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Which GPS should I buy as a newbie to Geocaching?

I am seriously trying to start GEOCACHING as a personal hobby.
Myself being a total NEWBIE to this hobby, I’m researching EVERYTHING I can find about this technology so I will not get left behind the trends. Knowing (hearing from others) that this technology continually advances as such break-neck speed, I’m searching for my very first GPS unit that will stay up to date.
How CURRENT and versatile is a Garmin GPSMAP 62s unit vs. a Geomate Jr. (sold by Apishere Co.)?
I have posted this same request in the geocaching.com weblog, seeking ideas.
Thanks for ideas.

We just upgraded to the Garmin GPSMap 62s and it’s incredible. If you can afford it I strongly recommend it. It is extremely versatile. The additional costs come in with the maps. We had a friend download his maps onto ours and I know there are ways of getting free maps on there. For another $100 you can get the maps pre loaded. We also bought a much bigger memory card. We bought on Amazon for about $10. The Garmin has reduced our time to find caches by about 90% because we turn the thing on and it lets us know whenever we are near a cache. If you are not familiar with “trips” on geocaching.com check it out. These are trips that people upload that will get you alot of caches along a predefined destination.

I definitely recommend the Garmin above any other GPS that I’m aware of on the market. The only things it is missing is a video camera and cell phone

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