cloud cover sucks

tracker92 · 08-29-2004, 06:59 PM

anyone have a garmin gps 12 when the cloud cover is is not really bad but you cant see blue sky do yall have problems with it locating and taking a very long time its been flashed with the latest firm ware the garmin has maby ill just go out and buy a new unit

im still parcial to hand helds because i do a few other things with it (other than gitting lost with it )

any one using the garmin etrex the yellow one i say that bestbuy.com had it for 49.00 then went to the store and of course they didnt have it

chad

ppgt94 · 08-29-2004, 08:03 PM

Whoa. That's the biggest run-on I've seen in a long time! LOL. I appologize if English is not your native tounge. Sorry....

OK, on to your questions. I don't own a Garman GPS but have used a couple other brands. If you're having issue with locking a signal during cloudy days I would suggest getting another unit. I could just image how well (or NOT) it would work under worse coniditions like heavy rain or areas with high buildings.

tracker92 · 08-29-2004, 08:39 PM

no prob about run ons yes i am an american but im not the best on sentence building i become to lax when writing papers on the computer !!!

the gps 12 is quite old so i may invest into a new unit soon

thanks

chad

DaRacerz · 08-30-2004, 07:00 PM

Yes, definitely invest on a new unit. I'm running on the Earthmate GPS and have no problem find Satellites even under Heavy Rain. Though, I must admit, this unit does have lock-problems at times for unknown reasons. may want to invest in one of the other cheap units.

Chairboy · 08-30-2004, 08:10 PM

Cloud cover should have no effect. Remember, GPS technology was first designed back in the 1970s to work in all weather because there was no guarentee WWIII would start on a sunny day.

jcdillin · 08-30-2004, 08:13 PM

both my garmin gps 48 and 76 lock in any weather with no problem, I did have problems with my 12 so I ditched it.

owenjh · 09-02-2004, 10:07 PM

I have a garmin GPS 12 and it works fine, I had to mount it in view of the sky for it to work tho.
Check out the mount I made:
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/gps/32245-all-handheld-gps-mounts.html
Works perfect, get a lock very quickly in all weather. Have never had a problem in tall building cover either, it may have switched to 2D nav when I was driving around, but thats not a prob for me.