Garmin eTrex H Handheld GPS Navigator

High-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver provides peak performance in any environment
Lightweight and waterproof
High-contrast 2.1-inch X 1.1-inch screen with bright back lighting
5 buttons located on either side of the device for one-hand operation
Stores up to 500 waypoints for easy retrieval and 20 routes with up to 125 waypoints per route

Amazon. com Product DescriptionPerfect for outdoor enthusiasts on a budget, the Garmin eTrex H GPS navigator helps you navigate your way through the toughest terrain. The unit is equipped with a high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver, which locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons. The advantage is clear: whether you’re traipsing through thick woods or strolling near tall buildings and trees, you can count on t. . . More >>

Garmin eTrex H Handheld GPS Navigator

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#1 by Vincent M. Gaudini on March 10, 2010 - 5:51 am

This is a POS!!! Thank God that I knew to just keep climbing the mountain in an upward direction to find the dirt road!!! It was the end of the day and it was getting dark out!!! This POS!!! gps had us going in the wrong direction!!! My adult son was arguing with me insisting the gps was correct, it was NOT!!! Like I said Thank “God” I’m an old-timer with a good backwoods sense of direction and got us both out of a potentially dangerous situation!!!
DON’T BUY THIS PRODUCT IT WILL GET YOU LOST!!!

Rating: 1 / 5

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#2 by A. Good on March 10, 2010 - 6:28 am

I bought this, as I felt that my Garmin 60CSx was overkill for what I needed, which is essentially backtrack and waypoint abilities in deep forest. With FRESH batteries and a wide open field, I was unable to fix my location. I tried in multiple places. I let the unit ask me if I had moved several hundred miles since my last location (it thought I was at Garmin HQ), and I said “YES. ” It would show the satellites in different positions from where my 60CSx indicated they were. I am returning this unit. Don’t count on this GPS receiver for anything.
Rating: 1 / 5

#3 by Virginia on March 10, 2010 - 7:59 am

I would like to know if this unit will be dependable to get from Point A to Point B and back to Point A on a lake. When it is turned off and back on, will it still remember where Point A was and get me back?
Rating: 3 / 5

#4 by annielaurie on March 10, 2010 - 8:32 am

Well, after finally getting the hang of this not-very-intuitive unit to do some geocaching with my son, I have become increasingly frustrated with its unreliable accuracy. Sometimes we are 20+ feet from a cache, according to the GPS, when we manage to find the cache on our own. The worst thing that I’ve noticed, though, is that we can be standing completely motionless and the directional arrow will wave in all directions and the distance to destination will change by as much as 10 or 12 feet. Is this common? Why does this happen?
Others’ reviews have been much more positive and I’m wondering whether I’m expecting too much from such an inexpensive GPS. I am returning but not exchanging. Bummer. . .
Rating: 2 / 5

#5 by Whodathotit on March 10, 2010 - 9:14 am

I have had this new high sensitivity Garmin GPS for seven months and have used it perhaps a half dozen times. Today I was laying “bread crumb” tracks on a hike for about three hours. The Sanyo Eneloop NiMH cells were freshly charged. I set the GPS down, antenna up, while I ate a snack. Upon retrieval, I found the unit had turned itself off. Once I turned it back on, the track it had laid for the last three hours had been spontaneaously erased. No amount of zooming in or out would display the track, even though the track log still said that 12% memory had been used. This spontaneous software glitch could potentially be life threatening if you depended on this unit to get you back to safety. I absolutely do not recommend this unit to you if there is even a remote possibility that it might be called upon to entrust your life to. A cool toy, yes. Survival tool, no way.

Addendum: (2-19-10)

Last week for the first time, this “High Sensitivity” version malfunctioned in the same way as Garmin’s earlier eTrex to me. While on a hike, it suddenly showed my accumulated mileage to be tens of thousands of miles, and the maximum speed to be several thousands of miles per hour. So even this newere high sensitivity version is not immune to signal/software glitches.
Rating: 2 / 5

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