Re: Best GPS for military use?

For what its worth, I know someone in the UK Marines who went for the
Garmin Geko 201.

His main consideration was size and weight, because of the reliance on
marching from A>B.

He wasn't too worried about the AAA battery issue because he was
looking for something to give occasional confirmation of position, not
constant logging.

Other considerations were:
- making ABSOLUTELY sure there was no chance of the backlight coming
on accidently at night.
- robust and waterproof.
- in hindsight he would have preferred the 301 but bought the 201
because of time constraints.
- size.

The 301 was preferred because it would give a quick indication of
which way to run from a static position (electronic compass) and its a
bit more discreetly coloured (grey). The 201 got a custom paint job in
the end for Iraq!

Cheers,
Les.