What is the Best Geocaching GPS?

Garmin 010-00422-00 GPSMAP 60CSx The best GPS for Geocaching is by far the Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx! The price is a bit higher than some of the cheaper ones, but you will be so glad you spent the few extra bucks to get this thing! First off it's far more accurate than the others. And secondly it has the ability to receive cache details directly from Geocaching.com which means paperless caching! What paperless caching means to you is no more wasting a half-hour or more writing down cache details before your hunt and it also means no more wasting paper and killing trees. This is also the #1 rated GPS by actual Geocachers on the Geocaching website, so there is no doubt at all that this is by far the best GPS for geocaching!

5 Responses to “What is the Best Geocaching GPS?”

1. The Crazy Cacher Crew "CCC" Says:
   January 21st, 2010 at 9:33 pm

   Agreed!! We’ve been caching for 3 years now with over 1,000 finds under our belts. We started out with an eTrex. It wasn’t accurate and it was a pain having to write down cache info before the hunt.

   We bought a 60CSx about a year ago and WOW Geocaching is FUN again lol

   It makes it so much more fun and easy and we’re even saving paper so we’re “Green” too lol

2. josh Says:
   April 27th, 2010 at 11:51 pm

   Agreed this is the best gps for geocaching. I don’t have it, I have the Gpsmap 60, which has no color screen or digital compass. Just couldn’t justify spending almost $200 more for this model when my 60 works perfect. The CSX has a high sensitivity chipset though, but my unit locks on hard and never drops a sat, so… when my 60 breaks i will def be getting the csx unless garmin puts out a better one.

3. Bob Says:
   May 3rd, 2010 at 11:36 pm

   The GPS I use is The Magellan Tritan it also holds 1000 and is has all the info inside so I can cache paperless. These two skills are a must for the serious cacher. I have never used the garmin but all I have heard is good.

4. totallygomer Says:
   July 3rd, 2010 at 1:53 pm

   While I agree that this is probably the best GPS available for geocaching, I have to give a nod to my Nuvi.

   I can’t say that the Nuvi is highly accurate, but it is reliable. It routes me to the cache site in street mode until I get close, when I switch it over to “off road” mode where it guides me right to the coords. I use the “Custom POI” feature, in conjunction with a GSAK GPX file generator, and can hold over 1 million complete cache descriptions with logs and hint decoder. A downloadable topo map makes it even better.

   For me, I just download, make a list of which ones I am aiming for, and hit the road. The only downside to the Nuvi is that it only contains a rechargable battery. While I never have to buy batteries for it, I can’t change batteries either. With just a 3 hour battery life, it makes long hiking outings a little tough, but I’m working on a solution for that as well.

5. philfromktown Says:
   July 22nd, 2010 at 10:19 pm

   I can’t agree, I have a delorme pn-40 that is about as acurate if not more and costs about the same the only problem is the extra $100 you have to spend to get the maps that come with the delorme already. If you need more maps for the delorme you can subscribe for all the maps you want for $30 a year. the batteries last a little better on the 60csx but I wouldn’t trade my delorme and if I had the money I would get the new pn-60 that will even log your finds from anywhere in the field.

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