For you guys that have handhelds, any advice, brands,features I would want? I was going to post this in equipment, but I figured everybody looks HERE first.

Just buy the Lowrance XOG. You can use it for your car and the lake and it'll take Navionics maps too. It's a great little device. It only hold battery life for a few hours though so when you are fishing you might want to turn it off.

Go with simple. Garmin etrax. EZ to learn. And works good for me.
If you womt to down load to your pc for git it.

Garmin eTrex Vista HCx for about $190.
It has connectivity to your PC and it's expandable with microSD memory card.
I use an eTrex Venture CX and it's great. The HCx has a high gain antenna so it works even better. Battery life is 32 hours on a pair or AA alkalines and a little longer on the high capacity NiMH rechargeables.

I loaded US maps database on mine so I can use it to drive when in need. It contains the points of interest database too so I can find restaurants, gas stations, etc. It's routable so it'll actually give you turn by turn directions. Not quite as easy as a driving GPS but it works and it's allways in my backpack.

The Garmin Rhino 120 is a very good unit also.

Garmin geko 201..... very simple, very easy to use....
I have had it a few years and it is the best $99.00 I ever spent....
My 2 cents......

Which ones can you load lake maps on???

OH,and can any of those run off of 12 volt???

I just bought a Delorme PN40 it also takes navionics cards

I have a Lowrance H20 I bought and never used. If anyone wants to buy it, let me know.

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