Yes to all but the radio range. That depends on the environment. I have had it work great a couple (3-4) miles away with clear line of sight, it has also worked nearly 2 miles apart with a 1000' elevation gain mountain between us. That's not the norm though. In the jungles of Western WA you are lucky to get a .5 mile range sometimes.

In general it's one of the best tools I have. The scramble and tracking features are very nice.

 

the radio feature doesn't sound any better than a good walkie talkie. the thing that impresses me about the unit (and i dont have one just going off of what you've told me) is how you can mark a waypoint (animal down or your location) and it will program into a hunting partners Rhino gps so they can meet up with you at ...... a kill site for example.

 

I am also curious about this. Would love more info from people who actually use this GPS as this is the one I've been leaning towards!

 

sold mine (130) for an oregon 450, best thing I've ever done!!

 

What features on the oregon 450 made you change units?

 

I recently bought mine from a member on here used. I have no complaints.

 

I've got the rhino 530 and the 110 the 530 being the newer one. I like all the aspect of the unit.
As to the question can you make the kill and sent it to your buddy. I'm not sure, but if you are over your kill
Your buddy will see on his radio were you are and that will be how he can find you.
This is of course if you each set up your radios with your name's. The distant to how far you can hear someone will depend
On the terrain. I have reached out to about 3 miles in hilly areas. The way back feature is nise as to back track your step and a way to find out to get back to your truck or back to your kill for the next haul load out.

You can also see how far your hiked around so when the wife say all you do when hunting is sit around. You can show her the miles you put in to find the dinner!!!,

 

Holy smokes. I just found the new Rino 655T tonight in my Cabelas catalog. It's says it has a more powerful radio transmitter and looks to have all the features of the other Garmin touch screen GPS units that everyone seems to love minus a little screen size. Plus, it can hold 3d or 24k topos and has a 4GB memory. That would be nice. Looks like I have another thing to buy before next year. =(

Only problem I see is the batteries. I wonder if it will take AA too?

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Garm...N=0&fsch=true&Ntk=AllProducts&Ntt=Rino+655t&x=0&y=0&Ntt=Rino+655t&WTz_l=Unknown

 

If you want a Rino the 530 HCx is the way to go. I have used them in pretty thick cover with good satellite reception. The radios are decent, but terrain does interfere with them.

 

My whole camp uses them and they're great, best thing to use. You have to get the top of the line ones though...

 

They are well worth what you pay for them. I am currently using a 530Hcx. Two best things about it is the rechargeable lithium ion battery and the SD Card from gpshuntingmaps.com. Shows all topo info along with public, private, state, blm boundaries. Another thing is it shows the hunting area boundaries as well. The new version is supposed to even have the private land owners names and contact information. I also like the ability to tune in the weather radio.

 

do you have a link? the URL looks to be bogus

 

The 530HCX is great. It has great range too. But for all radios range is dependent on obstacles. Nothing goes through a mountain. I've picked up other rino users 15 miles away if no mountain in between.

BTW, you must use the rechargeable lithium battery for full power. If you switch to AAs you drop way down in transmission wattage. Maybe that's why some are reporting poor range.

You can send waypoints to other users, you can even pan over on the topo, zoom in on a place you want to go and mark it as a waypoint and then navigate to it or send it to someone else.

You can also send text messages if you don't want to make noise talking. The polling is very nice for keeping track of your hunting partners.

I just wish they made a base camp version with a big screen.

 

Thanks for all the feedback.

 

ease of use, bigger screen. I could just never understand 100% how to use the rhino which is the main reason for getting rid of it.

 

You should check out the new Rino. Looks to have all the features of the Oregon and Colorado.

 

I have two 120's that I bought used a few years back. One was used, the other was nearly new in the package. The used one works great. The near new one not so much. The battery cover does not fit tight enough so a slight bump will shut it off. I have tried to fix this issue with foam ear plugs in the cover but it still does it. The radio's worked great until recently and now I cannot understand what the other person is saying. I'm not sure which unit is bad but the GPS radio locator still works and is a pretty handy feature in my opinion. Compared to the Montana, it's very primitive but it gets the job done. Overall, for the money I paid for them, I'm very happy with them. They do what I need them to do. I saw on Garmins website that I can send them back and have them re-furbished for around $150 each.

 

Garmin charged $90 to refurb my Rino 130.

My buddy's 5 year old Rino has the same radio problem once in awhile.

 

I just got the new Rino 650. They are so much more user friendly with the touch screen than the older models. Have used both a micro SD with preloaded map and a map I downloaded from birdseye imagery(Garmin Basecamp), and very pleased with the unit.

 

Sweet.

Don't you have a Vindicator too?

 

We've used Garmin for years, they have been nothing but great! To the question above about sending a waypoint to your buddy after a kill, yes you can!


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I have the 530hcx and I love it. Best GPS in my opinion. I have the wyoming maps loaded and they run great, fairly easy interface. The radio function is not that good of you don't sign up through the government for the longer distance. If you do that it is pretty good. The NOAA feature is way sweet, helps for those days you don't want to be the weatherman. Great product, if you already have a nice radio I would check out one of the other models.