Manitoba Geocaching Association

ertyu · Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 547 Location: Winnipeg

Magellen Meridian Platinum's have been spotted at Walmart on clearance for $180.

Pretty good deal on an older top of the line model.

Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV)

grnbrg · Posted: Apr 16, 2006 4:00 pm Post subject: RE: GPSr Deal

ertyu wrote:
Magellen Meridian Platinum's have been spotted at Walmart on clearance for $180.

Pretty good deal on an older top of the line model.

I recently picked up a new unit from GPS Central in Calgary. They've got some nice stuff as well. For $200.00, picked up a Lowrance iFinder M+M, which has WAAS, builtin and upgradeable maps, 1000 waypoints, 99 user trails of up to 10,000 points, external antenna jack and a 240 by 180 pixel 4 grey lcd display. It accepts SD memory cards up to 1GB in capacity, runs on 2 AA batts, and comes with a car power adapter.

And it plays MP3s.

Also available is the Lowrance iFinder H20 which is pretty much the same unit, minus the music for $179.

I was very impressed with GPS Central -- I placed the order at around 7:30pm, and had an email back from a real person in less than 5 minutes, and had the package in my mailbox in less than 2 days.

The Lowrance seems like a nice unit -- quick to get a lock, and a nice, easy to read display, easy to navigate (if a bit too extensive) menus. My only issue is it's size, as I'm used to a tiny Geko. But it's comparable to most other GPSrs I've seen.

grnbrg

winnipegk5 · Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Posts: 49 Location: Manitoba

GPS Central is awesome. I have ordered items from them and with regular shipping have received them the next day. I have also stopped by to the store in Calgary and they are great people. Highly recommened.

ertyu · Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 547 Location: Winnipeg

TheSource has the Garmin GPSMAP60c for $250 in store.

http://www.thesourcecc.com/estore/Product.aspx?language=en-CA&catalog=Online&
category=GPS&product=1917012

In the city it looks like the Polo Park store has 1.

TheStuntman · Guest

WOW That's amazing Only half price.

ertyu · Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 547 Location: Winnipeg

Heard on the radio SIR (pretty sure it was them) has the Lowrance iFinder for $89

grnbrg · Posted: Apr 22, 2006 12:25 am Post subject: RE: GPSr Deal

ertyu wrote:

Heard on the radio SIR (pretty sure it was them) has the Lowrance iFinder for $89

Note that the iFinder GO and GO2 have no easy way to load waypoints into them.

They have a serial port that allows them to send NMEA packets to map plotting software, but that's it*.

I'm really liking my iFinder M+M, BTW.

But if you're looking for a GPSr for caching, ignore the GO models. The H20 or the M+M is a much better choice.

grnbrg

ertyu · Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 547 Location: Winnipeg

Tigerdirect has the Magellan eXplorist 200 for ~$85 (after Magellan rebate - which is valid on all explorist's)

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?
EdpNo=1133351&CatId=0

grnbrg · Posted: May 19, 2006 4:19 pm Post subject: RE: GPSr Deal

Note that the Explorist 200 has no PC interface ability. This considerably limits it's usefulness in caching.

YMMV.

grnbrg

ertyu · Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 547 Location: Winnipeg

Noted. Don't take any of these postings as my recommendation. I just post the deals as I spot them. Compare the units for yourself.

dani_carriere · Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 478 Location: Winnipeg

YMMV?

ertyu · Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 547 Location: Winnipeg

dani_carriere wrote:

YMMV?

Scroll back to the first post....Your Mileage May Vary

TurdleEggs · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Posts: 685 Location: Ste Genevieve

Magellan Explorist 100 - $99 London Drugs

May 30 - June 11

ertyu · Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 547 Location: Winnipeg

Even better, tigerdirect.ca has the explorist 200 for $105 less a $30 rebate.

dani_carriere · Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 478 Location: Winnipeg

Hi all!

I have a question about the eXplorist handhelds. It says that they're "non-mapping", yet each picture shows their screen with a map. Does this mean that you cannot download maps to them? Also, is it possible to download waypoints to them? (couldn't find the info at GPSCity)

Inquiring minds want to know.