Experience with Portable GPS Units?

[Craig McGray]

Hey Gery,

If you mean portable as to being able to grab it and put it in another
vehicle quickly and go, then the other guys on this forum have it done right
with the Garmin stand-alone units, i.e. - 2610 or some other Garmin unit.
But there is another way to do it if you have a Bluetooth compatible Pocket
PC or Bluetooth compatible computer and that is the Garmin GPS 10 Bluetooth
receiver , http://www.garmin.com/products/gps10/ . Give it a look and see if
that will work for you. It has a Velcro backing for adhesion to any location
inside the vehicle, but it also has a magnetic back plate that might be able
to attach somewhere outside the coach or under some vent cover.

It looks like an option.

It also comes with nRoute software that you can put on your laptop and have
a huge area screen to look at with no wires attached to your laptop.

Didn't mean to be long-winded.

Craig McGray


-----Original Message-----
From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of gerhardwilliams
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 5:17 PM
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Experience with Portable GPS Units?


I am contemplating purchase of a "portable" GPS unit for use in our coach.
I am concerned as
to whether or not it will operate inside our steel "skin" and with our
straight up and down
windows. The unit picks up the satellite from the rear of the GPS receiver.
I can not try it
first, as sellers will not allow return if unsuccessful. Thus, I ask the
forum if you have any
experience? Thanks, Gery Williams, Lady LeeAnn, 2000LXI, Savannah, Georgia








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