. All your paperless geocaching features will be there for every cache. Read full descriptions, hints and logs. View cache photos. Filter caches by size, terrain, difficulty and type. Connect to chirp-enabled caches. Record your logs in the field. Do it all."
Quick, somebody, anybody, post some cons!
(other than it can hold every cache on Opencaching.com)
This has just moved to the top of my wish list, and from what I see, the projected price is lower than what I paid when I bought the 550.
Time to start saving my pocket change. |
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AerosmithPA
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Location: Grand Rapids
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| Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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| jicknarson wrote: |
| Quick, somebody, anybody, post some cons! |
You still have to find the caches. |
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jicknarson
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Joined: 26 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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| AerosmithPA wrote: |
| jicknarson wrote: |
| Quick, somebody, anybody, post some cons! |
You still have to find the caches. |
Huh? It can hold 4 million, but can't find em?
Guess I'll wait for the 700.... |
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Grey Wolf and Wild Rice
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Joined: 31 May 2005
Posts: 341
Location: White Bear Township
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| Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| There are 2,007,273 active geocaches and over 5 million geocachers worldwide. |
It's going to take a while to fill it up.  |
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dornole
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Joined: 03 Apr 2006
Posts: 353
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| Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 5:28 am Post subject: |
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| So unless you update it a lot ... You will still be missing caches and also looking for disabled or archived ones. Vs phone caching with a live connection. But with no monthly fee though you could do a lot of updating. |
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tonkaMN
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Joined: 10 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:41 am Post subject: |
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| It holds 2000 times as many caches as my Oregon 550 and cost considerably less. What's the downside? can you only load opencaching caches? |
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RudeRat
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Joined: 09 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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| jicknarson wrote: |
"Quick, somebody, anybody, post some cons!
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It only comes in grey with yellow trim which will seriously limit your geocaching wardrobe.
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Ahhhhhhhh, the power of cheese! |
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tonkaMN
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| Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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| RudeRat wrote: |
| jicknarson wrote: |
"Quick, somebody, anybody, post some cons!
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It only comes in grey with yellow trim which will seriously limit your geocaching wardrobe. |
At least it isn't green and yellow. I couldn't buy it if those were the colors. |
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timewellspent
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Joined: 19 Mar 2008
Posts: 659
Location: Chanhassen, MN
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| Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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| tonkaMN wrote: |
| RudeRat wrote: |
| jicknarson wrote: |
"Quick, somebody, anybody, post some cons!
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It only comes in grey with yellow trim which will seriously limit your geocaching wardrobe. |
At least it isn't green and yellow. I couldn't buy it if those were the colors. |
Did you see what he did there Willis?  |
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RudeRat
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Joined: 09 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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| timewellspent wrote: |
| tonkaMN wrote: |
| RudeRat wrote: |
| jicknarson wrote: |
"Quick, somebody, anybody, post some cons!
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It only comes in grey with yellow trim which will seriously limit your geocaching wardrobe. |
At least it isn't green and yellow. I couldn't buy it if those were the colors. |
Did you see what he did there Willis? |
He probably wouldn't go for this either:
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tonkaMN
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| Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't mind cheese on a burger, but not as a hat. |
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seamusbleu
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It uses a rechargeable (through the mini usb port) lithium battery pack. It also can use 3 AA batteries. Positive or negative, depending how you look at it.
Reviews I've seen are generally pretty good. Seems ok to me. Anyone want to buy my Dakota 20?  |
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jicknarson
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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| RudeRat wrote: |
| jicknarson wrote: |
"Quick, somebody, anybody, post some cons!
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It only comes in grey with yellow trim which will seriously limit your geocaching wardrobe. |
No problem. I'm ready.
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