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ragnost
6th March 2009, 06:24 PM
HI to all, I am a total newbie never even used a GPS unit before but I'm thinking of buying a etrex Legend HCX what do people think of them are they a good first buy for someone on a budget any advice welcome (may not take it but it's welcome:D )

Bear and Ragged
6th March 2009, 10:39 PM
I have the old version of the Legend.
No complaints.
300 finds on the old yellow, 290+ on the Legend.

DrDick&Vick
7th March 2009, 08:27 PM
HI to all, I am a total newbie never even used a GPS unit before but I'm thinking of buying a etrex Legend HCX what do people think of them are they a good first buy for someone on a budget any advice welcome (may not take it but it's welcome:D )

I have the Legend HCx and combined with my PDA I have everything I need. The Legend is very quick to lock on and will hold the signal well under all conditions.
Get one and enjoy :socool:

ragnost
11th March 2009, 08:48 AM
Well it's been ordered just waiting for it to arrive

alflavor
12th September 2009, 08:54 AM
Very pleased with mine, new to GC'ing and have used it almost daily now for 2 weeks. Paid extra £ for the Garmin UK road maps which I find useful too.

Palujia
24th March 2010, 06:09 PM
Have just joined today !! have been looking on Amazon for a GPs and have more or less decided on the Etrex HCX - so you have asked my question for me !! Can you down load info from the Geocaching site locations on to an SD card and load ?? Am a complete novice - bought a Navigon Satnav recently as it said it would work on Map co-ordinates but it does not seem to ?? Hence the GPS enquiry

esim
28th March 2010, 11:35 AM
Hi,
There's a bit about how I use my eTrex on "Bit about how I load my Garmin Vista HCx (https://www.gagb.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=1711)".
Hope it's of use. :)

PS. might wanna look at "Garmin Rubber Problem (https://www.gagb.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=2302)" as well.

Palujia
1st April 2010, 12:07 AM
Thanks for advice - will follow - Noticed you are from Wilts - Do you have a local Org ?- we are from W Oxford (just over border from Swindon) and are casting about for a local organisation !
thanks again
Palujia :D

Palujia
1st April 2010, 12:09 AM
Hi,
There's a bit about how I use my eTrex on "Bit about how I load my Garmin Vista HCx (https://www.gagb.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=1711)".
Hope it's of use. :)

PS. might wanna look at "Garmin Rubber Problem (https://www.gagb.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=2302)" as well.
Cheers,
will take a look
Notice you are from Wilts - Do you have a local Org ?. We are from W Oxfordshire (Just over Border from Highworth) and are casting about for local followers of the Hobby !!
thanks again
Palujia

esim
1st April 2010, 10:30 AM
Not sure if there's an org, but there's certainly a lot of active cachers around here. Try looking for event caches, that's usually a good place to get to know the faces behind the log names you see.