Introduction

There are two kinds of GPS related products

A) Real GPS – buttons to mark and find places

B) GPS ASSISTED MAPS – Garmin Nuvi, PDA GPS maps

 

Principal considerations

Serious birders walk around in the forest with a GPS to take note of locations. If you fit that profile you need a water proof GPS.

If you just depart from the car and go walking around yourself then any GPS or GPS assisted map would do.
Serious Adventurer

1) The GPS should have a Quick Pickup of satellites and lock on very fast

2) The GPS antenna should be large as comfortable for you

3) The GPS should be water proof

4) Batteries last long time 1/2 day on 1 new pair
Alternatives Options

The GPS should be able to load maps of your region so you can get to the place
Car Mounting

The brand should have many car mount options available.

 

Which Brand and Model?

The Brand that fits the profiles discuss above today, at least for our region is the Garmin Brand.

Garmin GPS 60CSX Handheld SiRF Star III GPS

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It can float on water. Also this GPS takes our Singapore and Malaysian Maps. Unfortunately I cannot suggest any other model as this one is the best one and is the only one you should buy today. All the smaller Garmin models do not work properly in the bushes. Only Garmin and Mapking related products can load our detailed and free Malaysian Maps. If you don’t live in this area, then there are many products to talk about.

Garmin NUVI 710

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Take this as a reference model and check all other models against this one

Mapking Devices

Good screen size with good screen quality and good quality of voice prompts.

Other brands

If you do not use your GPS out of the car, any brand of Road Map GPS will do, as long as you have SiRFstar III GPS chipset. These can be in the Phone PDA or Dedicated GPS assisted map. But other devices do not have detailed map, our free west Malaysia maps are the best. So if you cannot load them, the GPS is useless if you live around this region.

 

What is SiRFstar III GPS chipset

Check it out here

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What I have

I have a Garmin 276C GPS with a large screen for the car. This has a Marine Mode can locate fish and auto steer a boat. It also has a Car mode which can direct you to places with GPS routing.

I also have an Old Garmin 60C

Both of my sets do not have SiRFstar III GPS chipset so signal pickup is not good.

Other info

Join www.malsingmaps.com for more info

Mapking Vs Garmin

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Before you buy AND after you buy

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