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Epicurus.com - Garmin eTrex Legend Mapping Handheld GPS
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List Price: $199.99
Our Price: $108.91
Your Save: $ 91.08 ( 46% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Garmin
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Batteries: 2
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Garmin
EAN: 0753759039929
Feature: 8 MB of memory means there is also plenty of room for waypoints, routes, and saved tracks
Format: CD
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Garmin
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Manufacturer: Garmin
Model: 010-00256-05
Native Resolution: 160x288
Number Of Tracks: 10
Publisher: Garmin
Size: Legend
Special Features: Bearing
Studio: Garmin
Variation Description: Legend
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Features
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8 MB of memory means there is also plenty of room for waypoints, routes, and saved tracks
"Click-stick" is handy for moving through screen icons and menus
Provides a range of data about hikes and drives, including current speed, average speed, trip distance, and time traveled
Tracks location data from up to 12 GPS satellites
Weighing in at only 5.3 ounces, fits into a pocket or clips onto a belt loop
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Editorial Reviews:
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With an eTrex series GPS is by your side, you can take on world without looking back. The eTrex is a basic GPS with a built-in electronic compass and barometric altimeter. These smart little handhelds are tough, waterproof and feature simple, one-hand operation. For your next adventure on land or sea, pack light. Go with eTrex. Features: - Waypoints/icons - 1000 with name and graphic symbol
- Tracks - Automatic track log with 10 saved tracks to let you retrace your path in both directions
- Trip Computer: Current speed, average speed, time of sunrise/sunset, resetable maximum speed, trip timer and trip distance
- Map datums: More than 100
- Position format: Lat/Lon, UTMUPS, Maidenhead, MGRS, Loran TDs (Venture, Legend and Vista only) and other grids
- Acquisition times: Warm - Approximately 15 seconds; Cold - Approximately 45 seconds; AutoLocate - Approximately 5 minutes
- Update rate: 1/second, continuous
- GPS accuracy: Position: <15 meters, 95% typical, Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state>/li>
- Interfaces: RS232 with NMEA 0183, RTCM 104 DGPS data format and proprietary Garmin
- Antenna: Built-in patch
- Power Source: 2 "AA" batteries (not included).
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: A basic handheld GPS
Comment: I wanted a GPS to note down the lats and longs to the places I visit (places of birding importance). I am in India and the default US maps are of no use to me. I am not bothered about it. The Garmin serves its purpose in recording lats, longs and elevation. It has additional features such as speedometer, odometer, etc, which is not my need. It shows your position with the best accuracy of 11 metres radius (as far as I have tried so far).
I knew that this particular Garmin model does not accept Google Earth Pro. However, I thought there should be other means of uploading maps to it. This is something I am yet to explore. But, the major draw back is the computer connectivity. It comes with a serial port, which my laptop does not accept. I have to now find out some adapter for this.
Other interesting features of the GPS are marking waypoints, tracking your route, and panning the map after you record your track/waypoints. The instrument has a joystick which you can use to pan, or jump menus in the "Main Menu" window. It's been just three weeks I got this GPS, and the joystick has stopped working in one direction. I can not pan the map down. I haven't used it roughly, the poor mechanical thing appears to be too sensitive.
Overall, it serves my purpose of getting the co-ordinates and elevation. If you want something more, like compatibility with Google Earth Pro, good computer connectivity, etc, then this is not the model. You may be interested in Garmin eTrex Legend CX or Vista.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good old GPS
Comment: I bought this used here on Amazon back in Oct 2003 and has worked without problems.
This GPS I use for Geocaching and it works great. I added the MetroGuide Map, I believe, and get nice street level detail unfortunately the 8 Megs of RAM is not enough to hold all of the LA area but it does hold quite a bit.
This is NOT a GPS that you really want to use for driving. There are many other GPS that have Turn-by-Turn, Color diplays, Touchscreen, ect... But it does very well for hiking, walking and bike riding, ect...
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Summary: works good for my outdoor use
Comment: I bought this to take hunting and hiking. The downside is the time it took to learn all the features I wanted to use. This is not a car level gps but isn't intended to be. Others are correct that under trees, if not holding it level, you'll lose signal, but it was quick to pick it back up. Gets me to with in 10 feet of the points I marked. I'll get a lot of use out of it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Poor reception
Comment: Given it's size and portability, I'd say this device performs well. Reception, however, can be a problem; sometimes it takes forever to lock on to satellites, sometimes it's just impossible to get a lock. This is my first GPS; if this is your first too, then it's a good buy. Otherwise, move onto something better (more accurate, better reception, more memory, faster startup). Don't be fooled by the image - YOU DON'T GET A MAP -; this device has very little memory and if you're traveling to Europe you won't be able to put much into it. I use it for orientation (North, South, East, West); if you download the coordinates of your points of interest from Google Earth and store them in memory you're ok without maps (there are parts of the world, like China, for which it's very difficult to find maps). Bottom line: Entry level GPS; not for serious trekkers or explorers, but good for travel 'aficionados'.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Garmin eTrex
Comment: This is my first GPS unit and I have used it for about a month. I use it mainly when kayaking on lakes to track time, distance and speed. The eTrex works great in this capacity. It handles water splashing with no ill effects. My only gripe is that it sometimes takes awhile to acquire the satellite signals and if you don't have a clear view of the sky it loses signal. The eTrex is very easy to use once all the buttons are identified. Battery life has been great. I was looking for a small, waterproof, inexpensive, easy to use GPS and the eTrex Legend does that and more. I would buy it again.
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