I also have not been out for a while. I may start up again in the summer when (hopefully) I will have more free time. Did it a little more frequently when the kids were younger.
Geocaching family here, the kids love it. We take the winter off to do other stuff but plan on getting back on it again shortly. We like to plan a whole day around it, go out to lunch, etc. It's a good time.
I use a Jeep Trailguide - basically a Garmin Quest II. It has a dock in my jeep then it comes out and its a regular handheld GPS with all sort of great features. I also use it on my bicycle with a special mount.
I usually like finding the obscure, out of the way hard to get to caches that allow us to get this thing a bit dirty
It's great for the kids. I'd never get them to walk for a couple of hours just to walk, but chuck a few geocaches in front of them and the "treasure hunt" is on. And that's for teenagers
Yeah the kids complain about the walk at times, especially the 7 year old but we try to keep it fun. I know what they are capable of and walking for a couple hours should never be an issue. I'm a bit tough there, plus after 11 years of marriage and 2 kids I have perfected the art of tuning out.
This will tell you something - Magellan Explorist (one of the old green ones). Been a while for us too but we promised we would re-start soon.
Recommendations on a good off-the-beaten-track GPS? One that doesn't whinge everytime "You are not on a road". The GPS built into my phone frequently does that.
The trailguide I have (Garmin Quest 2) will do on road, off road, trails 2 tracks, bicycle and breadcrumbs. Works great and is a value now that it's gotten older. Its not touch screen but I've dropped it into a mudhole then nearly drove over it with no issues. Tough little thing.
My fiance and I go geocaching in the summers around her family cottage and in our home town. Her father gave us one of his many GPS devices so I don't know what brand I'm using.
Oddly enough we were camping/hiking in Newfoundland and I stumbled across a geocache without trying on a mountain. It was much more exciting then using a GPS but of course was just happen-stance.
I geocache on occasion, had an older garmin but have been using my blackberries, and now my new HTC inspire. I really want a garmin gpsmap 62, but don't want to spend quite that much right now.
I would love to go out more, but I can't get swmbo excited about it, so I have to go in my spare time (rare).
I'm intrigued by the new technology and paperless systems, but my GPSr drop and bash frequency dictates that whatever I have has to be built like a tank.
I haven't been all winter, but I should get out this week and find a few. I use a Garmin GPSMap 60CSx, such an awesome GPSr. It doubles as a mountain bike computer, and tends to handle anything with ease.
My old Lowrance iFinder has been used for both hunting and geocaching. I haven't been lately but I need to get back into it. The kids love it. I'd probably try using the iPhone now.