Where Am I?

At the end of 2006 I had exactly--I counted--zero GPSs in the house. Not a single one. Oh, I had used them before. I've borrowed from friends, had some on loan for review, that sort of thing. But I owned not one. Then, in short order, I acquired--semi-permanently--a Garmin Etrex. Shortly after that I was given a Garmin 76CSx which is now mounted on my motorcycle. Later in the year, I picked up my Tilt--PocketPC phone, geek that I am--with a built in GPS, as I mentioned last week.

For those of you keeping track, that's 3. Granted, they all serve a different purpose. The Etrex is small enough for bicycle use, the 76CSx has routing capabilities--something I hope to use more often--and a nice base map and my phone is with me 100% of the time and is connected to the internet.

Today, I received a new toy... er... piece of equipment to review. The Garmin Edge 705. Unlike the aforementioned GPSs, this one is bicycle specific.

It has a base map, has a microSD slot for additional maps, measures--and logs--speed, altitude, calories burned, distance, climbing and descending and more. It'll also handle--depending on options--heart rate, cadence and can use a wheel pickup so you don't lose distance data when a good satellite fix isn't possible.

It is, in short, the latest, best cycling GPS Garmin offers.

Naturally, I'll post more after I get some time with it.

As you can see, I'm cultivating a GPS fetish to go along with my light fetish.