Comment by microtonal

Maybe I am old-school, but I still prefer (perhaps outside tourist use) a Garmin GPS handheld, especially for cycling, hiking, and geocaching.

Benefits: (1) battery life for 15-25 hours with the screen on (for popular models such as the gpsmap or eTrex); (2) If the battery dies, I can just replace them (2 AA NiMH rechargeable batteries); (3) they are robust, dropped mine various times without any issues; (4) the models with a quad-helix antenna are usually more accurate, especially if you are not near a lot of WiFi AP or cell towers for triangulation; (5) since they have buttons, you can easily operate them with gloves on in the winter.

Of course, as with camera's, the best GPS is the one with you, which is typically a smartphone.