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Is the garmin rhino 120 good?
« on: April 20, 2017, 11:50:07 AM »
For along time now I've been wanting to get a garmin rhino 650. Just can't rack up the funds quite yet tho. Buddy at work mentioned to me he will sell me his garmin rhino 120 for $50. Is that a good deal? I've seen it and it looks like it is near perfect condition I'm just not familiar with the rhinos. Any one use this particular Gps? Cons/pros? Thanks guys!

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Re: Is the garmin rhino 120 good?
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2017, 11:55:41 AM »
Yes, grab it.  The 120 is very basic but you will get back to your truck.

Keep saving funds for the 650 then give the 120 to your hunting buddy/kid/whatever to track on your 650 later on when you have the funds.  The whole point of having a Rino GPS is tracking other users of the Rino series of GPS's




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Re: Is the garmin rhino 120 good?
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2017, 11:58:39 AM »
Yes, grab it.  The 120 is very basic but you will get back to your truck.

Keep saving funds for the 650 then give the 120 to your hunting buddy/kid/whatever to track on your 650 later on when you have the funds.  The whole point of having a Rino GPS is tracking other users of the Rino series of GPS's
  Thank you! I'm just familiar with them.

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Re: Is the garmin rhino 120 good?
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2017, 11:59:57 AM »
If you don't need the polling feature other GPS's are better/cheaper/smaller than the 650. 

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Re: Is the garmin rhino 120 good?
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2017, 12:02:33 PM »
If you don't need the polling feature other GPS's are better/cheaper/smaller than the 650.
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Will all rhinos with walkie talkie work with each other?

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Re: Is the garmin rhino 120 good?
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2017, 01:08:04 PM »
yup - they keep track of where other rino users are with the walkie talkie, it sends out radio signals with a packet if info other rino's use then place an icon on your gps map. 

With the 120 I think you need to key the radio every so often or talk on it to get that packet of information out to other rinos,  the newer ones do automatic polling.   

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Re: Is the garmin rhino 120 good?
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2017, 02:13:13 PM »
I have the 650 and like it, but they have already moved on and now are into the 700's series.  The 700's have a bigger screen which is nicer.  About 550.00 though
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Re: Is the garmin rhino 120 good?
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2017, 03:26:49 PM »
My buddy has one. It takes a long time to lock up.
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Re: Is the garmin rhino 120 good?
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2017, 03:53:13 PM »
I have a 120. It uses a lot of batteries and you need to let it lock up when you start your hunt. This may be more or less difficult. I've never hunted w other RHINO users so I can't say it reached its potential. I did have the extra maps and that was pretty good.

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Re: Is the garmin rhino 120 good?
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2017, 04:47:46 PM »
My buddy has one. It takes a long time to lock up.

Now I'm wondering if I should just hold ou and save for a newer one. I like the idea of them. I just want to use them to their full potential. My best buddy just got a newer one so I want mine to be able to work with his. Anything will work better than my etreck.

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Re: Is the garmin rhino 120 good?
« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2017, 04:54:42 PM »
If you have a bunch of buddies with RHINOS evennannolder one may be cool. If however you not have a bunch of buddies with them I'm not even sure I'd get a 600 or 700 model one, but just get a good GPS or system for your smart phone.

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Re: Is the garmin rhino 120 good?
« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2017, 05:20:33 PM »
If its not an HCX model I wouldn't spend my $s on it!

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Re: Is the garmin rhino 120 good?
« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2017, 05:44:17 PM »
The lowest model you should look at is the 520hcx at minimum.  Anything older than that isn't very reliable.  I am a hardcore Rino user.

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Re: Is the garmin rhino 120 good?
« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2017, 09:04:21 PM »
My buddy has one. It takes a long time to lock up.

Now I'm wondering if I should just hold ou and save for a newer one. I like the idea of them. I just want to use them to their full potential. My best buddy just got a newer one so I want mine to be able to work with his. Anything will work better than my etreck.

Keep your eye out in the classifieds and for sales online. I got the 655T and love it. Locks up almost instantly, 5W radio, touch screen.
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