Garmin eTrex GPS Personal Navigator

Very fast delivery from Amazon. The manual is clear but the unit is pretty intuitive anyway for those of us who prefer to play straight away. I almost bought a more expensive version because this is only advertised as being able to store one route.NOTE: there are 20 routes in the memory. Garmin need to update their description.I'm totally delighted with my purchase after having tested it on La Gomera during the past 2 weeks. I cannot understand why anyone would want to pay more for an "advanced" unit. This does everything I want. Battery life is pretty good considering that these things are famously greedy and this may have something to do with the fact that it just does the job in hand. Remember, the more features, the more power used. I'd think very carefully before buying a unit that uses batteries with less capacity than AA though. One necessity already mentioned by others is the lead to your computer. I agree wholeheartedly. Manual input of waymarks is no fun and if you value your thumb joint buy the lead asap.

I have bought an e-trex from Amazon (excellent service). I have now used it several times in Suffolk and the Lake District. I have found it excellent, easy and reliable to use. I haven't used it with a computer nor have I used the route facility. What I wanted it for was to give a reliable location (ie grid reference) when I get lost! It does this! Other features such as elevation, total distance covered etc useful too.It does need a carry case of some sort since it can lose contact with the satelites if put in a rucksac or even a pocket.Excellent gadget.

I bought this Garmin-refurbished unit to replace the same model I had lost. Unfortunately it turns out that there is a design fault with this particular model. Occasionally, like once on every other trip, it switches off for no reason. It can be switched on again, but of course the tracklog up to when you've noticed is blank.

Bought this item as a birthday gift for my 11 year old granddaughter. She had been geocaching with friends and really enjoyed it. This is an ideal product, easy to use, very accurate and she was fully in control on the second trail. Thoroughly recommended and it makes walks exciting and fun for this age group and all the family.

I can't agree with the other reviews - I think this GPS is very disappointing.The problem is it's ability to receive signals, the slightest obstruction and it loses signal. I've not found this with other GPS's which I've borrowed. It's great on the top of a hill, but elsewhere it's frankly useless. It may be that mine is faulty, I am going to return it to find out.UPDATE - Following advice from Garmin, now get on much better with it - if it's strapped to the outside of a rucksack, it's far more reliable. It's a ashame th manual isn't clearer on this though!

Having recently bought the Etrex thro' Amazon, and having now used it over two 10 mile hikes, I cannot fault it especially at the price. It really does have all the essential features one needs. The instruction booklet that comes with it is well written and informative. It took less than an hour to master most of the functions. From a hill-walkers point of view there is no need to buy the more expensive models. My one complaint is with Garmin. To charge £25 for the PC lead is a rip-off, and was the only reason for not giving the model a 5 star rating

I have now had the eTrex for a few years and find it fits the bill for my simplistic requirements.

Please be aware that this is the older model. The high sensitivity newer model is only £1 more expensive and is WAAS enabled. The difference in accuracy and tracking of satellites is dramatic. Used the newer version for Geocaching and could locate the caches easily to sometimes even less than 1m! Buy the high sensitivity version instead.