Garmin Rino 530HCx GPS

Know exactly where you are at all times with Rino 530HCx Portable Navigator. This waterproof FRS/GMRS radio plus GPS navigator adds a barometric altimeter, electronic compass and NOAA weather radio in addition to the popular features of the Rino 520HCx 5 watts of transmit power, a microSD card slot, brilliant color display and a high-sensitivity GPS receiver, so you'll never be lost again. Pinpoint Your Position: With its high-sensitivity GPS receiver, Rino 530HCx locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons. The advantage is clear, whether you're in deep woods or just near tall buildings and trees, you can count on Rino 530HCx to help you find your way when you need it the most. Find Your Friends: Like the rest of the Rino series, Rino 530HCx offers a unique Position Reporting feature. Position Reporting lets you send your exact location to other Rino users in your group so that everyone can see your position on the map page. And, because Rino is a standard FRS/GMRS radio, you can use it to communicate with any other conventional FRS/GMRS radio around. Transmit with Power: Rino 530HCx boasts a whopping 5 watts of transmit power (GMRS), which lets you contact others from up to 14 miles away (line of sight). In Canada, you can transmit at 2 watts over GMRS with a range of up to 8 miles.

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• Reviewed by:

  02-23-09

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  Strengths: GREAT SATELLITE STRENGTH,GOOD SCREEN,MORE BELLS AND WHISTLES THAN YOOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT!

  Weaknesses:IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A MORE DETAILED ROAD BASE MAP ON THE UNIT DIRECT FROM THE FACTORY. BUT DOWNLOAD TOPO MAPS ONTO THIS RIG FROM MAPSOURCE AND YOU HAVE MORE DETAIL THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON NEEDS

  Overall Evaluation: I LOVE IT! I UP GRADED FORM THE 110 MODEL BECAUSE A FRIEND BOUGHT THIS AND SHOWED ME WHAT I WAS MISSING. TO ANYONE THINKING OF BUYING RINO...DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE ENTRY LEVEL MODEL 110, BUY TH

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  04-17-08

  Duration of ownership: 5 Months

  Strengths: Geocaching downloads, Accuracy, long battery life, strong reception, waterproof, weather radio, person to person location.

  Weaknesses:Heavy, large, expensive

  Overall Evaluation: This unit has excellent accuracy and picks up Satellites quickly. The unit has an strong receiver and does well under cover. The radio range is ok and averages around 2 miles. Electronic compass is accurate. Weather radio has handy alert mode. Best part is the Geocaching feature. Garmin has a handy browser plug in that makes downloads of waypoints from Geocaching.com a snap. Many other great features including, altimeter, Point to Point projection and simple driving directions.

• Reviewed by: NGIXX

  09-27-07

  Duration of ownership: 7 Days

  Strengths: stong signal outdoors as well as indoors. accurate data. all-in-one functionality

  Weaknesses:garmin is nickel and diming consumers. the unit comes with no usable map and you have to shell out a little over a hundred to buy a topo map. what more, there are 3 kinds of it. so you figure it out.

  Overall Evaluation: Overall, it's a sturdy and dependable unit. Long lasting lithium ion battery and pretty tough waterproof unit. It has an accurate compass and altimeter although you can manually configure it out. It also has a weather channel that updates on demand on your current location as well as on nearby areas and states. On the downside, it's pretty darn expensive so be prepared to shell out. It's the corvette of handheld gps.

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