Handheld GPS Reviews - Customer reviews - Garmin eTrex Vista CX Color Handheld GPS

Manufacturer: Garmin

List Price: $374.99
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Name: K. Pindel
Location: Iraq
Date: 2007-01-05
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Garmin in Iraq
Comment: I purchased the e Trex Vista Cx for use in Iraq on my deployment there and have been very satisfied with it's ruggedness and ease of use. The downloads have been easy to install and the tracks from map source have been easily transfered over to google maps of the area I was working in. I am very satisfied with Garmin and it's product.

Name: K. Baker
Location: Southeastern Ohio
Date: 2007-02-09
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Amazing
Comment: This is the first GPS I've owned, though I have used other GPS units at work. The features of this unit are great, the compass is functional when motionless, the build in data like sun and moon phases and hunting and fishing times will prove very useful to me, it's also fairly easy to use. I bought the Garmin Vista primarily to use for fishing. I've since purchased U.S Recreational Lakes CD and have loaded several potential hot spots in my GPS. Now I'm waiting for the spring thaw to really test the unit. A friend has 3 different GPS units and soon says he'll have one more, the Vista from Garmin.

Name: Andy Chan
Location: Walnut, CA USA
Date: 2007-02-23
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Battery Life Rocks!!!
Comment: This is my first portable GPSR unit. I have used 3-4 different build-in street navigation units in my cars so I have some experiences about GPSR unit. The Vista Cx is a well build consumer level GPSR. For hiking purpose, this unit rocks!!! The battery life is amazing and it can hold signal under trees (well, not the forest though).

I have bought the US street nav NT CD and tried to use the Vista Cx as car navigation unit. The Vista Cx seems lack of CPU power so it's very slow. Don't use this unit as your primary car navigation. You should buy a real car navigation unit if you primary goal is using the unit in the car!

Name: Jim from Junction
Location: Oregon
Date: 2006-11-06
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Good Product!
Comment: The Garmin eTrex Vista Cx is quite an item! I am not a technical type who has checked out the item in detail, but so far am impressed. I did check out the product fairly thoroughly before buying (internet, other gps owners, a local store) - I recommend the color screen - images are much easier to see, worth the extra price. I use mine mainly for hiking - was fun to watch it show the path I had taken (used it while doing a round of golf!) and it works well. Reception was also better than I had expected - worked well in the car and near windows in the house. It takes about a minute to locate satellites and get started after being turned off - sometimes a bit longer (50 seconds up to about 1 1/2 minutes under an open sky). I use rechargeable batteries - get fairly good life from them - haven't timed them to see exactly how long they last. Would recommend ones with replaceable AA batteries over ones that need to be recharged . . . not much fun to have batteries go dead and no outlet to charge up available. I keep an extra set or two with the Garmin, just in case needed.

Overall, it is a great little item that does lots more than I have figured out how to use!

Name: lionel a santiago
Location: Florida
Date: 2007-01-05
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Garmin E-Trex Vista Cx
Comment: I LOVE MY GARMIN. I just recently traveled to Missouri in search of property and the E-Trex performed great. I was able to travel from property to property with no problem at all. It would have been IMPOSSIBLE without the my Vista Cx. It performed well under deep canopy cover and took us out of some pretty rough looking dirt roads. It was money well spent. I purchased the power adapter and car kit from E-bay and i was ready to go.

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