Garmin eTrex Summit HC Handheld GPS Receiver
- High-Sensitivity, WAAS-Enabled GPS Receiver Provides Peak Performance In Any Environment
- Built-In Basemap Includes Lakes, Rivers, Cities, Interstates, National & State Highways, Railroads & Coastlines
- Barometric Altimeter & Electronic Compass
- Usb Compatible For High-Speed Map Downloads
- Features A 1.7-InchH X 1.3-InchW Screen With 256-Level Color Tft
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GARMIN eTrex Summit HC Hand Held Receiver w / integrated GPS patch antenna. New high-sensitivity GPS receiver. 24 MB of internal memory to store detailed maps. WAAS enabled, 12 parallel channel GPS receiver. GPS antenna. Display: 1 3 W x 1 7 in H, 256 color, high resolution, transflective TFT / 176 x 220 pixels. Electronic compass displays accurate heading off. Barometric altimeter with the pressure recording automatic tendency. LED backlit display and keypad. Autonomy: up to 32 hours typical use with two AA alkaline batteries. Includes a built-in background map with highway Americas automatic routing capabilities, including highways, exits and tide data / USA only. 500 user waypoints with name and graphic symbol, 20 reversible routes, 50 points per track. Position formats include Lat / Lon, UTM, Loran TDs, Maidenhead, MGRS, user grid, and more. Audible alarms for anchor drag, arrival, off course and clock. large numbers for the option. . . GPS more>>
Garmin eTrex Summit HC Handheld GPS Receiver
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I bought this unit for use on hiking, biking and similar outdoor activities. I have now had for some months, and overall I’m pretty satisfied. Here is a list of advantages and disadvantages, which have been with me now:
Advantages:
-easy to read / see color screen (even in direct sunlight)
highly customizable screens (type and quantity of data on each screen)
relatively easy to learn and exploit
many functions, including a barometric altimeter and electronic
Compass Now, the disadvantages of this product may not be specific to that device. It may be more a function of the limits of GPS:
inaccurate (sometimes very) “tracking” of the horizontal position, or actually the distance traveled (I compared with Maps and Google Earth traces visible traces, and some of my songs are inexplicably missing)
inaccurate barometric altimeter (sometimes hundreds of feet wide. I was reading on and the elevation of -200 meters !), needs to be constantly calibrated. So if you calibrate at the bottom of the climb, the amount of time to reach the top, it will shut down more than 100 “.
Very inaccurate odometer and inconsistencies in the data. For example, I recently traveled Half Dome, the vertical gain 4800 ‘… this device registered as 1.500 “total ascent, but the start, and the survey showed more than 1500″ otherwise. Still on the same half dome hike, read the odometer walked 5 miles, but the track has recorded a total of more 8th 3 miles.
very “stiff” button.
Can also by the uncertainty regarding the limitations of GPS, but the odometer inaccuracies in the total distance, climb, descent, etc. was disppointing. Maybe that Garmin needs a different method of calculating these values. I think many of these values calculated using the horizontal velocity and vertical, which may not be accurate at any given time. With the inconsistencies at some point, it is difficult for the unity of the actual distance traveled and horizontal calculate vertical.
Anyway, all I would recommend this product for easy route and waypoint marking. But then you get only “general” of the information, not something like a very accurate data.
** EDIT ** Garmin has released a firmware patch in February ’08, and it has really helped with the precision of certain data. The overall increase of scrambled data is now much more accurate, often within 100 ‘of the actual distance (which seems not to be as great, but it was horrible before). The distance measurements are better quality. If I save a track, the distance traveled by the way much closer to the odometer, usually less than one mile hike 10-15 miles (which in turn is allowed, but better than before) .
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Rating: 3 / 5
Product materials: 9 / 10
User Interface: 9 / 10
scale capacity: 7 / 10 (no memory card slot)
Precision: 6-11 m in normal conditions.
Software and map: supplied 9 5 / 10
general terms: the costs incurred.
Other advantages:
Power: The best part is that by 2 AA cells, which are available everywhere. We can be support cells.
Electronic compass: Although it does not work well when the camera is stationary, but useful extreamy. You do not have to take a compass.
Pressure: very good point. I found it pretty accurate.
final reccomendations: Opt for a slightly larger model, SD card slot available. For everyday users, this model is more than enough.
Rating: 4 / 5
I bought this GPS for hiking. GPS satellites buys fast (much faster than my archaic Garmin III Plus). The function of the barometric altitude is ideal for hikers in the high country. Very accurate! The electronic compass is a good option too.
Overall an excellent product of one of the leading companies in the GPSr.
Rating: 5 / 5
In summer I spend a lot of time on my horse in the wilderness of Colorado. And yes, I have a way to mount the GPS unit on the dashboard of my gelding. After 4 years of hard service, terminate my Garmin Legend. The improvements that I found in my new record are impressive: the color, faster satellite acquisition and orientation of the map, the orientation of the machine. The latter is only in the peak of the electronic compass is absent in other models of Garmin GPS is possible. The controls are intuitive, and it works better in the woods. With the new cable and drivers supplied with the top, I could use my old CDs to load MapSource contours.
Rating: 5 / 5
I am a mountain biker and has suffered frequent stops to get a map of my backpack, then a few minutes to know where I was. . . . . . . . painful! The eTrex has become the number one choice because the price seems above all, I was not sure how he would be on the track, but other tests and cheap labor. leads to a couple of decent software as a dream is connected to spend a little problem too long, “leaders” look to see where you are on the planet, is not ideal on a bike! If a road is loaded with easy, gives the Compass Page provides a large red arrow to show your direction of travel, and you will receive an audible signal when approaching a turn. More points are price, functionality, connectivity, autonomy and ease of use for a biff like me. downside is that you put a little load when it !!!!!! downhill race
Rating: 4 / 5