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Trying to regain satelites can often take forever. There are many other complaints. I lost it the mountains of Argentina. Then it gives such a variety of markers (i.e. For nearly 4 years and over 50 countries I had a Magellan Explorist 210.
park, church, etc, etc), that one can spend minutes finding the most suitable one. The obvious first fault is that it doesn't find salelites quickly. The screen is also smaller and harder to read than the Explorist. Keeping it short, I strongly recommend that you not buy a Garmin Legend. Even on a regular bike trail with few trees, I can not get a good use of the odometer, as the breadcrumbs would look like dashes. Very often when one pushes the save, it does not accept it.a real pain at an intersection while driving.
Except for maps, it was very good. When it does find them, it seems to need 5 or (usually) more to find your location. It also only allows about 9 letters/numbers for a description of your POI.not enough. I literally always knew my direction, speed and location. Additionally, when I have not moved the GPS for minutes, I keep getting changes in location and especially altitude.Other concerns are labeling the POIs. This prompt blocks much of the screen, making your map nearly worthless.
The Garmin ETrex Legend looks a little fancier, and it has a better (not great) map, but literally everything else is harder to use or inferior. Then nearby buildings, trees, mountains, tent ceilings, and more just shut it down, with a large prompt saying that it was out of satelite range.
I also like the idea of using common batteries (2 AA's). Thats right, dunk it. It came with a serial DB9 cable, and to my knowledge you cant find a computer made in this decade with a DB9 port on it. I dont have to worry about charging it or looking for replacement batteries that I have never heard of.Reliable, durable, and again - inexpensive. I hadn't needed it until this month, when I just got into geocaching. I have had this for a little over a year now, and I find it to be very handy and durable.
This is perfectly fine, as I wasn't even expecting that much out of the unit (I understand it was not designed for turn-by-turn navigation).The only thing I am kind of disappointed with is the cable that came with it. I had to chase it down a creek and after i pulled it out - it just kept tickin. I was not looking for a very sophisticated GPS, just something I could use in case I loose my car after I go hiking. It sure would be nice to be able to use the computer to load all those waypoints instead of having to type the co-ords into the GPS itself.Other than that, I am very impressed with the fact i can drop it, dunk it, and accidently kick it and have yet to see it give any sort of hickup. Good job garmin. This unit performs that task extremely well.As with most reviews on here, I agree that the map built in only has major highways on it.
So in order to use the feature on my PC I would have to go out and purchase a DB9 to USB adapter cable.
No USB. The new model has USB and improved reception.
BTW, I thank Amazon for their conscientiousness about indicating which products are older models; they have saved me a lot of aggravation in the past, and I should have come here first and not bought from the other place. This baby is going back, and I am going to protest their 15% restocking charge.
I bought this unit (from "anonymous bigstore"), and the salesman did not have the knowledge or the courtesy to mention that it was already obsolete. I went to Garmin's site (we already have two of their navigators in our cars, with which we are very happy except for the price of maps) to see if there was any way to improve reception, and that was when I discovered that the unit was an old model.
I almost always search Amazon before buying anything and they have done well by me. When I got it home and took it out of the box, I discovered (1) that on a clear day, on a hilltop, with no obstacles anywhere, it could not locate satellites: and (2) the computer interface was an RS-232 cable.
Ridiculous.
my older garmin etrex vista was much easier to use and the maps weere preloaded.using this unit makes me sick. this unit is too much to handle.
The seller was very accommodating and issued a speedy refund. The item was shipped promptly, but unfortunately the item arrived damaged.
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