Handheld GPS Reviews - Customer reviews - GARMIN Etrex Vista HCx GPS Receiver

Manufacturer: Garmin

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Name: Monty J. Smith
Location:
Date: 2008-01-07
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Know where you are and going GPSing
Comment: Garmin eTrex Vista HCx Color High-Sensitivity Mapping Handheld GPS I have heard that for the money this product is the best on the market.

Name: D. J. Hadley
Location: Santa Rosa, California United States
Date: 2007-12-28
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Garmin GPS rules. :)
Comment: This being my first GPS I am very happy. It has saved me twice in the forest. I am so happy with this product I got one for a friend. :)
David

Name: Pearl Powell
Location:
Date: 2008-02-29
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Don't know -- see written review
Comment: I have no idea about this product; it was purchased as a gift for my son-in-law. Since it is not hunting season, I'm not even sure when he will use it.

Name: Alex Roche Cagigos
Location:
Date: 2007-09-25
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Great upgrade
Comment: I bought it to replace my old Garmin Etrex Vista and I am very happy with it. When comparing it to my older model these are the main differences:

Pros:
* Really high sensitivity. Now it always works inside the car, and it always works when hiking in the forest. You can just drop it into your pocket or backpack.
* Routing capability. Very useful if you have a good map, even if it doesn't give voice commands.
* Color screen rather than B/W makes it much more readable even if screen area is slightly smaller
* When saving Waypoints, now the date and time info is automatically included.
* Battery lasts at least twice
* Rapid transfer of maps and tracks through USB rather than serial!
* Compatible with the maps and logs that I already have. I transferred all the waypoints and tracks saved in my old Vista to this new model, through Mapsource without problem.
* Compatible with my car, motorbike and bicycle mounts that I already have from my Etrex Vista.
* I can still use the free maps that I used with my old Vista, from: http://mapcenter.cgpsmapper.com/catalogue.php and from
http://www.malsingmaps.com/
* Automatic date setup (from the satellites?)
* When transferring to the PC, the Active Log is now transferred as a few tracks (I guess one for every time that you have powered up the device) rather than as a long list of tracks
* When saving a track, now you can decide exactly up to which point to save back.

Cons:
* Not compatible with two of my Etrex Vista accessories: Car power adaptor (now the power comes through the USB connector) and Garmin case (now the unit is a little bit wider and shorter)
* No Favorite Waypoints menu. Has been replaced by a Recent Finds Menu?
* User Interface is sometimes confusing and not easy to find the function that you are looking for.
* WAAS setting and backlight level get to off whenever you power off the unit rather than remembering the setting (firmware bug?)
* Product Manual is very bad. It tells you how to turn things on and off, not why and when you should turn something on and off.
* No Micro SD memory included so you cannot upload any map unless you buy one.
* For the next product update, could I ask Garmin to add a Voice Recorder function to be able record a voice note associated to each Waypoint?

Name: JBL
Location: Colorado
Date: 2007-09-03
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Vista HCx Review
Comment: I was very pleased with the Amazon delivery of the unit along with the accessories I purchased.

The Vista HCx has been fantastic. I have used it backpacking, mountain biking, and for auto navigation. This is my 2nd Garmin unit and this one blows away it's predicessor. There are so many functions in here it takes weeks of playing with it to find them all and learn how to use them.

The data on the pages is completely flexible as is the list of pages shown and their sequence. So much useful info however you want to see it.

The GPS receiver is far more sensitive than predecessors and locks on quickly.

I use both the Topo Maps and the City Navigator NT. Nice to have all that capability in a single unit.

Overall I am just thoroughly jazzed with this unit. The reason it did not get 5 stars is because the user manual is very limited. There is no way to get information on how to use most of the features in the unit. You have to figure them out by playing with them and trial & error. I have called Garmin support on a few things to truly figure out how some features work.

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