MartinF's Review of Garmin eTrex Vista Satellite Navigation System
21st Mar 2008
Overall Rating
- Value for money
- What extra features are on this model?Not supplied
- Clarity of Instructions
- Area CoveredUK, France
- Ease of Use
- Map Accuracy
Great functionality as described.
Bad Points
Doesn't work reliably.
General Comments
I had 2 Garmin eTrex Vista GPS units from new, returning the first for the second. Both of them exhibited the same fault - namely they hang / freeze during use. They hang at random points, any time from switch-on to several hours later, so very unpredictable and very unreliable. They hung/froze regardless of battery type, or whether the Micro SD card was plugged or not. I updated the software in each of them to the latest - v2.6. No difference. I can only conclude that there's a bad batch or design problem. Either way, Garmin are not admitting to it. If it weren't for this, it would be a great unit.
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