GPS (never bought one before)

[MooseBell]

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a GPS? I have never bought/used one before so I am pretty clueless when looking at them online. What are the features I definitely need in a GPS? My price range is $100-$500.

Thank you in advance!

 

[406LIFE]

Search the forums for my thoughts, but skip it and juat get the Onx app for you smart phone.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a GPS? I have never bought/used one before so I am pretty clueless when looking at them online. What are the features I definitely need in a GPS? My price range is $100-$500.

Thank you in advance!

What is/are your hunting style, needs, states to be hunted and how tech savy are you?

 

[MooseBell]

What is/are your hunting style, needs, states to be hunted and how tech savy are you?

Very tech savy. I usually hunt small game/whitetails in TX but looking to get into spot and stalk hunting out west this year.

 

[MooseBell]

Search the forums for my thoughts, but skip it and juat get the Onx app for you smart phone.

Can the OnX app do everything a GPS can do? What if you are in the backcountry with no service?

 

[mtmiller]

Can the OnX app do everything a GPS can do? What if you are in the backcountry with no service?

Lots of tutorials. Here is one for your question.
https://onxmapssupport.zendesk.com/...8-Does-the-App-work-when-out-of-cell-service-

There is a free 7-day trial. Give it a shot.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Very tech savy. I usually hunt small game/whitetails in TX but looking to get into spot and stalk hunting out west this year.

Get onxmaps. I have used it in MT, CO, WY and AK and never had an issue.

 

[Ben Lamb]

Search the forums for my thoughts, but skip it and juat get the Onx app for you smart phone.

Yep.

Made the switch this year. I won't go back to a stand alone GPS.

 

[smarandr]

Another vote for the phone/OnX combo. OnX has progressed to the point I leave my GPS unit at home all the time now.

 

[Sytes]

ONXmaps and an InReach.

My Garmin 530hcx GPS is a paperweight at home... Or, if still interested in a stand alone GPS unit, I'll sell it to ya for $100.

 

[Colorado kid]

Get onx for your smart phone, a good charging pack and a water proof case for it. All you need.

 

[JonathonJEB]

I love the app also. But I will always have my stand alone GPS with a chip. I think it is more accurate and I can just change the AA batteries. Also once you buy the GPS and the chip you dont have any more money in it. The app only last a year. You do have to pay to update the chip but most public land will be the same every year in my experience.