Best GPS?

[Shane_B]

Looking for a GPS to record speed/lap times... what are the recommendations for best GPS - especially with regard to price?
I looking for personal experiences with accuracy, reliability, and pricing.

Thanks!

Shane Burkhart

[ddalton]

Ditto!!!

[John C167]

Yep, I could use one too !

John B.

[jpro60]

The standard (at least in region 10) is the garmin e-trex gps. It gives speed, and saves a top speed reading. It does not do lap times. The best recommendation I have for that is a friend and a stopwatch.

[sax]

Eagle Tree Systems

Check this out......these are made for R/C planes and boats but have been
thinking that they may be ideal for the knee-jockey stuff.

http://www.eagletreesystems.com/

[boatracer69r]

This is the GPS that I use, I like it because it straps to your wrist. You can also set it up to give you max speed as well as real time speed. I used mine in Iraq, so I know it can take a beating and I’ve never had any issues with mine.

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=30025&ra=true

look on Ebay or other sites....you can usually get it cheaper

[John C167]

Jon;

Looks good, I will look at yours at Everett !

Would be good for those of us that forget where the pits at Lawrence are too !

John B.

[daveracerdsh]

Gps

I found a very nice Garmin GPS similar to what Mike Perman described at Pawn X Change for 40 bucks...it works fine and it goes all day on 2 aa batteries. Of course it is not hot......

[CSR4C]

The best, Velocitek. Big numbers, lots of functions. Tracks your path on google earth. It also has a lot of sail boat stuff that you would never use. Prices from $339 to $500

[Silas_53A]

the garmin etrex or w/e is what we picked up. Gives average speed (though you'd have to reset it while making a lap, never tried that before), top speed and current speed.

even has a little map showing you what your lap looks like, but I never really tried to zoom in on it or anything, not sure how acfurate that is.

[jeff55v]

Garmin Etrex

Shane, my vote goes to the Garmin Etrex also. I got mine at Dicks sporting goods for around $90.

[hydroid]

Garmin Etrex - H

I bought the H yesterday @ Wal-Mart, in Jeff's provided picture. Did some testing w it yesterday. Very easy to use/reset, and priced right at $90.
I had a Etrex Legend, more functions, but do not recommend, way too many buttons to toggle through to reset, and burned thru AA batteris in 12 hours of use.

[HydroKyle93R]

mychron4

[jpro60]

Agreed, but...

mychron4

I agree that looks like a great option, but at $429 for the original tach, and another $459 for the expansion box that logs speeds you better bring your checkbook!

[G Stillwill]

The basic mycron which is all you need is around 325.00 which measures rpm, heat temp and lap times if you buy the beacon which is around 100.00. I got mine off of ebay for around 250.00 used with the beacon and works like a charm. I download everything off of it into the pc which puts it into a graph so you can see where a prop is good and where it is lacking.