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Manufacturer: Garmin
List Price: $374.99
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Name: B. K. Gilbert
Location: Calhoun, Ga USA
Date: 2006-07-10
Customer Rating: -
Summary: Geocacher
Comment: I purchased the Vista CX after wanting to upgrade from my Legend. The first out caching, the unit was very eradic and took me 400' feet from the cache. After calibrating the compass, I got within 80' feet. Second cache it got within 90' of it. Garmin CS said they never heard of this but the Vista I purchased two years did the same thing. They both were returned, needless to say. If you want a great no frills GPS, stick with the Legend. Most cachers with higher end Garmins fuss about the cords being off from lower end units. Garmin just can't see to make the expensive units with many features be accurate. The Vista line keeps building on a poor platform. I am waiting on my new Magellan Explorist 500 from Amazon.
Name: Gengqing Chen
Location: China
Date: 2006-10-11
Customer Rating: -
Summary: I regret buying it!
Comment: I bought a eTrex Vista C and a Mapsource CD for my recent trip to those national parks and I deeply regret it! Forgive my English, for I am not a native speaker, and my negtive attitude because of my frustration.
First of all, I couldn't download mapsource onto the unit, even with professional help. I contacted a support crew, who is friendly and patient, and followed his step-by-step instructions. No luck. Then I had a computer engineer to help me with the whole process. Same result. The reason is, the USB driver that Garmin provide via their website does NOT work! At least for me. I planned my trip from more than 10 thousand miles away counting on the Garmin eTrex Vista C, and it simply let me down! Could you imagine how frustrated and angry I was, especially when I got lost and wasted precises time and energy?
Secondly, the unit lost signal too readily. It lost signal in the woods on California and Oregon coast line, on high land of Yesemite Tioga Road, on Rainier's park way, let alone those deep canyons and valleys. It even lost signal several times when I put it into my pocket or hung it around my neck! The more you need it at those critical points, the more likely the unit lost its signal!
Thirdly, it is not precise enough. I drove alone the park way back and forth in Yesemite Valley, the readings swinged significantly when I passed the same point. This does matter if one is on a open area or a road, however, this could be disastrous if one depends on it to navigate in dense, remote areas while hiking.
Bottom line: My experience with this product is anything but pleasant.
Name: Stanley K. Orchard
Location: Hobart, WA USA
Date: 2008-12-11
Customer Rating: -
Summary: Just Didn't Work
Comment: I purchased this for geocaching. When I tried connecting to a computer it just wouldn't work. Tried several machines. Same result. So I just sent it back to Amazon. I have experience with another Garmin unit and loved it so I'll try getting another model. Maybe this was just a lemon.
Name: Frank Bungartz
Location: Ecuador
Date: 2007-11-08
Customer Rating: -
Summary: fancy piece of junk
Comment: Ah yes you have read all the good reviews. This thing has everything, right? Barometric pressure, altitude, expansible memory card, color screen, USB connection, etc., etc.
So what could possibly be wrong?
Hhhmmm - how about the GPS - yes, this thing is supposed to be a GPS = Global POSITIONING System, with the emphasis on global here. Thing is: Satellite reception is simply just totally erratic. With my five year old Magellan I was almost always able to get a reading. This new fancy toy - forget it! Ah, sooo many satellites and then suddenly all gone - not even beneath any trees, right on top of the equator. And then try to re-locate. How a bout half an hour to find these pretty satellites again. Or maybe two hours. Yes, I can sit down outdoors and wait all day until my GPS graces me with re-initializing. Hard Reset - no problem, but does not really help.
Buy it? Forget it!!!
I wonder if the new HCx is any better, but this unit is everything but...
certainly it is NOT a GPS!
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