Garmin Etrex Legend GPS Receiver
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Customer Review: great for geo-caching
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought the Garmin Etrex for basically an extra GPS for myself. We have gotten hooked on the geo-caching and a GPS is important to have. My husband has a Garmin 350 and what is bad with that is that it is a touch-screen, so when you are walking with it in your hand, you will most likely hit the screen. So it's really a pain. With the Garmin Etrex, that won't happen. You have to push a button in order to move from one screen to the other. I have used it now eight times and the coordinates were right on the money!!! Would recommend it if you are wanting to geo-cache!
V. Longworth
Customer Review: best value
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my 2nd one. The 1st one has been pounded for 3 + years on the handle bars of an ATV and still working. Of all the lower priced GPS pocket units this one is a great value.
NOTE: Get the Mapsource TOPO software to take full advantage of this unit !
Customer Review: Garmin Etrex Legend is a Hands Down Winner
Summary: 5 Stars
Being a boater/explorer I've seen,tried,owned,reviewed,researched & studied about every handheld gps unit there is. I bought the Garmin Etrex Mariner when it first came out.At that time I also found the Garmin MapSource Points of Interest (POI) CD on sale (~2001) for ~ $[...]. I paid $[...] for the Mariner and used it for several years just fine. The Mariner only has 1mb memory, so one is limited in how much detail can be installed, and there is no mapping. The etrex Legend has 8mb onboard memory (no ssd card) and can do selective mapping, but I have found that to be quite adequate. With the POI CD (now costs > $[...] and maps are at least as much) I have downloaded on the Legend complete data (Points of Interests, Businesses, Marine databas with lights, ramps, lakes, rivers,& landmarks and still have ~ 40% memory left for recording tracks, routes and waypoints. The secret here is to use the POI CD on your computer and select only the map areas you will use. You don't want the whole world,just where you are going. To fully utilize the Legend you have to study and practice with it for at least 8hrs, then use it frequently to stay tuned up on it--there are many layers of resources in this little unit. Its not a turn by turn deal, but a true navigational poi database guide. Pocket sized, long battery life (controllable power consumption), attractive, really easy to use once learned. I find the grey scale (adjustable contast/brightness) easy to read in any light == why pay another $200 for color?Customer Review: Garmin Etrex Legend 2008
Summary: 5 Stars
This is our second one of the Etrex Legend, after years of use in saltwater swamps, etc. it finally died and we wanted another just like it. It works great and you can save many waypoints as desired. We loved it because it doesn't autosave the waypoints you don't really need saved.Customer Review: Nearly worthless
Summary: 1 Stars
This is a nice compact unit with pretty blue plastic and a lanyard so you can hand it on your neck. That's the end of the positives.
The big, really big, negative is that this thing has such poor sensitivity that unless you live in the desert and no bird or plane ever fles over you, you will have problems getting it to work because it will not find satellite signals.
OK, mild exageration. I live in mid-Michigan and it actually has found enough satelites to work if there was nothing above it. However, the moment you go under a tree, any tree, you will lose your signal and you will not get it back until you move out from under the tree. I think that if you put your hand over the Etrex Legend you will lose your signal.
This thing is well named because a legend is often a myth and not based on fact. It is certainly a myth that the Etrex Legend is a useable GPS.
Garmin should be deeply ashamed for selling such junk.