Garmin Etrex Legend GPS Receiver by Garmin
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Digital camera reviews of Garmin Etrex Legend GPS Receiver
Digital camera Review: An excellent handheld GPS; maps are OK
Summary: 5 Stars
I use this on my motorcycle (handlebar mount), and as a "toy" on travel. Enough freeware is available for manipulating waypoints (it comes with a data cable), and the built-in basemaps are OK -- better within cities than in suburbs, but still better than nothing.WAAS is iffy in the SF Bay Area, I'm sure it will do better on the water, and further south. Overall reception is good, sometimes surprisingly so.
I also recommend a set of NiMH AA batteries + charger ...
This is my second (first was original "etrex", gave it to my dad) and it's a great value for the $$ (esp on Amazon).
Digital camera Review: Asia/Pacific Basemap
Summary: 4 Stars
We, too, had a bit of confusion about the basemap. The unit will auto-acquire your location after a few minutes of sky-searching. I think the Asian basemap is a result of a factory test that is done in the factory in Taiwan. The unit will start up with its last known location.
Kudos to Garmin for testing the product. Take off a few marks for not including a brief section on this in the user's manual. Otherwise, it is a good lightweight and compact tool.
Digital camera Review: Average Everyday User
Summary: 5 Stars
...I hike, geocache, canoe and mt bike and this unit fits all of those needs. It's accurate enough to fit my needs and its easy to transfer to and from PC mapping programs with the supplied PC cable. I also have a Venture that my 5 yr old son uses (yes it has features that easy to use) and I can honestly say they're both great units for the outdoors types and those who travel a lot.
Here's what it can do: Take a hike or bike ride, transfer every step back to your PC map program to show your adventure; want to know your average hiking speed, how long you stopped and how far you hiked, it will do it; looking for a particular location, say a restaurant, shopping center or business meeting location, find its coordinates using a PC mapping program and plug them into the GPS unit and let it show you the way; want an accurate speedometer and altimeter, it will do it; want an accurate clock, moon phase, and best fishing times calendar, it does that too; taking a road trip with the kids and they keep asking "Are we there yet?", with this unit, you can tell them how long and exactly how far you are away from being there; If you're lost and you need to backtrack or find help, it can supply enough information to possibly save your life and provide a way out.
Now, there is some clear line of site issues that affect it's accuracy, but for the most part (95% of the time), it will find and maintain communications with the necessary satellites to provide accurate information. It does take some practice on how to use these features but if you can set and program a VCR, you should have no problem understanding the features and functions of the Legend. If you bike, the handle bar mount is a must have option.
Digital camera Review: BITCHEN!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
WE started to do Geo caching with it,we this Garmin Legend, i have 3 girls and we do it on the weekends .They love it always fighting who is going to lead us.So thank youDigital camera Review: Bad Recption? Learn How To Use It!
Summary: 5 Stars
The eTrex Legend is one great unit. It's easy to use and despite what too many people here say, it gets great reception, even under heavy tree cover. The key is to hold it the way the manufacturer recommends, which is flat, face up, pointing at the sky. If you hang the GPS around your neck (as one reviewer did), or let it dangle at your side, you will lose reception. Another key is to turn it on well before you enter the woods so it knows where the sattelites are. The latter is true for all GPS units.
I use my Legend frequently for geocaching and hiking in the dense, northeast forests and rarely lose reception and those few times I do, I regain it immediately.
As far as other features. It's compact and easy to use. The one handed operation is nice, though it's designed to be held in the left hand which can be annoying. I guess the point was to keep your right hand available for other tasks.
The base map is pretty useless, which is the case for all GPS's that I've tried, Garmin, or Magellan. But download the Mapsource Topo or Mapsource Metroguide and you get detailed maps which are incredibly useful for finding your way around. The 8 megs of memory is good if you don't travel a lot. It should hold enough maps to cover 50 miles in every direction, but if you travel a lot, you might want the extra memory of the Vista.
I highly recommend this unit for someone who wants an inexpensive, mapping GPS.