Handheld gps

Well I have about $300 in cabelas points that are just burning a hole in my pocket. The thought of a good handheld gps crossed my mind. I’m willing to pay more for less headaches if need be. I hunt the Midwest. Any recommendations from of units to lean towards or against? Looking at Garmin rinos and montana


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garmins are hard to beat, i have a oregon, the montana is a newer updated model of the oregon i beleive, but they are easy to use and alot of maps that you can add to them, dependable, etc. look at the montana 610

 

I have a Montana 600t, I use it a lot, for fishing, hunting, and riding 4 wheelers. I use a onxmap chip for hunting in mn, and when I go out west to Colorado I got the Garmin chip that has both aerial imagery and landowner info/topo map.
I also had the Garmin Birdseye for awhile, I downloaded most of the areas I use in mn to a chip, but I can’t use it at the same time with the onxmaps chip. I really like the Garmin map chip if it’s available for your area, it’s just one onscreen button to change from aerial imagery to landowner info.

 

Hey Shocker,

If you're looking to use your cabela's points, they mainly carry Garmin's (which is great, because they're high quality in general). With that said, the lineup of Garmin handhelds can be a little confusing. I'd say there are really four you'd want to consider.

Montana - 4 inch touchscreen, 8 MP camera, the 680t model has pre loaded TOPO maps
Oregon - Similar to the Montana, but a 3 inch touchscreen. Note the base 700 model does not have a camera.
Rino Base model (two way radio, no camera, no sensors, no touchscreen) | 750 adds the touchscreen and sensors | 755t adds the camera and TOPO maps.
GPSMap - buttons! The base model (64s) doesn't have preloaded TOPO maps or a camera. The 64st ads the TOPO maps. The 64sc adds both.

If you don't need the radio on the Rino, the Montana is great. Would also think about the GPSMap if you're going to be doing a lot in cold weather because buttons are much more reliable than the touchscreen.

Hope this helps!

 

Thanks guys. I’ll post again when/if I make the purchase. Was considering another lonewolf too. Decisions decisions haha


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I’ve got a 62S that does everything I could ask. Had 2 older Garmin and a Delorma and this is the easiest to use of the bunch.

 

I got a Garmin Oregon 650t I like it. It’s easy to use and does pretty much everything I need it too. And I am sure it will do things that I never will have any need for.

 

I spent my cabelas points on other stuff but still plan on picking one up. I kept comparing cabelas prices to others and it wasn’t worth wasting my points on something I can get elsewhere for $150-200 cheaper.


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