I had an early model Garmin etrex Vista (B&W, no memory card, etc) that worked great for many years until I found out I need more capability. I started hunting with a computer wisard from work that had the Legend and had all kinds of cool stuff programmed in. He never buys any of the commercial maps (like huntinggpsmaps.com), but makes his own from public sources that are the same sources that the commercial guys use. (After using the good maps, I would pay for the commercial stuff if I didn't have access to the same quality maps free - it's worth paying for to get land ownership, water sources, etc.) So I had to upgrade to get the good maps (needed expandable memory and color display). I looked at the Rino, but no one else I know wanted to pay for one, so that was out (but the weather radio function would be a good idea). I bought the Oregon from REI, but after a couple days I took it back because the screen was too dim to view without having the light on and that ran the batteries down right away. (The guy at REI said thats the big complaint with the Oregon on their REI website reviews.) So, I ended up with the etrex Vista HCx, which has the high speed, high sensitivity satellite acquire, color screen and expandable memory. I could have went with the Legend, but I am used to having the electronic compass and couldn't live without it so that meant I had to go up to the next level (Vista). Here is some advice no matter which unit you buy: also carry a real compass (just in case). I would like to have satellite imagery, but my hunting buddy downloads Google Earth and we have it offline at camp in the Command Center Computer System (his wife's laptop).
