Re: garmin or magellan GPS
GARMIN FOR SURE. I was given a Magellan handheld, an explorist, for a Christmas gift and it was bad out of the box. would not talk to computer to download maps, drained batteries in 30 min. or less. I sent it in and they lost it for a month, then sent it back unrepaired, and wanted to give me $50 dollars towards purchase of a $185 unit. the bad one cost my son $200.
I have an ETREX that is older than the magellan, and have had no problems. same batteries for 2 years. only problem is it is so old, It will not support maps. I will be buying a new ETREX this summer so I can get maps. I live in the deep south, and we all fish and hunt. several people have told me similar stories of dissatisfaction and bad engineering with magellan hand held GPS units. called them power hogs. I am an electronics tech, and work with electronics engineers and we use GPS as an important part of what we do, so we know good form bad engineering and support. I would lose my job for treating customers the way Magellan treated me. good luck and good fishing
