Garmin eTrex Venture HC GPS Receiver by Garmin
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Digital camera reviews of Garmin eTrex Venture HC GPS Receiver
Digital camera Review: For the Price? Amazing Geocaching Unit
Summary: 4 Stars
This gps, for the price, is incredible. I bought this unit for less than $100 new on Amazon. The signal strength and satellite acquisition time is awesome and light years ahead of the unit I was using.
While I am very pleased with this purchase please be aware of it's limitations:
It does not have a Electronic Compass or barometric altimeter
It only has 24MB of space, 22MB for TOPO maps, and does not have a SD card slot.
It only comes with a base map which is not as detailed as the picture here may suggest.
This unit is also not considered "Paperless" for Geocaching, and it's on board geocaching feature is rudimentary. This feature does not provide hints and basically only allows you to mark points as 'found' and put them on a calendar. The geocaching feature also holds to the units 500 waypoint max.
However, this can be worked around. Using Custom POI Loader and GSAK with a Garmin POI Maco, you can load about 2-4 thousand geocaching waypoints on this device including the hint, hide type, size, and last found.
Since this device is a Garmin, there are quite a few free topo maps floating around the internet. A quick google search of gpsfiledepo will lend you a topo of almost every state.
While this unit only has 22MB for TOPO maps, I find that for my use that is fine. I live in Oklahoma and geocache mainly in OKC, Tulsa, and Stillwater. This unit can hold the TOPO for all of those cities and the highways between them. When I Geocache somewhere else, I can simply load a new TOPO set from mapsend. It really isn't that much of a hassle.
Overall, this is a great unit. With a little searching around the internet, you can get this unit ready to go with zero cost to you after purchase.
But be aware of it's limitations. Don't buy this unit expecting a detailed basemap or turn by turn directions. If it's what you need, then it's a great buy.
Digital camera Review: For the price...The greatest
Summary: 5 Stars
When I saw the price of the Venture HC, I was in shock. $114.99 for one of the best gps units on the market today, is unheard of. This little yellow wonder can receive location signals even in dense forest, and in the deepest of canyons.
I bought one even though I own the Legend HC and Legend C. The reason....I'm in charge of a survey crew who's job is to recover survey markers, or as they are properly called, section and quarter section monuments. Some of the areas I and my crew look for these points are in the Wasatch mountain range just east of Salt Lake City, and the Oquirrh Mountains to the west. These mountains are very rugged and easy to lose your direction. We upload the latitude and longitudes into the Garmin Venture HC and Legend HC and search the mountain sides. So far we have recovered most of the survey points we are looking for, thanks to our Garmin units. Without our handheld units it would take us a lot longer.
I cant say enough about Garmins quality, and the support is unsurpassed.
If your thinking about buying a gps unit heres a test you can do. Call Magellan's support line. What do you get?.......people who can hardy talk English. Now call Garmin. You are in Kansas Toto.
Digital camera Review: Fun Toy.
Summary: 3 Stars
Its best if you get the next one up in the range so that you can add memory to it. Otherwise you can't upload maps to the paltry memory that's built in.
You can, however, upload waypoints which is OK.
As a beginners first step its OK but after a day you will want the extra memory.
Also, it had a tendency to switch itself off after being left on. Annoying if you are tracking your movements over a day.
Digital camera Review: Fun!
Summary: 5 Stars
We took this on our first geocaching trip to Maine. Worked great. Had a great time!Digital camera Review: GARMIN ETERX VENTURE HC
Summary: 5 Stars
Garmin Etrex Venture HC GPS Receiver
THIS IS A GREAT STARTER FOR GEOCASHING. WE HAVE FAMILY WHO HAVE THE LEGEND HCX AND OREGON. THIS UNITS HIGH SENITIVITY RECEIVER IS AS ACCURATE AS THEM. STANDING IN THE SAME PLACE THE VENTURE WAS ONLY OFF .OO1 FROM THE OREGON. ALTHOUGH THE MAP IS NOT THAT GREAT, WHEN FINDING WAYPOINTS ITS STILL A GREAT UNIT FOR THE PRICE.IT HAS THE GEOCASHING MODE AND COMES WITH THE TRIP AND WAYPOINT MANAGER CD ROM. OVERALL WE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH OUR PURCHASE