Garmin Rino 120 review

The Garmin Rino 120 combines GPS navigation with two-way radio communications. It’s 8 MB of memory also allows you to transfer maps and data from Garmin products such as Topo US and Fishing Hot Spots.

Compared to the Rino 110, the Rino 120 has a better base map, more memory (8 MB vs. 1 MB), voice scrambler and vibration alerts. Step up to the Rino 130 and you’ll get even more memory (24 MB), a larger tracklog capacity, NOAA weather radio, an electronic compass and barometric altimeter.

Garmin recently released new color models with an updated feature set — the Rino 520 and Rino 530.

There are dozens of customer reviews of the Rino 120 to read at Amazon.

Here’s what others are saying about the Rino 120:

• The editors at CNet gave a 7.6 out of 10 rating in their Rino 120 review. Customer reviews there weren’t quite as kind.
• GPSInformation.net reviews the Rino 120 and 110.
• Optics4Birding chimes in as well with a review of the Rino 120 and 110.
• BackpackingLight.com gives a weak 2.0 out of 5.0 rating in their Garmin Rino 120 review.

Here are some other Rino 120 resources:

• A PDF version of the Rino 120 owners manual.
• Want to see how the 120 stacks up against other Rinos? Use this Garmin GPS comparison tool.
• There is an active Garmin Rino message forum at Yahoo.
• A nice example of using the polling feature to find a lost Rino.
• The official Garmin Rino 120 web page.

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