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Which Garmin to buy?
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<blockquote data-quote="sp6x6" data-source="post: 1007814" data-attributes="member: 21869"><p>My buddies have the 650's and they love them. I am not super familar because I spent time cat hunting and some time in AK and we ran truck or boat FM's with good water proof hand helds for radios so I have a base unit in 3 of my rigs. And I get by with old E trex. The GPS finds you almost instant some times, mine tacks some times 15 min plus in thick timber.They have touch screen and my buddy has maps for land owners which is big plus in MT.They run them with wife and sons/daughters and know there location. The battery last pretty long some of them track position all day, its if you get heavy on radio.We just touch base on 1hr or two interval.The radio I think has 1/2 watt, then 2 and 5 , which is all you get with most quality FM band Ive reached 10-12 mile line sight with my FM on 5 watt but when in MT canyons you can not reach sometimes at 1 mile if in different drainage. The touch screen nice and you can even check speed like I like with my different tires on jeep to see how speedo run and check milage. They are a little heavy but no more than my small etrex gps plus my small compact 5 watt uniden FM. Also if you get in a group like I know you just tell them your channel and you can touch base or see their location. Now my one friend has 655 with camera even built in</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sp6x6, post: 1007814, member: 21869"] My buddies have the 650's and they love them. I am not super familar because I spent time cat hunting and some time in AK and we ran truck or boat FM's with good water proof hand helds for radios so I have a base unit in 3 of my rigs. And I get by with old E trex. The GPS finds you almost instant some times, mine tacks some times 15 min plus in thick timber.They have touch screen and my buddy has maps for land owners which is big plus in MT.They run them with wife and sons/daughters and know there location. The battery last pretty long some of them track position all day, its if you get heavy on radio.We just touch base on 1hr or two interval.The radio I think has 1/2 watt, then 2 and 5 , which is all you get with most quality FM band Ive reached 10-12 mile line sight with my FM on 5 watt but when in MT canyons you can not reach sometimes at 1 mile if in different drainage. The touch screen nice and you can even check speed like I like with my different tires on jeep to see how speedo run and check milage. They are a little heavy but no more than my small etrex gps plus my small compact 5 watt uniden FM. Also if you get in a group like I know you just tell them your channel and you can touch base or see their location. Now my one friend has 655 with camera even built in [/QUOTE]
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