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Product Tested: Garmin RINO 110 GPS
Price paid, where purchased: $179.00 - Walmart
Similar products tried: Garmin Etrex and Geico models. Magellan models
How long/where tested: 18 Months Adirondacks
Rating: 1 to 5: 4
Summary: Even without it's signature feature, the built in FRS/GMRS Radio, this is the best and most reliable GPS I have ever used. In "Normal" battery mode I rarely loose the signal, even under thick canopy, and then only for a few seconds.
This is a full featured GPS with the additional ability to locate and give the waypoint, bearing and distance of another person using a RINO, as soon as they key in the send button on their unit. RINO users can also send waypoints stored in their unit to another RINO remotely. The range of the FRS radio is two miles, and that is under optimum conditions. Realistic expectations in the Dacks on flat land is about 1/2 a mile. The GMRS Radio has a bit better range, five miles ideal, but just a little better under the canopy.
The features are too numerous to list here, you can download a manual at the Garmin Website. Suffice it to say it will tell you just about anything you want to know. It's accuracy is unrivaled. Using Waypoints from National Geographics Topo software, the RINO has been accurate within about 15 feet on average.
This unit comes with 1 megabyte for storing waypoints, routes and tracks. However a separate cable much be purchased to upload/download data between the RINO and the Computer ($18.00 to $38.00 depending on source).
The downside is that it cannot load topographical maps and you must purchase the cable to use it with the computer.
The Garmin RINO has the easiest, most intuitive user interface of any GPS I have ever used or owned (about 11). I was so impressed with this unit that I also purchased a RINO 130 which has all the same features as well as 24Megs of memory to upload data and maps, an electronic compass ( don't need to be moving for it to work), an Altimeter and a Weather radio. This unit has also impressed three people (Wildernessphoto, Fvrwld, and Kevin) on this forum to purchase either a RINO 120 or 130.
I'll let one of them review the 120 and the 130.
Any questions about the Rino's, PM me.
Price paid, where purchased: $179.00 - Walmart
Similar products tried: Garmin Etrex and Geico models. Magellan models
How long/where tested: 18 Months Adirondacks
Rating: 1 to 5: 4
Summary: Even without it's signature feature, the built in FRS/GMRS Radio, this is the best and most reliable GPS I have ever used. In "Normal" battery mode I rarely loose the signal, even under thick canopy, and then only for a few seconds.
This is a full featured GPS with the additional ability to locate and give the waypoint, bearing and distance of another person using a RINO, as soon as they key in the send button on their unit. RINO users can also send waypoints stored in their unit to another RINO remotely. The range of the FRS radio is two miles, and that is under optimum conditions. Realistic expectations in the Dacks on flat land is about 1/2 a mile. The GMRS Radio has a bit better range, five miles ideal, but just a little better under the canopy.
The features are too numerous to list here, you can download a manual at the Garmin Website. Suffice it to say it will tell you just about anything you want to know. It's accuracy is unrivaled. Using Waypoints from National Geographics Topo software, the RINO has been accurate within about 15 feet on average.
This unit comes with 1 megabyte for storing waypoints, routes and tracks. However a separate cable much be purchased to upload/download data between the RINO and the Computer ($18.00 to $38.00 depending on source).
The downside is that it cannot load topographical maps and you must purchase the cable to use it with the computer.
The Garmin RINO has the easiest, most intuitive user interface of any GPS I have ever used or owned (about 11). I was so impressed with this unit that I also purchased a RINO 130 which has all the same features as well as 24Megs of memory to upload data and maps, an electronic compass ( don't need to be moving for it to work), an Altimeter and a Weather radio. This unit has also impressed three people (Wildernessphoto, Fvrwld, and Kevin) on this forum to purchase either a RINO 120 or 130.
I'll let one of them review the 120 and the 130.
Any questions about the Rino's, PM me.