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| Garmin eTrex Venture CX Color Mapping Handheld GPS | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $267.99
Buy New: $115.95
You Save: $152.04 (57%)
New (4) from $115.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  67 reviews
Sales Rank: 5790
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 176 x 220
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 2.2 x 4.2 x 1.2
MPN: 010-00560-00
Model: 010-00560-00
UPC: 753759058678
EAN: 0753759058678
ASIN: B000F3DYUU
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Garmin Etrex Venture CX November 25, 2007
This is a nice system if you like a GPS that is compact, lightweight, has long battery life. Screen may be small for some applications. I wanted this unit mainly for backpacking into remote flyfishing lakes and it was perfect. Computer/map interface works well for planning routes into the backcountry and recording trips after the fact. Newer technology is less susceptible to losing satelite when in deep, narrow valleys.
I've also used it for sea kayaking trips and on the highway.
Great TOY!!!
The Bomb! November 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is nearly the perfect GPS. I previously owned the Garmin 12MAP.
The 12MAP is a much larger unit with a fixed (SMALL) amount of memory.
With the eTrex Venture Cx you can buy a microSD card and put as many
maps as your heart desires.
I do almost all of my hiking/backpacking in The Sierras. With the
Garmin TOPO and Garmin National Parks West I'm golden.
With the NP West maps you can AUTO-ROUTE the TRAILS! With 1 click I
can see how far it is to my destination AND a profile of the elevation.
The unit is very small and fits into my front pocket. I keep it on
all the time while hiking. When I get home I can upload the tracks
and bring up Google Earth and see EXACTLY where I was hiking.
(All this is built into MapSource from Garmin)
With the Garmin 12MAP I would only bring a GPS when I knew I was
going off-trail or during the early spring months when there is
still snow on the ground. Now I bring the eTrex on every backpack
trip. By the way, the National Parks Maps are 7.5 degree so they
are as good as any USGS map.
If you are thinking of getting the more expensive Legend or Vista
I don't think it is worth it IMO. You can get the elevation from
the main screen and you can get a compass reading by just walking
in straight line.
You may want to consider the high sensitivity receiver but getting
a lock on satellites has never really been a problem. It's too
bad that they don't have an Venture HCx.
Anyway, I hope I helped some. I love this device! And Garmin customer
service is incredible if you have any issues.
Just looked and really the Legend HCx is pretty much the Venture Cx with
high sensitive receiver. It has 25hrs or battery life compared to
32hrs for the Venture Cx. The price is almost the same. I would buy
the Legend HCx at this time if I was buying a new GPS unit.
 Too complex. October 23, 2007
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
I returned this item within 48 hours of receiving it because I found it very difficult to use. It is not intuitive and requires many hours of reading the manual and trying to apply what it says. I have worked in the IT arena for more than 25 years and do not tolerate IT products that cannot be easily understood and put to use right out of the box. This is one of those hard-to-use products.
 Good Product! October 1, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a very nice unit with a ton of features. The interface is easy to use and it is easy to transfer data to and from a PC with the Garmin software. However, my one major complaint is that you have to buy the software separately and it is rather expensive. The basemap that comes with the unit is very minimal. Overall this is a good product.
Great Cache finder September 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Does what it's supposed to do. A bit complicated to set up, but once it is,
a great search and find device. Only drawbackMap is that the map cards are expensive.
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