automatic routing, longer battery life, plus more to the popular-selling eTrex Vista. Pack more detail into your adventure with the eTrex Vista Cx and eTrex Lege...
A review by robharg on Garmin Etrex Vista CX November 2nd, 2006
Author's product rating:
Reliability
Excellent
Ease of Use
Very Easy
Look & Feel
Good
Battery life
Good
Value for Money
Satisfactory
Advantages:
Lightweight, solid, reliable and accurate
Disadvantages:
Used mine extensively for 2 years and honestly cannot fault .
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
I bought my Etrex Vista a couple of years ago now, and has prevailed as being one of my favorite toys for all that time. Build quality is second to none-surviving gruelling mountain bike rides in harsh weather conditions whilst mounted on the handlebars and still has barely a scratch on it. The soft grippy plastic lightweight construction also makes it a pleasure to use in the wet. Radio reception seems good (works fine on the dashboard of a car in built-up central london, and under wet trees in woodland), and software design/user interface was very easy to get the hang of. I loaded mine with detailed local maps quite easily, and the 24Mb memory seems enough to hold about half of the UK in high detail mapping. Battery life is good (running for at least 48hrs on NiMh batteries), and the serial data connection worked reliably. The software has many features I though I would never use, but I have ended up using it to its full extent. The internal digital compass and altitude meter also compliments the GPS data superby (and accurately), making the unit ideal for just about all uses imaginable. After much consideration I cannot fault this unit at all (and i'm not associated with its sales) and would recommend it as a highly reliable unit that can be trusted in any situation. Garmin obviously know their stuff and have done their customer research in designing this model.
Yes its one of those things that was on my gadget wish list and I eventually managed to convince my 'then girlfriend to let me get one.
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