Comments on: Can anybody recommend a good bare bones handheld GPS receiver? http://www.gpsbuyerguide.com/blog/can-anybody-recommend-a-good-bare-bones-handheld-gps-receiver/ Sat, 01 Jan 2011 11:56:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ernie http://www.gpsbuyerguide.com/blog/can-anybody-recommend-a-good-bare-bones-handheld-gps-receiver/comment-page-1/#comment-3430 Ernie Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:51:49 +0000 http://www.gpsbuyerguide.com/blog/can-anybody-recommend-a-good-bare-bones-handheld-gps-receiver/#comment-3430 Despite owning three Magellan receivers, I heartily recommend the basic yellow Garmin eTrex-H. It is durable, inexpensive, and does a decent job of finding your location for you. The eTrex-H has much the same hardware as its more expensive brethren, but none of the bells and whistles (such as decent mapping). Surprisingly, Wal-Mart still sells them at the same $99 price that they used to sell the original eTrex for. I'd also get a decent compass such as a Silva or Brunton, just in case the batteries die. ;-)<a href="http://www.supersportsstore.com/carabiners-quickdraws-and-belay-devices-7784"> Ernie</a> Despite owning three Magellan receivers, I heartily recommend the basic yellow Garmin eTrex-H. It is durable, inexpensive, and does a decent job of finding your location for you. The eTrex-H has much the same hardware as its more expensive brethren, but none of the bells and whistles (such as decent mapping). Surprisingly, Wal-Mart still sells them at the same $99 price that they used to sell the original eTrex for.

I’d also get a decent compass such as a Silva or Brunton, just in case the batteries die. ;-) Ernie

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