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GARMIN 010-00630-00 Etrex Vista GPS Receiver
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| High-Sensitivity, WAAS-Enabled GPS Receiver Provides Peak Performance In Any Environment |
| Lightweight, Compact & Waterproof |
| Features A 1.7-InchH X 1.3-InchW Screen With 256-Level Color Tft |
| Built-In Basemap With Automatic Routing Capability |
| Connects To Computer'S Usb For High-Speed Map Downloads |
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Customers Reviews
2008-11-15
Learning Curve
I got lost while hiking a few years ago and decided that I needed to research hand held GPS units. I put that decision off until I started hiking with my kids. After looking at many reviews, I settled on the Garmin Vista HCx. My top priorities were to have a small hand held unit with a highly sensitive GPS receiver (since most of my walks are in forested areas). After thinking about it some more, I thought a color display, the ability to add detailed maps, and a compass would be nice. The Vista HCx was the cheapest Garmin I could find that met all my criteria (and the Amazon reviews were reasonable). I picked one up along with the Garmin topo maps and a micro-sd card and started to play with it. I was impressed with the size of the device along with the quality of the color display. While inside my house, the vista locked onto the GPS satellites quickly which satisfied my sensitivity requirement (and it did a good job under tree cover). I loaded the topo maps onto the device and the display showed the topo details quite nicely. Now why is my rating only 3 stars? In short, the operation of the device was not intuitive. I tinkered with it off and on for 2 weeks at home, while hiking, and while taking walks in the neighborhood. I never figured out how to properly use the device. I think that is the price to pay for adding so many features to more device. With more practice, I'm sure I would have figured the device out. However, that doesn't bode well for those times when you REALLY need it and your facilities are not all in order. If the device had been intuitive, I would have given it 5 stars. So, I returned the Vista and continue my search.
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2008-11-07
This baby rocks.
A month ago I replaced my old Garmin Etrex Vista with the new Etrex Vista HCX. My old Vista was great, except when I was in heavily wooded areas or rocky canyons---in other words it was worthless to me as a GPS but priceless at the front entry as a door stop. The new HCX has solved this problem, but I may have to go to Target to get a new door stop as I sold my old GPS.
I can now hike in very heavily wooded, mountainous and deep rock canyon areas in central and southern Mexico and not worry about the signal. This HCX locks into the satellite signals and rarely lets go. The altimeter and compass are very accurate. The battery life is much improved over old units (up to 25 hours on two alkaline batteries). And, you can't beat Amazon pricing and quick delivery-----I got this GPS from Amazon for about $60.00 less than any other vendor's pricing.
In other words, this is a highly functional and useful hiking and biking GPS. What can be done to make it a five-star product:
1. Since this is a routing-capable GPS, add voice prompts for turns. You do get a beep, but that's not useful and, indeed, potentially dangerous if you're behind the wheel of a car if you're constantly looking at the screen, leading me to recommend a separate car-specific unit for a car;
2. The basemap of the Americas is useful, but be aware that Garmin maps are expensive should you desire topographic, street, other country or specialized maps. I did some internet research and found effective workarounds for getting non-Garmin maps on the unit and some reasonably good free maps which would have cost me a total of $500.00 had I bought them from Garmin. Garmin should either lower the price of their maps or provide instructions for loading non-Garmin maps on their units. Slim chance!
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2008-09-30
Garmin etrex Vista -iompressive product
The Garmin etrex Vista is every thing promised. Seems to work great, But for me it demands some study and learning.
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2008-09-10
Easy to use
Bought one for my trip to California. Was a bit put off by the reviews that said it would be hard to use, I think it is very intuitive and has worked great for be. If you use a mac you need to convert the maps using Mapconverter in Windows, which will generate a map file that you can use on the mac. This might be considered a bit of a hassle.
The sensitivity of the GPS is really good, mine localized satellites even when indoors. Battery time is superb.
Only drawback was that it froze a couple of times when I started using it, but since I upgraded the firmware it has worked without problems.
Highly recommended.
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2008-09-06
Waste of money
After two weeks it stopped working - wasn't able to acquire satellites. Amazon gave me the money back.
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Product Details
Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Garmin
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EAN: 0753759028329
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Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Garmin
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Manufacturer: Garmin
Model: eTrex Vista HCx
Publisher: Garmin
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