Name: John R. Ridley
Location: Chelsea, MI USA
Date: 2000-12-31
Customer Rating: -
Summary: Great product and great service, too.
Comment: This unit is simple to use and accurate, and the battery life is good. I think it lives up to everything a GPS in this range should be. Certainly it isn't enough GPS for some people's use, but it doesn't claim to be. It's a simple, small GPS, accurate and easy to pocket on hiking trips. I was surprised that it was able to maintain a lock even when sitting on the passenger seat of my car, with metal overhead, travelling at 70MPH. My previous GPS experiences were NOT that good. A friend borrowed it and it came back with a non-functional power button. I assume it got mashed up against something in his pocket and the button got crushed, so I'm not blaming Garmin for this one. I was very impressed by their service; they not only replaced the unit quickly, they also took the trouble to transfer my waypoints from the old unit to the new unit. Very good service, should you need it.
Name: Brad Clodfelter
Location: Jackson MO
Date: 2002-04-25
Customer Rating: -
Summary: garmin etrex
Comment: This is one easy to use unit, and extremely accurate for the price. You can read the owners manual and be operating this unit in about 1 hour or less. Forget about the other more expensive units that can cost upwards of [price] or more. This baby has more features than your average person will ever need and cost you about [price]. And anybody can use this unit without worrying about getting lost in the woods or over all the the fancy features on more expensive units which you probably aren't going to use anyway. The accuracy on mine is usually within 25 feet or less. I,ve been using mine for turkey hunting here in Missouri, and it has worked every time even in wooded area. I have even marked my house before and drove 30 miles to turkey hunt and turned it on to return home. It was within 25 feet of where I had marked the spot. What more could you asked for the price. AAA+++
Name: Hiker
Location: Deep South
Date: 2006-09-28
Customer Rating: -
Summary: I love this thing!
Comment: I just got mine and I'm extremely impressed with it. It's very easy to use (hint - download the instructions from Garmin's website and read them while you're waiting for delivery - this one is newer and does more than those instructions say, but it works the same way and you will know how to use it before it gets there). It's accuracy is more than what I expected. I can mark a waypoint and it will guide me to within 10 feet of it, sometimes within 3 feet. This is far more than what I need but nice to have that level of accuracy (in WAAS mode). It doesn't have the features of more expensive units but it has everything I need, and everything you would need to get you unlost in the woods. It doesn't do maps but I didn't want that anyway. You can't beat this unit for the price.
Name: Austin David
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Date: 2004-01-29
Customer Rating: -
Summary: 3 + years old, I still love it.
Comment: Got this GPS in 2000 as a fancy toy. Reception can be irritating, but it seems to do better than most -- it's locked on 5 birds / 20 feet in my living room. Battery life is great (I used NiMH rechargables), the screen is great, interface is intuitive, etc.I've decided to give one to my dad for his birthday.
I definitely recommend the PC cable w/ 12V adapter (part #010-10268-00; double-check Amazon's recommendation), as there is a lot of free and not-so-free mapping and waypoint management software (TopoGrafix, for starters).
It holds 500 waypoints and ~ 1500 trackpoints (10 tracks). In 3 years of long (~ 60 mi) rides, long car trips, etc I've not had a problem with the memory limits.
The price is right, the unit works great, and it's plenty of GPS for my knocking around. And, for the record, I can get readings in commercial aircraft -- just hold it up to the window and give it time to acquire.
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Location: Winchester, England.
Date: 2002-11-05
Customer Rating: -
Summary: An entry level GPSr: but maybe all you need
Comment: I started GeoCaching with a borrowed Garmin 12XL, and found I liked both GeoCaching, and Garmin's GPS's!So when I wanted my own GPSr, Garmin was the obvious chioce. I didn't need or want anything [too costly], and the Garmin "yellow" eTrex has given me all I've wanted: it's small, it's accurate... heck, it does what it says on the packet (hmmmm, what DOES it actually say on the packet?)! Oh, and its very waterproof.
As far as batteries go: keep a set of alkalines with you for emergency use, but invest in some high-capacity NiMH batteries & a charger for normal use.
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