Lets face it, the ".com"s relies on ads for revenue and have restrain from a totally honest review. I know what readers want to see, a unbiased thorough report. Hello All this is my unbias review of this unit. Overall, still the best value for the avid backpacker, or geocacher. My other units have survived several bumps and scrapes, but the first time I dropped the Garmin Vista HCx, the screen cracked. Not as rugged as my Magellan Explorist 210 or my Garmin Geko 101. Rubber armor delaminates which is a real pain. So far in 6 months usage software and GPS has worked flawlessly.
I also have all the Southeast region topos loaded on a micro SD. Super easy computer interface using the Garmin Mapsource software. Not ideal for car, but adequate and the windshield mount performs very well.
Versatile, excellent for hiking, geocaching, wilderness navigation. Lightweight and compact - ideal for backpacking.īattery life is the best I have seen on any unit. And, with Vista's extra 24 MB of memory, you can add even more map detail with data from Garmin's entire line of MapSource® mapping products.Pros: Super sensitive receiver very reliable signal in almost all situations.Įxcellent screen that is very visible in all light conditions. Vista also comes preloaded with marine navigation aids. The Vista's basemap contains lakes, rivers, cities, interstates, national and state highways, railroads and coastlines. In fact, when you turn on WAAS, you can increase the accuracy of Vista's position reporting to within three meters. The Vista can also receive position corrections from the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), which makes Vista's already-accurate positioning data even more reliable. The Vista's barometric altimeter pinpoints your precise altitude, and its built-in electronic compass provides bearing information even while you're standing still. The eTrex Vista combines the popular features of the eTrex Summit with a full basemap of the Americas, the Atlantic or the Pacific, a barometric altimeter, electronic compass and 24 megabytes (MB) of internal memory for extra data storage.
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