Hand held GPS with 12v option?

[NPMR]

We use an old Magellan hand held GPS in the cockpit as a back-up to the chart plotter so we can get a general guide as to what's going on with speed and cross track error, distance to go etc. without leaving the cockpit.

We plug it into the boats 12v supply, so never worry about batteries. (If it were to lose battery life for long, it loses all the many, many waypoints now programmed in and it's a very tedious job to put them back in!!)

When I look at possible replacements, such as Garmin's eTrek and other, more modern versions, they seem not to have a 12v option.

Is there one out there still with this?

 

[bluerm166]

Yes the Garmin 72H takes 12 volt.Got one recently from Cactus at good price.
In some clever way it doesn't have a memory battery,so you shouldn't lose waypoints.
The alternative a s/hand 12XL but I found that ran to over £50 on ebay even with a failing memory battery.

 

[NB Willawaw]

Have you had a google ? I did and came up with the Garmin GPS72H.

I still use a Magellan GPS315 that operates like yours does. I use it as a speed log for SOG.

P.S you can also power a lot using the USB port with a auto 12V/USB adapter.

 

[LadyInBed]

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