Description eTrex packs full-size GPS features into a tiny, compact package for a low, compact price. Follow your route, marking up to 50 waypoints; find your way back with Garmin's exclusive TracBack(TM)feature....
Summary: I use GPS systems everyday for my job. I have experience operating systems that cost upwards of $2000, but I must say that for practical recreational use, the Garmin eTrex can do almost anything that you want. If you wanted to have a unit that is capable of having mapping software and built in maps. I would upgrade to one of Garmin's higher end products or go with a Trimble unit. As for price you cannot beat the eTrex. Compared to the Magellan I own it is really easy to use. All in all it is a GreatTTT GPS device that has gotten me out of lots of tight spots.
Similar Products Used: Magellan units, Trimble Units, Higher Garmins, as well as PDA with GPS Mapping sytems
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Summary: Great electronics and color detail screen but Garmin should have paid more attention to the engineering and testing of the overall unit. After two years, the black rubber gasket which protects the buttons of the unit began oozing a sticky substance and the rubber is no longer adhering to the unit.
Customer Service: On a scale of 1 to 10 I rate their customer service a "ONE". After explaining the problem, they recommended that I clean off the GOO and go out and buy a special glue to re-glue it. They did however acknowledge the problem and have a fix in the form of an adhesive strip but I would have to send them the unit incurring both forwarding and return shipping costs. I requested they mail me the strip and was told that because this was a manufactured part, they recommended GLUE for customers wanting the make the repairs personally. After several e-mails back and forth and not getting anywhere, I came to the conclusion that Gaemin DID NOT CARE about this customer. I would not buy another Gamin product after being treated in this manner.
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Reviewed by: Alfred Boudib(Unregistered User)
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Mountaineer
Price Paid:
$150.00
at Ebay
Summary: This little thing is awesome.
i have owned it now for about 5 years and it has stayed faithfull since. i have dropped it in creeks, left it outside overnight in the snow, dropped it from my quad at least 20 times and never even a flicker of the screen...it has brought me back every time i have gone out, great features, easy to use and tough as an ox! buy one. now.
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Reviewed by: Quinn Farol(Unregistered User)
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Car Camper
Price Paid:
$90.00
at online
Summary: I use the Etrex for all my road trips and it is AWESOME. I have tons of useful information in front of me at all times. I even use it as my speedometer! It is a well designed, ruggid device with good battery life and a customizible data screen. Not to mention the fact that when I want to get out of the car it's easy to bring along. The lack of an integrated map is the only thing that is missing, so I will someday upgrade to the Etrex Legend; it looks like the exact same device, except with mapping features (and it's blue).
Customer Service: n/a
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Summary: I was given an eTrex for Christmas 2006. I've never used a GPS before, so have nothing to compare it with, but my initial impression is of profound disappointment. A gadget geek might like this toy, but anyone who is just looking for a useful tool should look elsewhere. The user interface is dreadful.
The unit has 4 'navigation' buttons requiring iron finger tips to operate. As commented by an earlier reviewer, most of the available features are impractical to use unless you get enjoyment squinting at a screen while labourously entering waypoints the evening before your daytrip.
If the unit had one screen that boldly displayed the current grid reference and lat/lon, and did nothing else to confuse the user - that would have been ideal for my use, but instead it clutters screens with loads of useless information and features
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