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

Manufacturer: Garmin

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Name: Erika Mitchell
Location: E. Calais, VT USA
Date: 2007-05-23
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Works great
Comment: I purchased this GPS to replace a Garmin 12 whose memory battery had died (a crucial element that's not mentioned anywhere in their manuals). What an upgrade! Not only does the Vista GPS allow you to log waypoints and figure out where you are, but it does a few dozen other things as well. Like download maps (expensive) onto a memory chip, and store geocaching information, or even play games. It's fully waterproof, and the interface is designed so that you can use the unit one-handed. There are many accessories available so that you can mount your GPS in a car or on bicycle, or wear it on your belt.

The reception of the Vista is a lot better than we ever had with the Garmin 12. Standing still in deep woods? No problem--the Vista can still find the satellites. It has so many bells and whistles, however, that it took us a while, and quite a few consultations with the manual, to figure out how to use it. That big button that sticks out on front--it works like a game stick-shift. Sure wish someone had told us that before we fought with the device for half an hour trying to figure out how to scroll up and down all those menus. Basically, the Vista seems reliable and very powerful, although it requires a bit of learning at first because it has so many features. Best of all, it doesn't have that horrid memory battery whose failure killed our last unit.

Name: D. Burbank
Location: Ithaca, New York
Date: 2006-11-13
Customer Rating: -

Summary: An excellent choice
Comment: I purchased the Vista CX from Amazon several months ago. I am VERY happy with it. It's rock solid. It has never failed me. I connect it to my Macintosh iBook and upload my track information after runs, hikes, bike rides, and trips in the car. The Vista CX is a great choice. (Previously I owned the eTrex and eTrex Summit.)

Name: Monette L. Bebow Reinhard
Location: Wisconsin
Date: 2007-05-21
Customer Rating: -

Summary: I was really worried
Comment: I paid quite a bit for this unit but had been using a cheap Magellan GPS that I could not update or download new maps, so everything in it seemed dated, and no rural mapes were available.

Here, even though some of the maps I downloaded weren't totally updated, and it will not give you road construction unless you can download a really recent map, I am fascinated every time I use this. There are a ton of features, but the best part is that I can use it on the road without having to pull over and read the directions.

The other day I was heading to a new place and didn't know if I would get there in time. So I just scrolled ahead on my GPS, it told me how many miles away it was and voila - I could relax, I had plenty of time.

Any GPS that cannot be updated by website downloads just isn't worth anything.

It will take me a while to learn all that this can do, but when I have to travel a lot alone, I don't need to book to figure it out.

Name: Fuzz
Location: Puget Sound, WA
Date: 2006-03-27
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Fun fun fun!
Comment: This is my first GPS, and I'm quite happy with it so far. It is quite accurate and very portable. It maintains a good signal, even in the woods. I have yet to purchase any maps for it, but it's been great while cruising around town and looking for a few geocaches. It is complex enough that I won't get bored with it anytime soon - there's lots of room to learn with this unit. The instructions are complicated, but maybe it's just me. There's so many features in this unit that the user manual is probably complex by default. I look forward to seeing all the different things the Vista Cx can do!

Name: John Q Adams
Location: Oak Harbor, WA USA
Date: 2007-04-25
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Superb with all the memory you need - from microSD cards
Comment: The Garmin Vista Cx will easily hold the complete Garmin City Navigator NT North America (US, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, etc) with room to spare on a 2 GB microSD card. The microSD card can be puchased cheaply with a standard SD card holder. The combination can then be loaded (using a standard PC-to-SD card device) with maps from a PC that hold the complete City Navigator NT North America leaving about 3/4 GB of the card empty. Time elapsed about 1/2 hour. Presumably the same method will also permit loading of the 3 topo CD's onto three 2 GB microSD cards. The Vista Cx will then take you anywhere anytime. In style.

All the other excellent characteristics of the Vista Cx have been covered by the other reviewers.

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