Thread: Gps- What's everyone using and why

Looking at getting a gps for hunting, navigation, plotting spots ect ect, what's everyone use and recommend and why?

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Tian


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a bloody old magellan, never failed me yet. set home point and it will return me everytime. unfortunately it got dropped awhile back and is quite pixelated but still works.

I went for the Garmin 650. Built in radio means I'm in touch w buddies when on a wallaby drive or whatever.

Plus I like the touch screen and that I could load a map into it

Garmin GPS60csx, because it was cheap, its reliable, and it has snake game on it

My phone. Just as useful as the above and has better maps.

Originally Posted by Wildman

My phone. Just as useful as the above and has better maps.

+1 Galaxy S6. Get reception (gps) everywhere I did on my Rino.

Garmin 62s from cabelas on sale
Just loaded nz topo 50 on the iPhone for $5.99, have a play with that tomorrow.

Originally Posted by Kooza

Garmin 62s from cabelas on sale
Just loaded nz topo 50 on the iPhone for $5.99, have a play with that tomorrow.

Interesting let me know how you get on as I've a trip back here me planned in two years and don't really want the cost of a gps on top of travel etc. I'm old school and use compass/watch mostly anyway.

Garmin Dakota.
I can program it with tracks, routes, and boundaries either DOC or private stations. I loaded NZGPS freemaps on it and it can be used with a profile for offroad and a separate profile for onroad and effectively a navi.

Despite my user name I tend to memorise a map and go with a copy of the map in my bag as a backup along with a compass. I tend to navigate by time and the lay of the land using a few landmarks on the way. Quite handy that I can convert the contour lines on a map to a 3D image in my head to triangulate peaks and get a reasonable fix of where I am.

I'll often take a GPS but really only use it as a gadget to keep me occupied in camp.

Ive got an old model Magellan 310 upgraded that i sometimes carry but really im a compass and map kind of guy.

The thing I like about the likes of the Garmin units is they are more than just a gps, allow you to plot routes and record routes, altimeter, barometer is great and I pretty much have the knack of predicting weather by monitoring trends using it. Plus snake game, you can not underestimate the importance of snake game on those rainy tent bound days. Plus you look badass when you have a gps hanging around your neck, anyone who sees you would know straight away this guy is rugged and manly as they come and he means business, use a phone and all the good looking trampers you come across instantly think you're just some yuppy that got lost on his way to a meeting

Originally Posted by Wildman

My phone. Just as useful as the above and has better maps.

You'd be wrong on that in the areas that many of us hunt in. Zero cellphone reception, esp in gullies/thick bush.
Nice for checking mail/ keeping in touch -IF- there is a signal but it's never a reliable navigation tool for many of us.

The gps in cellphones doesn't need cell reception to work. It uses the same satellites the normal gps uses.

Originally Posted by stug

The gps in cellphones doesn't need cell reception to work. It uses the same satellites the normal gps uses.

They're not as reliable or accurate as a proper gps though as the receivers in them are designed to work in an open environment. We walked back down to camp off a ridge on Price range near whataroa a while back after it clouded in really heavily, camp was on a tussocky terrace so no real features to recognise to let you know where you were, you literally could only see about 6 or 7 meters in front of you, my gps led me straight to camp and the bloke that was hunting with me used his phone and ended up about 60 or 70 meters away yelling out to me to find where camp was