I've scanned through every GPS related thread I could find, but could not
find what I was looking for. I'd appreciate any good recommendation.

I use it for various different things like hiking, biking, kayaking.. and
general travel (driving flying etc) and I do not care about
turn by turn direction features.


I currently own a Magellan Explorist 200.. I've been happy with it, but
for my needs its not enough any more. Its little bit slow. It does not take
rechargeable NiMH AA batteries - I have to use regular AA batteries.
And I cannot download the track logs and location markers. And it does
not have any memory expansion capabilities.

I need a new portable GPS with the following features:

- Must be hand held.

- water proof/resistant, great if it floats... but better if it
fits in the pocket.

- Rechargeable or it must accept Rechargeable AA NiMH batteries.
(Note: Magellan Explorist 200 does not work on NiMH batteries)

- I Do not care about street maps or its ability to give me directions
but a good global topographical map would be a big PLUS...

- Should be fast and lock onto the signals quickly.

- I should be able to copy/dump the track logs, and location markers
to a computer in text format... USB connectivity would be great
but if it writes to an SD card in a generic format, I can live with it.

- inbuilt compass would be great.. but its not necessary.

- time zone and DST aware (or configurable)

- bicycle mount would be nice too.

I've thought about Explorist 600, but the reviews I've seen are mixed.
Explorist XL seems nice, but its just too big and heavy.

Any good recommendation or thoughts?

thanks