Handheld GPS Reviews - Customer reviews - GARMIN 010-00364-01 Foretrex 101 GPS Receiver

Manufacturer: Garmin

List Price: $139.99
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Name: R. Baker
Location: St. George, Utah
Date: 2008-01-12
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Happy Garmin user with a problem
Comment: The Foretrex is fine and I use it about an hour each day. Battery life is extra bad; about 9 hours on alkalines and 4 hours on rechargable NiCads. Unfortunately there is very little warning on low juice prior to shut down.

Name: Ron Malinowski, Jr.
Location: Streamwood, IL USA
Date: 2008-06-27
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Great tool for Photo-tagging
Comment: I bought this for specific purposes that I think its very good for. I use this type of unit to do my photography geotagging. It wears in your wrist and will log where you take your pictures by using additional software that will allow to match up your digital photos to the GPS track log history. being on your wrist its always available to get a signal from the satellites when your taking your picture. Also when I goto Shopping malls or sporting events, I mark my car and use it to find my car in large parking lots. The key to this is you dont have a bulky GPS in your pocket while your at a concert or sportingevent its worn on your wrist, lightweight. has computer interface with additional cable ~$13 (serial only), great uses for portable APRS tracking (an amateur radio application). I choose this over the Garmin Gecko for having a better power button, the Geko was too easy to have turn on while in your pocket, this works well for the purposes I mention if you do not need maps or need your hands free, great for biking or geocaching as well. for the $99 -$130. It will also plot and do auto route back if you leave it on while navigating outdoors so you can find your way back out., handsfree is the key to buying this unit. The also choose the 101 over the 201 for the ability to carry extra batteries and change them in the field vs having to charge the 201.

Name: Riz
Location: Central America
Date: 2008-08-31
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Almost perfect
Comment: I've been using GPS's for decades, for work and pleasure. The sensitivity of this product is phenomenal. This GPS does exactly what it is supposed to for a reasonable price. Why only 4 stars? In today's age of technology there is no reason a low power OLED with a map capable SD map slot is not installed. I would pay a little extra for that. Go with the AAA battery version if you plan on using it a lot; especially in the field or on mission.

Name: H. Zahl
Location:
Date: 2006-01-20
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Great unit but functionality adds 50% extra costs
Comment: I bought this unit specifically for my biking trips as a traditional cyclecomputer is hard to mount on a trike-bike. It also has a wealth of additional info compared to cyclecomputers that I need. It's well buillt and UI is simple. Most useful is the traceback function which means you'll always get back to your starting point - somehow. For long trips it's good to know approx. when you'll arrive at your final destination, so you can call and have them prepare some food for instance. Your family also relax more if you can provide them with hard data about your journey.
A have another Garmin unit - a pda with gps - called Ique 3600 which came with MapSource software for Windows. I also mainly use a portable computer which has only usb-ports for addons. Tested several adapters (serial to usb) before I ended up with the "original" from Garmin at a crazy price. Extra serial cable + adapter for USB costed 50% of the price for the unit. (260US$ for unit + 130US$ for cable + adapter). Now I plan my trips using MapSource from Garmin (I use City Select v.7 for Europe which is updated about evere 18th month)and download the whole trip directly to the Foretrex. Upon completion, I compare route and tracks as the software isn't very accurate in more rural areas. The software also enables you to get heightprofiles, but they are far less accurate then the mapcoordinates used. Sometimes I've been a few hundred meters below sealevel according to the unit, but individual trackpoints can be edited away in the software so with a little extra work you get a good height profile anyway.
GPS have made my life easier in so many ways - this unit is no exeption.

Name: J. Barfield
Location:
Date: 2007-09-07
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Garmin Foretrex 101
Comment: The battery life was WELL under what was estimated in product info. This is not a bad product, just not what I was expecting. I do alot of backcountry backpacking and found that the unit had a difficult time keeping a signal under tree cover. Once out in the OPEN above treeline, no problem. But what's the point if half you distance might be in treeline and it won't be able to track?? Battery life poor in MY opinion.

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