Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Create Account now to join.
  • Login:

Welcome to the NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.

Alpine Ammo Direct


User Tag List

+ Reply to Thread
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 16
Like Tree14Likes

Thread: New gps

  1. #1
    Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2012
    Location
    Christchurch
    Posts
    4,606

    New gps

    Have a rino 650 which has been very good but had a rough life and is starting to have a glitch with the radio feature

    Rino 700 looks crap

    Rino 750 looks good but doesn't really offer much over the 650

    Garmin Inreach explorer looks good but very expensive monthly plans

    Can I use the Garmin explorer as a GPS/radio without the monthly account? It's a bit lighter than the rino

    Any hands on experience with the 750?
    Any other options?
    Cheers

  2. #2
    Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2013
    Location
    Whangarei
    Posts
    633
    I have a 750 and a 650, the 750 is better due to its larger screen apart from that no difference for what I use it for, as for the 700 why would you even bother a etrex 10 with a radio ? No update for maps, you can only assume they had a lot of 650 cases left over.

  3. #3
    Rabbit Herder StrikerNZ's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Location
    South Canterbury
    Posts
    1,913
    I believe Garmin NZ offer refurbished units for sale relatively cheap in exchange for damaged/faulty units of the same type. (can't just buy them, have to have one to trade-in)

    From memory, it was under $200 for a replacement 650.

    Could be worth a try, if you still like the 650 and don't need the upgrade?

  4. #4
    Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2012
    Location
    Christchurch
    Posts
    4,606
    Quote Originally Posted by StrikerNZ View Post
    I believe Garmin NZ offer refurbished units for sale relatively cheap in exchange for damaged/faulty units of the same type. (can't just buy them, have to have one to trade-in)

    From memory, it was under $200 for a replacement 650.

    Could be worth a try, if you still like the 650 and don't need the upgrade?
    Certainly the way I'm leaning. Surprised the technology hasn't improved further to be honest

  5. #5
    Member Rosco's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2018
    Location
    Palmerston North
    Posts
    48
    Quote Originally Posted by StrikerNZ View Post
    I believe Garmin NZ offer refurbished units for sale relatively cheap in exchange for damaged/faulty units of the same type. (can't just buy them, have to have one to trade-in)

    From memory, it was under $200 for a replacement 650.

    Could be worth a try, if you still like the 650 and don't need the upgrade?
    I think mine cost me $300 to replace when i had a broken screen a few years ago and i got to keep the battery so now have a spare. Tony from KiwiGPS is the man to contact.

  6. #6
    Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Location
    canterbury
    Posts
    1,644
    Give Garmin a ring

  7. #7
    Full of shit Ryan_Songhurst's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    South Island
    Posts
    10,312
    Dora The Explorer has better maps than the Inreach units...
    Name:  images (13).jpeg
Views: 390
Size:  16.4 KB
    outdoorlad, 199p, Savage1 and 3 others like this.
    270 is a harmonic divisor number[1]
    270 is the fourth number that is divisible by its average integer divisor[2]
    270 is a practical number, by the second definition
    The sum of the coprime counts for the first 29 integers is 270
    270 is a sparsely totient number, the largest integer with 72 as its totient
    Given 6 elements, there are 270 square permutations[3]
    10! has 270 divisors
    270 is the smallest positive integer that has divisors ending by digits 1, 2, …, 9.

  8. #8
    Ejected
    Join Date
    Dec 2012
    Location
    HBC, NORTH of Auckland
    Posts
    5,249
    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst View Post
    Dora The Explorer has better maps than the Inreach units...
    Attachment 85811
    Annnnnnd its stuck in my head again.

    BRIDGE, TREE, MOUNTAIN!!!
    BRIDGE, TREE, MOUNTAIN!!!
    Ryan_Songhurst likes this.

  9. #9
    Member Savage1's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Whangarei
    Posts
    3,492
    Quote Originally Posted by Nibblet View Post
    Annnnnnd its stuck in my head again.

    BRIDGE, TREE, MOUNTAIN!!!
    BRIDGE, TREE, MOUNTAIN!!!
    I'm the map, I'm the map, I'm the map, she's the map!
    WallyR and Ryan_Songhurst like this.

  10. #10
    Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2012
    Location
    Christchurch
    Posts
    4,606
    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst View Post
    Dora The Explorer has better maps than the Inreach units...
    Attachment 85811
    Inreach explorer + can take all the usual maps from what I've read

  11. #11
    Full of shit Ryan_Songhurst's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    South Island
    Posts
    10,312
    I would check on that, the Garmin Inreach (There is Garmin and delorme Inreach units) looks like a normal Garmin unit and they both take an sd card but the software untill now can't run the normal maps. My dad was just given a Garmin unit to try by SPOT NZ and they told him at the time don't expect much from the maps but they are in the process of developing better maps that they will run
    270 is a harmonic divisor number[1]
    270 is the fourth number that is divisible by its average integer divisor[2]
    270 is a practical number, by the second definition
    The sum of the coprime counts for the first 29 integers is 270
    270 is a sparsely totient number, the largest integer with 72 as its totient
    Given 6 elements, there are 270 square permutations[3]
    10! has 270 divisors
    270 is the smallest positive integer that has divisors ending by digits 1, 2, …, 9.

  12. #12
    Member stretch's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2014
    Location
    Clarks Beach, (South of) Auckland
    Posts
    1,738
    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst View Post
    Dora The Explorer has better maps than the Inreach units...
    Attachment 85811


    So glad my kids are past Dora.

  13. #13
    Full of shit Ryan_Songhurst's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    South Island
    Posts
    10,312
    My mrs cut her fringe straight across at one stage now we have a mate that calls her Dora the Explorer haha
    Savage1 and Dorkus like this.
    270 is a harmonic divisor number[1]
    270 is the fourth number that is divisible by its average integer divisor[2]
    270 is a practical number, by the second definition
    The sum of the coprime counts for the first 29 integers is 270
    270 is a sparsely totient number, the largest integer with 72 as its totient
    Given 6 elements, there are 270 square permutations[3]
    10! has 270 divisors
    270 is the smallest positive integer that has divisors ending by digits 1, 2, …, 9.

  14. #14
    Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2012
    Location
    Christchurch
    Posts
    4,606
    or the garmin fenix 5x maybe??

    Great weight saving cmpared to dedicated GPS, obviously no radio

  15. #15
    Ejected
    Join Date
    Dec 2012
    Location
    HBC, NORTH of Auckland
    Posts
    5,249
    Bro take one for the team and trial one of these.
    Just run orux maps app and whatever map set you want.

    https://m.aliexpress.com/item/327326...st.32732670136

 

 

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Welcome to NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums! We see you're new here, or arn't logged in. Create an account, and Login for full access including our FREE BUY and SELL section Register NOW!!