The time has come to retire my old Garmin GPS V. I came to this conclusion mostly due to its recent tendency to lock up completely, but the allure of new gadgetry is always hard to ignore. The replacement unit will be a Garmin eTrex Legend HCx. Apparently the ‘HCx’ means High-sensitivity Color xtra cool.

25 hours of runtime on 2AA batteries, USB connectivity, microSD card compatibility and other cool things make this a superb-sounding geocoding/geocaching unit. Garmin has also recently fixed the problems that made it almost useless for those same uses.

Amazon says that I should have it the beginning of next week and I’ll be starting my geocoding testing as soon as I get back from Connecticut.

More on this topic next week…

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