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duckdown
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Joined: Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:53 pm Posts: 533 Location: North East Texas
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 Handheld gps please help
I want to know what is the best and the easyest to use so please help me on this thanks
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POKER1
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:02 pm Posts: 6243 Location: Bossier City
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
What brand / model is it?
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Joe M
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:24 pm Posts: 1025 Location: Tyler, TX
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
look inside the box, there should be a bound collection of pages numerically indexed, read thouroughly starting at page one untill complete.
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duckdown
MMT Addict
Joined: Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:53 pm Posts: 533 Location: North East Texas
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
Lowrance sent back cover was broke
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autogateman
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Joined: Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:32 pm Posts: 4036 Location: Gonzales La
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
ive had a bunch of different ones, i just got a Delorme Earthmate and its the best one ive had
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duckdown
MMT Addict
Joined: Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:53 pm Posts: 533 Location: North East Texas
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
I just want one easy to use and is cheap to put lake maps on
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shallow water master
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:27 pm Posts: 1803 Location: Belle Chasse La.
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
Lowrance h2o
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Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:58 am |
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DuckHunterF250
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:32 pm Posts: 1801 Location: atlanta texas
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
Garmin 60csx. Pretty easy to use and pretty descent maps
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da go get'er
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:30 am Posts: 3406 Location: Prairieville
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
I use both Lowrance (personal) and Garmin handhelds (work). I originally bought the lowrance so that I can use if I'm not fishing out of my boat (which has lowrance head units in it) and save the wayponits to the sd card which can be transfered to the units in my boat. I find the H2O is more userfrienly IMO because you can make a route on the handheld where as with Gamin 60CSX you have to make a route on the computer then transfer it to the gps. The Gamin is pretty neat in that you can save the trail you made and when returning to the computer you can upload your trail to google earth and see where you went in satelite imagery. I find the H2O takes a little longer to lock in on the satelites where as the Garmin is realitively quick. As far as mapping I prefer mapcreate for running the marsh and coastal areas which is only supported by Lowrance I think? Garmin uses mapsource which aint bad but its not as good mapcreate. If your putting just lake maps on it I think but will support the major mapping software like hotmaps and navionics but double check me on that.
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gatorkiller67
MMT Member
Joined: Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:40 am Posts: 8 Location: Franklin, Louisiana
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
Lowrance h2o or hunt easiest. Don't buy bushnell
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Mon Dec 27, 2010 2:46 pm |
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cb5331
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Joined: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:10 pm Posts: 16915 Location: Rowlett, TX
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
I've heard the delorme is badazz, but never used one. I have an H2O, works great for me. I don't do a whole lot on the computer with it. Just use it to mark trails through the stump fields...
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Mon Dec 27, 2010 5:00 pm |
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Esh
MMT Member
Joined: Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:53 pm Posts: 36 Location: Beale AFB
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
I use a garmin oregon. Touch screen, pretty easy to use. Still works covered in water and fish slime. Eats batteries though.
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Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:45 pm |
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muddawgchuck
MMT F.E.
Joined: Fri Oct 01, 2010 9:22 pm Posts: 959 Location: Spurger Tx.
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
I was wondering about GPS as well. I am gonna look hard at the lowrance h20 all i have now is a compass so anything will be an improvement lol.
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Tue Dec 28, 2010 8:12 pm |
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duckdown
MMT Addict
Joined: Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:53 pm Posts: 533 Location: North East Texas
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
They don't have the Lowrance h2o they don't make it any more
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Tue Dec 28, 2010 8:34 pm |
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muddawgchuck
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Joined: Fri Oct 01, 2010 9:22 pm Posts: 959 Location: Spurger Tx.
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
Found a few on ebay refurbished
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Chico80x
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Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:55 am Posts: 743 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
I have a Garmin Oregon 200 and I like it. Pretty much all GPS's are the same as far as functioning goes. Once you learn to use one, you learned them all.
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DeathMetalDukk
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:50 pm Posts: 3777 Location: Knotts Island, North Carolina.
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
Had a Magellan Explorer, something hit it and broke the screen, it was a very simple gps, nothing fancy, just what you need pretty much. Just got a Garmin Etrex for xmas, I'll let you know how it works.
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shallow water master
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:27 pm Posts: 1803 Location: Belle Chasse La.
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50fps
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:42 pm Posts: 2377 Location: West Coast Wisconsin
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
Garmin 78
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Fri Dec 31, 2010 1:18 pm |
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muddawgchuck
MMT F.E.
Joined: Fri Oct 01, 2010 9:22 pm Posts: 959 Location: Spurger Tx.
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
Ended up going with a DeLORME PN-60 and they are on sale right now at best buy online.
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Cattail cruncher
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Joined: Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:16 am Posts: 35
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
DeLorme best software around!
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muddawgchuck
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Joined: Fri Oct 01, 2010 9:22 pm Posts: 959 Location: Spurger Tx.
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
it still hasnt came in i think ups lost it
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meterman3
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Joined: Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:25 pm Posts: 1407
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 Re: Handheld gps please help
ups lost it ? maybe they should have turned it on lol
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POKER1
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:02 pm Posts: 6243 Location: Bossier City
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muddawgchuck
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Joined: Fri Oct 01, 2010 9:22 pm Posts: 959 Location: Spurger Tx.
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Yeah i tracked it and it should have been here thursday and it didnt show up then the tracking changed and said it was out for delivery friday. It never showed up friday either so i tracked it again and it said it was in Hogkings Il. lol now they saying its back in Houston so maybe it will get here sometime this week. 
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muddawgchuck
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Joined: Fri Oct 01, 2010 9:22 pm Posts: 959 Location: Spurger Tx.
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