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I just bought a Garmin Legend. So far, I'm happy with it. It get's me to the cache I'm looking for. The only thing the Legend is missing is an electronic compass. I typically carry a magnetic compass with me and use both it and the GPS receiver during a search.

Typically, I use the compass rose display on the GPS when I'm close. I get the bearing to the target and then compare it with a compass. Mainly, I do this because the GPS unit does a poor job of computing my course while moving very slowly, but the bearing to the target seems to be accurate regardless. If that makes sense...


EDIT: Oh... guess I should add... the biggest things I was looking for when searching for a receiver were mapping capability, and memory. A receiver that does auto-routing might be nice to have, but I'm not a city dweller so I don't have much need for it. As for the memory... the Legend has plenty. I've loaded maps of most of the surrounding areas and I still have about 95% available. The other receiver I was considering was the Magellan Meridian Gold. It's quite a bit larger and has auto-routing and uses SD ram chips so memory is not an issue ever with it.

If you're getting a receiver with mapping capability, don't forget to look at the software that is available for your receiver and factor the cost of that as well if you plan on expanding beyond the base maps that come with the unit. The base maps are okay in town, but the topo stuff is non-existant. If you go with Garmin and you plan on caching in the wilderness, you'll definitely want MapSource Topo also.