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Cabelas has the Garmin 62s on sale for $199. My GPS is old. Really old. I was already thinking of upgrading and saw this deal. For $199 is this a good buy? I'm assuming I'll have to buy maps, but the initial cost still looks good.

Kodiak,

It's a good deal. On sale because they have a newer model; the 64S. I picked one up elsewhere (ebay - new) before their sale for $230, retail was something like $360, and several places are still selling them at retail.

Go to this site for free topo maps;

http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/files/424-9968-ortopo11.tgz

My last GPS was a Garmin GPS 12 (from the late 90's).

Jerry

edited to add; Garmin's 62 series also includes the 62ST which has a topo already on it, but I have read somewhere that the scale of the topo makes it less than useful, except maybe for driving. Also there is the 62STC; Which has a camera on/in it. Both are of course more money than the 62S.

*Just caught that you said that it was Cabela's that had them on sale for $199... Sportsman's Warehouse also has them on-sale for the same price. With the big box stores selling them at this price you might check ebay to see if they are beating this price (for a new one of course).