Information needed on GPS chip

[Jerry Russell]

I need some help choosing between two GPS micro SD chips for my Garmin Montana 650t GPS. 
I am hopeful someone on here has had exposure with both or can provide some help based on experience. 

I have my choice narrowed down to the Garmin huntview plus and the OnX state hunt chip.  Which is superior and why?

Not interested in information on phone based GPS APPS.  I have all those but I have a specific need where only a touch screen GPS will suffice. 

Thanks. 

[matt steed]

Jerry, I have not personally used either. Several weeks ago I contacted Timber Creek Supplies in North Mississippi about purchasing a GPS. He sales Coondog hunting supplies, but I was told he had the best prices on GPS units.

Anyway, I called him and we had a lengthy conversation about GPS mapping chips. He told me the Garmin Hunt view was the best. He told me their are several other programs but the Garmin had the best up to date maps.

His name is Bob and he owns the dog supply company, he might give you some very good information.

[trad_bowhunter1965]

I think it depends on where your hunt if you have cell phone serves where you hunt than go with a phone I like the GPS but I hunt out west and not a lot of private land. 

[Jerry Russell]

The phone apps will not work for my application.

[Etter]

Have you thought about using your phone as your gps Jerry? 

[Etter]

Seriously, if the onx gps chip is the same as their phone app, I hate their topo maps.  Once you zoom out at all it is just a blurry mess.  It’s great for finding property boundaries but thats all I use it for.  Up in the mtns I use an app that uses the USGS topos. 

[Jerry Russell]

Both chips offer 1:24,000 resolution vs the 1:100k that a gps comes with and in that regard, they are the same.  Both offer property lines with ownership which is critical for me as a tracker running a blood dog.  My real question is a functionality comparison between the two. 

For the record, the phone apps can’t work for me because when I am out of cell service AND tracking with a blood dog, I do have the ability to download maps because I don’t even know where I am going to track in advance.  Additionally, I can geotag last blood with a touchscreen gps with a single tap without stopping the dog.  Orientation back to that last blood is much easier with a Montana gps than a phone app. 

Having said that, for normal hunting conditions, the phone apps work fine for most people.  I use them a great deal. 

[bigbadjon]

I am using Hunt On X. Property boundaries are my most needed feature and it fills that need for me. I am hunting flat land in FL so the aerial maps are also more useful to me than topo.