Garmin Etrex Legend GPS Receiver
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Customer Review: Bought one for the second time.
Summary: 4 Stars
My wife and I got into Geocaching last year. We had a blast and had great results using our eTrex Legend. We ended up getting other distractions that kept us from GeoCaching so we decided to sell our Legend. Well a year later we decided to get backing to caching because of some friends so we went looking again for GPSr units and after looking nothing seems to have topped the Legend in the value section.
I have read complaints about people losing sats but honestly from my previous experience, this only happened to us when the tree cover was almost completely blocked out the sky. I often used the unit indoors (near a window of course) and never had a problem using it in the car.
There are a few items that I buy a second time around, the only one that comes to mind off hand was a FujiFilm FinePix 1300. I tend to like value and items that retain a resale value, and from experience, the Legend fits both of those categories.
If you are looking for a sub $200 unit to Geocache with, this is the unit for you. With EasyGPS you can easily store and download Geocache waypoints to your Legend.
Also I don't think anyone mentioned it, but the Legend has a ton of different waypoint icons you can use, it even has GeoCache and GeoCache Found icons.
If I don't get the same results of the 2nd unit that I just ordered I will post it, but until then I am happy I stuck with the Legend.
Customer Review: Garmin eTrex Legend 8 MB GPS for Geocaching
Summary: 5 Stars
Purchased this GPS device primarily for geocaching and have not been disappointed in its overall performance. For only geocaching, it probably is too much for us - we could have gone with the model below it, but we have enjoyed its use none the less.
Our experience indicates that it performs reasonably accurately (usually within 20 feet) even in dense tree cover or thick clouds. Its initial connection time is brief (no longer than 1-1.5 minutes) and when it does lose contact, it reconnects usually within 10-15 seconds.
The display can be tough to read in bright sunlight, however (although my kids have had no difficulties, so it may be Dad's old eyes!). The battery life has been great - we use regular AA cells and have only had to replace them once in 5 months of use (and we have often left it on for extended periods).
The pre-loaded mapping software is OK for interstate and more significant US highway travel (indicates rest areas and services available at exits) - state and lower level roads are not provided. But we're fine with that as we use it primarily for geocaching. Cannot comment in terms of its ease in uploading other software or data as we have not attempted that at this time.
Again, overall we are very pleased with our purchase of this Garmin device and are looking forward to years of use of this GPS unit.
Customer Review: 1 Serial Port Cable is a fossil!
Summary: 1 Stars
It's not about the GPS, or that it only holds 8MB's of memory (not a stick upgradable option but built in#, or it only locks onto a satellite if U R standing still in the middle of a foot-ball field, BUT most computers today come with ONE #9 female pin# serial-port plug/outlet for PC to a major/vital peripheral hook-up or 4 get your printer/scanner or fax and use it for your GPS hook up and buy their map disks at $100+ ea. But don't buy them ALL or your memory would have to be in the GB's range! If U have a PC with any peripherals like a printer that ONLY port is USED so no luck d/l-ing Garmin © software. Most newer PC's come with several USB 2.0 ports, or a cheap hub turns 1 USB outlet into many outlets/inputs, so why is Garmin selling a GPS kit for around $130 with the ONLY way to get Jack from your PC is thru a SP connector? If U want a USB that works to d/l maps think around paying $60 more for this: 'USB to RS232 converter cable' which it should have come with for the price but didn't. So I have a cute hand held GPS that only shows me MAJOR roads has a menu that takes days to figure-out and set-up, then lacks memory, has no way to up that memory with a 1GB card and flogs an ancient SP hook-up with NO CD map disk #teasers# to Joe Public. Clearance time or PP planning? My buddy saw my frustraion and asked me why I had bought a Garbage GPS, he is a pilot!
Spokane, WA.
Customer Review: Must have one if u go for hiking
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought the Garmin E Trex Legend with Europe base map just few days before I went to mountain walking in Alps.I have loaded Map source of Switzerland in detail.When I got down from the train in scenic swiss town I wanted to check if my Gps can help me to find my way to my hotel and surprisingly it did have details about my hotel ( though its a small two star hotel) and indicated it taked 10 min walk and showed the route.( saved my taxi fare)
During the Hike I purposefully went out of the trak to check my Gps and it clearly indicated two near by tracks and nearest and quickest way to go , though the terrain was a bit difficult.The good thing is it shows not only the nearset way but if u go wrong way then it displays the nearest way from that point.
positive points;
1)Reliable and must to have if u go for hiking.
2)low weight , thus easy to carry.
3) comes with opitional map source which has every detail.
4) you cant get missed in unknown area
5)once there is signal then its pretty good even when u go below cliffs or tree line or water sources.
Negative points;
1) low battery life
2)takes some time to download map especially when zooming.
3)very difficult to pick up signals when u switch it on in a moving vehicle ,train , bus.
Customer Review: Good budget mapping choice
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought the Legend to replace my original E-Trex, and I've bene pretty happy with it. Compared to the original unit, tracking is better, it'll handle more satellites, and of course you get the mapping and database, too.
As a number of reviewers have noted, it doesn't work so well indoors, or in a forest canopy, but that's true of any unit that uses a simple internal patch antenna. They just don't have the gain, or the wide reception angle. And we hikers do sometimes as a bit much of these units, expecting them to work in a pocket on a waistbelt or pack, where our bodies are shrouding them from half the sky.
But in a clearing, or on the deck of my kayak or on my little sailboat, it works just fine. Sure, it would be nice to have a larger map, but for the money it delivers a lot of resolution and a lot of data. I've used in in my car as well, mounted on a bracket alongside a cell phone and other radio gear. It's great at telling you when your exit is coming up, or where you are relative to nearby cities or other highways.
Sure, I'd like color and a screen with four times the area, but at the price it's hard to beat. And if you have a laptop, it makes a great outboard receiver at a price less than that of some dedicated units. A good choice all the way around.