# Dehydrated water **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dehydrated-water/132764 "2002-10-18T01:43:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dehydrated-water/132764/21 "2002-10-20T02:22:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*I’m so glad I opened this thread! I called hubby and he is down with the whole geocaching thing! > > Anyone care to recommend a GPS unit? I see that [geocaching.com](http://geocaching.com) says one can’t go wrong with a Garmin or a Magellan unit. I’m leaning towards the Magellan because, well, I like the name Magellan. The Garmin one is yellow, though… > > I wish they made one for my Blackberry. \*\* I just bought a Garmin GPSmap 76s, and it is well suited for geocaching. It has a built-in compass (handy, because GPS doesn’t know which way you are facing when standing still), is light, has a decent sized screen, and is waterproof. I hate supporting Garmin because of all their proprietary crap (like their memory) but they do make a decent GPS. It was about $370, but you don’t have to spend anywhere near that much to get into it. I used to have an Etrex Vista, and its a decent GPS also. TINY. The little yellow etrex is probably more than enough for Geocaching anyways. I am a geek, and always want more features. If you do get a GPS, make sure to get a data cable and download a copy of ExpertGPS or USAPhotoMaps. They will download aerial photos from Terraserver, and show your tracks/routes/waypoints superimposed on the photos. Talk about addictive. Maybe this deserves a thread of its own… ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dehydrated-water/132764/22 "2002-10-20T03:07:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joey G \* > \*\*Talk about addictive. Maybe this deserves a thread of its own… \*\* And now it has one. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=140337](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=140337) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dehydrated-water/132764.md?page=1)