Well I finally bit the bullet at the T.O. Sled Show on Friday.
I bought a Garmin Rhino 520 GPS and a helmet headset to go along with the GMRS radio feature they have.
Of course, this is my very busy time of year and I don't know when I'll get time to figure out how it works. LOL.

Does anybody on here have the same unit?

What would be a good reasonably priced software program to use with this unit?

I bought the Ram handle bar mount to go with it.
Haven't even gone out to look where I'll be mounting it.

Let me know what you think of this unit, good or bad.

Jeff

I'm not familiar with that model, but you can't go wrong with Garmin.

I use a RAM handlebar mount on my sled as well to hold my Garmin eTrex Vista.

Depending on what you want to do with it, you might want to try the built-in basemap first and load your own sled-related maps on later. If you want roads, MetroGuide Canada V4 might be worthwhile. I've never used that one, but heard it's decent.

I've got a old copy of Canada Roads & Recreation, which offers a recreation map (which doesn't give much more than the basemap) as well as an enhanced basemap. I've ridden with it for years now. My main interest is waypoints for major trail intersections and gas stations.

Hope this helps...

Once you go GPS, you'll never go back. Garmin makes awesome units. I used them a lot, particularly in my flying days.

I've got TopoCanada & the City Navigator North America. For highway trips, I think the CNNA has better detail & shows services. For sledding especially in areas where there aren't a lot of highways, the Topo map is better.

Reved has pretty well got a big chunk of the province covered. I've downloaded all the stuff that has been posted on the GPS forum & it looks like I'll be able to help after I do my trip up north. Nobody has posted anything north or west of North Bay yet.

Jeff, just stay away from SW for a couple of evenings & you should be able to figure it out.

Download the attached files in the & save to a folder in "My Documents".

Unzip them & you can manipulate them however you feel (add your own waypoints, rename them etc.)

Transfer the tracksto your unit.

I'm not sure how many tracks you can load on your unit. My Legend Cx allows 20 tracks w/ a max of 500 points each. On the computer you can join tracks "end to end" & filter them to 500 points. That way you can add more coverage when you download to your unit.

Thanks Guys.
Sounds great.
Right now working on the trailer and rebuilding the motors on 2 sleds is a priority though. Don't need GPS if the sleds are stuck in the shop. LOL

Keep any and all advice and info coming though.
I truly do appreciate it.

Jeff

I'm not sure how many tracks you can load on your unit. My Legend Cx allows 20 tracks w/ a max of 500 points each. On the computer you can join tracks "end to end" & filter them to 500 points. That way you can add more coverage when you download to your unit.
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Here's a little trick to load more than 20 tracks....

This example is for a Garmin 60csx but the principle is the same for other models too.

you can load the 20 tracks with 500 points each in the Saved Track space...

plus you have 10,000 points that can be used in the Active Track so you have the option of loading another 20 tracks with 500 points each...or 10 with 1000 points or however you want to filter your track points down to...you need to turn tracking off in this situation as the Active Track is now full and you don't want over write...here's how you do it...rename the 20 tracks or whatever number you have to ACTIVE LOG 1...ACTIVE LOG 2...ACTIVE LOG 3 etc...this will force the tracks to load in your Active Track space..

if you want to be recording tracks you'll have to leave some space...calculate the estimated mileage of track you want to record...lets just say 200 miles...set the interval to say .10 mile...you'll need 2000 track points for recording...that leaves you with 8000 points to load saved tracks into the Active Track area...so in this example you load 20 in the Saved Tracks plus another 16 at 500 points each in Active Track and have space to record 200 miles of track at .10

I use the metro guide canada in my Garmin, and I love it. You can also scale down al the detail when your using it for sledding, which is nice.