Apisphere Geomate Jr Handheld GPS Geocacher
The easiest and quickest way to get in on the geocaching fun, the Geomate.Jr is an incredibly affordable and amazingly easy-to-use geocaching GPS—just switch it on anywhere in the United States and be directed to your closest geocache. It’s really that easy. With over 250,000 pre-loaded geocache locations covering all 50 U.S. states, it’s an outdoor adventure just waiting to happen anywhere, anytime, straight out of the box. No downloads, Internet connection or typing in coordinates necessary.
Apisphere Geomate Jr Handheld GPS Geocacher Features
- Set a "home" waypoint so you can always navigate back to where you started
- A "found" list allows you to mark geocaches as found and review them later
- High-sensitivity GPS performance with core GPS functions like current position, height, and heading
- Clear distance and direction to the closest geocache along with information like size, terrain, difficulty, and GC code
Price: $69.95
User Reviews about Apisphere Geomate Jr Handheld GPS Geocacher
This is an awesome handheld GPS unit! My whole family loves it. We love the fact that you can just turn it on and locate the 20 closest caches. My brother-in-law goes geocaching with us, and I get much closer to the cache than his iPhone GPS feature gets him. My Geomate Jr often gets me within 1 foot of the cache. It has very helpful features, such as the terrain difficulty and size of the cache. I totally recommend purchasing the update cable. All in all, the Geomate Jr is one of the best items I've purchased in awhile. You won't be disappointed. -- AWESOME unit!
This GPS is PERFECT for the beginner geo-cacher. You don't have to read any directions before heading out to find your first cache. So much fun! The only problem I see is that if you become addicted to geo-caching, as we have become, you will "out grow" the unit quickly. -- Perfect for the first-timer!
I bought this as an entry into geocaching that wouldnt cause me checkbook pains and I wouldnt have to cringe everytime my kids wanted to handle the device. So far its worked well. It is not as updated as necessary for full use, but its a great way to get started. It found 20 within a couple of miles from my house, but I know there is double that as we have started messing with the [...] website also. I am getting the update cable for Fathers Day also and between that and the websites we should be set for at least another year before we really will want a more expensive one and now we will have a back up the kids can handle when we go out camping in the future. I will continue to use it and post geocaching updates on my blog - [...]
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