Ooooooo...shiny shiny new toys!!! 
I've just been on to a chap in Merica to order a pair of Garmin Rinos......and they have a new model out that might be really useful for us tossers
The old ones (520, 530 etc) had a rather limited internal only memory......56mb in fact.
That's more than enough to hold Morocco Topo maps and local maps for at home, but certainly no good for a European tour.
The new ones (ending HCx) have a micro Sd card slot....and a 2gb sandisk card with a reader is £14
So for less than the price of a Quest, you get a fully routable GPS with all the trimmings.....
(the ones you need I mean, not silly MP3 players or bluetooth rubbish that doesn't work ) plus you get a very powerful walkie talky with VOX function etc..highly illegal (and probably irresponsible as it may interfere with existing users) to use in the UK and Europe, but a very good walkie talkie none the less....14 miles on the flat will do us nicely in Morocco 
The Rinos come with American mapping but if you get a second device unlock code, you can use your existing CN or whatever software....I'm about to call Garmin UK to make sure I can get one then I'm going to order a pair of 520HCX's I think
(The 530HCx has a digital compass and altimeter, but the HCX models have high sensitivity GPS sensors anyway so the altitude is likely to be pretty spot on, and a digital compass is only of use if you can't move a few metres to establish your direction, so I'm going for the 520model)
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I've just been on to a chap in Merica to order a pair of Garmin Rinos......and they have a new model out that might be really useful for us tossers
The old ones (520, 530 etc) had a rather limited internal only memory......56mb in fact.
That's more than enough to hold Morocco Topo maps and local maps for at home, but certainly no good for a European tour.
The new ones (ending HCx) have a micro Sd card slot....and a 2gb sandisk card with a reader is £14
So for less than the price of a Quest, you get a fully routable GPS with all the trimmings.....
(the ones you need I mean, not silly MP3 players or bluetooth rubbish that doesn't work
) plus you get a very powerful walkie talky with VOX function etc..highly illegal (and probably irresponsible as it may interfere with existing users) to use in the UK and Europe, but a very good walkie talkie none the less....14 miles on the flat will do us nicely in Morocco The Rinos come with American mapping but if you get a second device unlock code, you can use your existing CN or whatever software....I'm about to call Garmin UK to make sure I can get one then I'm going to order a pair of 520HCX's I think
(The 530HCx has a digital compass and altimeter, but the HCX models have high sensitivity GPS sensors anyway so the altitude is likely to be pretty spot on, and a digital compass is only of use if you can't move a few metres to establish your direction, so I'm going for the 520model)
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