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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
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New (3) from $115.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  67 reviews
Sales Rank: 3311
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
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:
 Lost In Space June 14, 2007
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is a great unit, the whole GPS thing is better than sliced bread. That said, the base maps with this unit suck. That may not be fair if you only use major highways or for hiking but I was very unimpressed. I had access to City Navigator v8 since I have the Garmin GPS 18 set up on my laptop (my first GPS) and used for major auto trips. I purchased a 2 GB microSD (they can be had for south of $25) and loaded the entire USA on about 83% so IMHO getting the more expensive eTrex with the (tiny) microSD Card and data cable is a waste (if you have a digital camera you probably have the needed data cable). Battery life is unbelievable about 30 hours on 2 AA and for $10 one can find a car plug. A small unit like this won't give you verbal directions, it does beep to let you know that "something" is up but to be honest in a car you can hardly hear it. I've not really used it outdoors much for other than to track just how far I walk (workout) and tried (found) a Geocache for grins. A $14 motorcycle mount works very well on my bike Sportster 883XL (stock handlebars) and you do NOT replace the back of the unit, just add the clip that comes with the eTrex. That "new" back that comes with the bike clip won't even fit a Cx unit due to the microSD card and it's not waterproof, toss it.
I don't need a GPS daily, if I'm going on a major car drive I'll set up my GPS 18. This unit the eTrex (Venture Cx) is my handy dandy quick grab and it's a compromise but can be used for the car, my bike or on foot. My wife and I recently had to go to a family thing in NC I'd never really been there, so this was my first real use of this unit and I was impressed. Prior to leaving using my computer (camera data cable) and my Garmin Mapsource I located the hotel, event location, and the house we needed to go to. I should have input the Airport (could have done it there but just didn't think about it) but the unit bailed me out (more on that later). It does take the unit a bit to "log on and lock" maybe a minute or two so it's not a big deal. Once locked on I lit up the hotel waypoint and the little unit took us there. I just held it (or handed it to my wife) and although a small screen it gave me the next turn, distance all the things a GPS is suppose to do. Later my wife found a restaurant and when I hit the find button with POI there it was and off we went, no muss no fuss. On another occassion we went out to another restaruant with a local who rode with us and took us in such away as only a local can. Dinner done we wanted to go back to our hotel and since his wife met us there we were going to be on our own, it was dark and we were clueless as to where we were. Not a problem, lit up the GPS and on our way, made a wrong turn at the start and missed a turn in a dark rural area but the unit just recalculated and took us on in. My wife who hates all these gadget but clearly does not want to be lost was impressed. On the way back to the Airport was a bit off only because I did not create a waypoint. Using the "find" button it kept finding the closest one which was not the one I wanted. Not a real problem, I got on the highway headed towards the right airport and about 10 miles out hit the find button, went to transport and there was a list of Car Rental places, even better. Found my rental office and the unit took me in the front gate. So I have to say this unit has the potential to be great but as I started out the base maps suck. It's not a perfect car/camp/bike GPS but it "can" do all those things well plus slip in your pocket. Since I already owned the map and could install it to the micrSD card that was a good thing, if I had to pay an extra $125 for a decent map, well that's another. I hope to return to Europe for a bit of an adventure but a decent map of Europe is like $225 from Garmin, nice to have but a bit steep for a few weeks travel. It's not quite as bad a buying printer for $30 then having to get ink for $300 someone should start a Map Library, seems if you can rent a movie why not a map. "Help Me Will Robinson"
 Sweet Little Unit June 4, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I wanted a GPS unit that would serve equally well for use in navigation for driving and recreational use, plus it had to be tuff, portable and affordable. Well this sweet little unit does it all - I am amazed by it. I bought a dash mount and power cord and even though the screen is smallish it still does the job very well. I like that Garmin does not give you a worthless memory card - I bought a 512kb microSD that is more than adequate. I also like that Garmin gives you the flexibility to load your own maps. Now my BIG complaint with Garmin is they rip you off for the map software. I bought the City Navigator (North America)and it was well over $100. It works well and I am happy with it - it just costs too much! Since you can load it on to 2 GPS units, find a friend and both of you can use it and split the cost. Don't spend your money on a GPS unit you will soon regret because of what it can't do, and don't spend more than you need for extras you won't need and can't figure out. I highly recommend this sweet little unit!
Garmin etrex Venture Cx great for geocaching! May 23, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
When I ordered this product Amazon.com said it would take several weeks, because I got free shipping. I received it in two or three days! When it arrived my wife said, "That is awfully small!" I said I wanted it small, because it would be easier to carry. I am not disappointed. This is a powerful little GPSr and it has proven to be an excellent choice for geocaching. The battery life is great and the screen is crystal clear. I haven't even purchased the mircoSD card yet, but have been able to go geocaching with no problems. It takes me within 10 to 20 feet of each cache. What fun. By the way Amazon.com had the best price over anyone else including the GPS store, Ebay, TigerGPS, and Target.com. With the free shipping deal I saved a bunch of money.
Do you want to fly with it? Go ahead!!! May 11, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this GPS as a back up when flying on 172 Cessnas (equiped w Garmins 430). Every time has been great! I got the optional case and I clip it to the sunshades. You can download ALL the US airports to it from the internet for free (it's a text file, and you can load it to the unit using the basic garmin map software, 19.95). The unit works perfect and the altitude readings are quite accurate. It even has a Direct To (called Go To)!!! My favorite fuction is the track recording, which makes a path of all your fliight and later download it to the PC with date and actually see on the map where you have been flying that day (worried you have been flying into class B airspace that day? jaja). I trully recomend it. One note, the unit does not work on commercial airliners, guess is to much aluminium around...
Worked just like it said it would April 12, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I had previously purchased a Magellan Explorist Handheld GPS and mapping software as a bundle. Within hours of opening the box I came to realize that there was no way that the Magellan GPS was going to make use of the mapping software. Fortunately that GPS unit was stolen prompting me to buy the Garmin eTrex Venture along with the North American mapping software and a 2 GB micro sd card from sandisk. It all worked flawlessly right out of the box. The microcard fit into a SD card adapter. I loaded the map software onto my laptop and plugged the SD card into my laptop and downloaded maps of areas of interest. I removed the micro SD card from the adapter and plugged it into the GPS unit and it actually worked to show detailed maps and points of interest (e.g. gas stations, restaurants, etc). On the road the unit worked just like a car nav system to direct you from point A to point B. I couldn't be happier.
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