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The re-conditioned Geko 301 is indistinguishable from a new one. We use it in our land-surveying business in conjunction with National Geographic TOPO. to find section corners and quarter-corners. I've also used it with great results when sailing in a small vessel that lacked a compass and speedometer.
This GPS works with very good performance, It has all of I was looking for. I strongly recomend it.
It won't map, but I use it to just keep from getting lost. This is a great, small GPS unit. It is very light and full of great functions. Also, the altimeter and the electronic compass are great. The batteries last a while, but I only turn it on occasionally.
Amazingly compact, no larger than a small cell phone. Finally, the USB cable which must be purchased separately is outrageously expensive. The screen resolution is okay, but in the view that shows tracks and waypoints the labels sometimes start overlapping and get unreadable when you zoom out.
Can be configured to use different units and coordinate systems. has passed since the device was turned off or lost the signal. Easy to operate, even though there are only five buttons.
Getting a signal can require anywhere from less than a minute to more than ten minutes, depending on how much time (or distance). The battery life is okay but can be as short as four hours, depending on various factors (which I wish were documented somewhere). The built-in compass and altimeter are neat, but probably not worth the additional cost over the Geko 201, especially if you have a separate compass anyway.
Getting a signal in urban areas, in forrests or even steep mountain sides turned out to be difficult or impossible; don't know how much of an issue this is for comparable devices. You'd expect this kind of thing to be included, but no luck.
A great simple GPS with some neat extras such as Compass.The manual is not very good on it. They seem to forget to put in the manual some simple things you would need to know on it.However it is something I am very happy with.
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