08-11-2011, 07:07 AM
Hi Toni,
Another vote for the Garmin 450t, if you can find the right topographic cards for it. In that case Garmin is your best bet, probably a Dakota 20 or Oregon 450t. I have the latter and I'm quite happy with it. A new model has been introduced by Garmin, the Montana. This one seems to be specially aimed at outdoor AND automotive use. At first glance it seems to be expensive but for the Dakota/Oregon series additional software is required for automotive use which is not free, I'm not sure about this for the Montana. So I guess you'll have to do some homework. Another option is a smartphone (iPhone or Android) with GPS. You may also look at http://www.openstreetmap.org/ for open source maps but my experience with these is a mixed bag. Sometimes better, sometimes worse than the Garmin ones. Edit: the right link is: http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/ for OSM maps.
Another vote for the Garmin 450t, if you can find the right topographic cards for it. In that case Garmin is your best bet, probably a Dakota 20 or Oregon 450t. I have the latter and I'm quite happy with it. A new model has been introduced by Garmin, the Montana. This one seems to be specially aimed at outdoor AND automotive use. At first glance it seems to be expensive but for the Dakota/Oregon series additional software is required for automotive use which is not free, I'm not sure about this for the Montana. So I guess you'll have to do some homework. Another option is a smartphone (iPhone or Android) with GPS. You may also look at http://www.openstreetmap.org/ for open source maps but my experience with these is a mixed bag. Sometimes better, sometimes worse than the Garmin ones. Edit: the right link is: http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/ for OSM maps.