Garmin eTrex Vista Reviews

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• MartinF 21st Mar 2008

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  Good Points: 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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• LordBlackadder 30th Dec 2006

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  The Garmin eTrext Vista is the best small handheld for world traveling.
  You can get around 20 hours on a set of AA batteries and it can be used in a car but the screen is small and it beeps for changes of direction rather than using speech.
  One limitations on the system is that the old vista c only has 24mb memory which isn't enough for all the UK (about 1/2) - this means you have to upload relevant maps for the area you wish to travel to onto the unit from your laptop - The Vista does accep ...

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• uaeforever 28th Jun 2004

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  This is a great unit to own if you are starting to learn about GPS. I would strongly recommend that you buy a Garmin MapSource CD-ROM to manage your waypoints, routes and tracks. With little more effort and money you can start creating your own maps using tracks and routes! Personally I had a great experience using it and I'm sure you won't be sorry for owning it!

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