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You too will LOVE IT. It has made my life happier - I am walking about 2 hours a day and at 72 I can use the exercise. I LOVE IT. Buy one. Hi, This is my first and I did quite a bit of research before I purchased one. I looked at a couple of friends gps's and when I saw that I could get a refurbished one I bit. It is great for Geocaching also.
Check 'Log track to data card' and you're set.This device also has useful features for sailing (proximity change/drift alert when anchored) and I just saw "skydiving" too thanks to it's altimeter. However, I just recently learned that you can save the "timestamps" also in the saved track log if you save to the microSD card. Normally the saved track logs are condensed to save space - and so they remove the timestamps for each point. To setup saving to the data card, simply go to:Main Menu -> Tracks -> Setup -> Data Card Setup. I've had my eTrex Vista Cx for several years now and have been quite happy with it. I use it for hiking, sailing, and now soon geotagging photos. This is great for organizing your tracks and geotagging later.
More seriously, the map a tendence to get "stuck", especially when you switch from driving to walking. If you hold it in your right hand to push it with your thumb you will be covering the map. I got mine for free through my bank's reward program. It is certainly a handy and rugged unit. All in all, a very good unit for the price, I think. The correct sequence of buttons to push for entering the menus is a little illogical and difficult to remember.
You should be able to get it for just over $100, but will probably need to purchase an additional SD chip ($100) to get the street maps; then you also get turn-by-turn driving directions. I have used this unit a lot over the last two years, both for geocaching and for driving and have generally found it very good. However, the screen is quite small and the enter button is awkward to operate, especially for right-handed people, as it is located on the left on the unit. My other Garmin unit also had this problem, which can only be solved by switching off and on again.
The problems got worse. Or maybe I should say NO customer service. I read a bazillion reviews on this item prior to purchasing it, and almost all reviews were positive. Sometimes it seemed like it was working, other times not. I took it out of state on an ATV trip. Then I would scan parts of it every time I took this GPS outdoors with me. They told me how to reset it. This time they finally answered me.
It was still under warranty. It wouldn't pick up more than one satellite near Lake Superior. I followed the procedure exactly, several times. Do I send it back to them. But Garmin never answered my emailings again.
That didn't work either. I emailed Garmin again. I read and re-read the manual a dozen times. Lousy customer service. But I never heard from them. The worst I have ever had. And when I got home to Utah, the Vista said I was still in Minnesota.
So I'm thinking mine was a lemon. I emailed Garmin for advice. And no matter what I did, it wouldn't fix itself. I was going to give it to my young nephew, but I didn't want to be responsible if he got lost somewhere with it. So this unit was more of an amusement than something that could come in handy. Yes, I did my homework. Then I called and got put on hold too long with my cellphone.
I wrote back and said that didn't work, so what now.
Maybe this was just a lemon. Same result. Tried several machines. I have experience with another Garmin unit and loved it so I'll try getting another model. I purchased this for geocaching. When I tried connecting to a computer it just wouldn't work. So I just sent it back to Amazon.
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