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| About - Garmin eTrex Venture HC |
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The Garmin eTrex Venture HC is part of the GPS test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, handheld hiking GPS models like the eTrex Venture HC are rated on multiple criteria, such as those listed below.
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By far the biggest selling brand, with more than 50 percent of the market. Based in Olathe, Kan., Garmin was founded in 1989, and today it has 7,000 employees. Garmin GPS navigators have consistently scored near or at the top of our ratings. In addition to portable GPS units, Garmin makes a variety of fitness training devices and products for marine and aviation use. The company announced plans to sell its own telephone with built-in navigation two years ago, but the scheduled release date has been pushed back several times. |
| Features & Specs - Garmin eTrex Venture HC | |
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Screen size (in.) |
2.1 |
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Battery life (hrs.) |
10 |
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Topographic maps |
No |
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Electronic compass |
No |
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| General Information | |
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| Manufacturer | Garmin, Ltd |
| Manufacturer Website Address | www.garmin.com |
| Product Line | eTrex Venture |
| Product Model | HC |
| Product Name | eTrex Venture HC Portable Navigator |
| Product Type | Handheld GPS Navigator |
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(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
good gps, painful software
10/29/2011
Pros
Accurate
Reliable Reception
Cons
Best Uses
Hiking
Comment:
bought this for going off-trail in the dark woods. It acquires the satellites quickly and has never lost reception, so very good there. <br /><br />The interface is counterintuitive, not easy to use - keep a copy of the manual with the device, since I can't remember the long sequences of unlabeled button presses, that are required for most functions. The MapSource software for the PC looks like a 90s-vintage program, in bad need of an update. It works OK though, and transferring data to/from the GPS unit is easy. <br /><br />Note it is possible to find free topos online. I'm using one of these and it's working fine.
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(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
Good Unit Overall
9/2/2011
Pros
Reliable Reception
Cons
Best Uses
Cycling
Geocaching
Hiking
Comment:
I have used this unit for hiking, biking and Geo caching and have been pleased with it's overall performance. I use Topo maps with it which are slow to load,the 24 MB memory limits how much of the maps you can load at one time, but included software makes the process easy. Recently, I have brought the unit fishing and marked the sweet spots to return later; great for determining how fast the old outboard propels the boat too. Rubber band is starting to come off after over two years of use but apparently Garmin will replace it free of charge if you send the unit in.
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(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
Good value
2/24/2011
Pros
Reliable Reception
Cons
Best Uses
Cycling
Hiking
Comment:
This is about the minimum that will do for hiking; it is a good bit of safety equipment. It has very good reception in heavy Pacific Northwest forests and Utah canyons such as the Needles. It keeps the trail when stored in the top of a backpack. The battery lasts 24 hours.<br /><br />I use this without internal maps; I do not believe the internal maps are an adequate substitute for a high quality topo map. It takes some care to translate from coordinates to a printed map, and it is possible to make a mistake, but you can easily tell what's what within 1/2 a mile of a wrong turn. The tracking feature is useful even without a map for out-and-back trails.
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