I hit some fog last outing and got all turned around. I guess it's time to invest in a GPS. Any ideas from you folks would be appreciated. I would like a very simple and durable one as my 18 yr.old son will also be using it so it must be able to stand some abuse. If there is one out there as tough as his Recon (man he hammers that thing) it would be great. Thank's

 

I own and love my Garmen GPS III+ with its built in base map and downloadable trail,road maps. But for a quad I would get the Garmen E-Map and the topo software so you can pinpoint your exact location and nearby roads and have the trackback trail There was a GPS topic under "other atv topics". Check the GPS out here:
http://www.garmin.com/mobile/

 

I have a Magellan 315 its a good entry level GPS. However there are hardly any accessories to go with it.

If I had it to do over again, I would go with the Garmin. They have tons of accessories, such as mounting brackets for everything.

Also, ask yourself do you want the mapping function? It cost more to get, but it is worth it. M

My next GPS will be a Garmin with mapping capability.

 

I love my maping GPS, It has saved me a few times in the last 3 months of ownership. Once while turkey hunting we got turned around back in a mess of logging roads and i looked at the gps and said "the hiway is just 400 yards to our right" I would have never guessed it without the GPS. I found a tiny trail/road and squeezed the toyota threw it and got back in the hiway! Easly saved 30 minutes of driving

 

My vote is also for the emap or the III+ the emap is the cheaper and more practical unit. I have done a lot of research on a GPS and I am going to buy the emap here is a good site for info hope this has helped...

http://joe.mehaffey.com/

this is a really good site if you are as green as I was when I first started checking on them...BiLL

 

Got the E-Map last winter. Also got the handlebar mount which works great. The site listed above is an excellent source of info. This is my second GPS in 5 years and I highly recommend it. I suggest getting the "package deal" which includes the E-Map, 8 MB memory, and interface cable for downloading maps from CD-Rom. Also, if you can organize some friends who have or buy Garmin mapping GPS', I believe the MapSource Topo software (~$150) can download to multiple GPS', so the cost can be shared.

 

The 8mb emap is much nicer than my III+ as mine only holds 5 countys max while the E-Map can hold an entire state I bought the US Roads and rec for $99, REI and Fishermans only wanted $110 for the topo in Oregon.. Joe