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March 2, 2010

Does anybody have experience of the Garmin eTrex Vista cx GPS receiver?

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Nick C asked:


I am thinking about buying one, are they any good??

I'm particuarly concerened about the map resolution, in the UK it comes loaded with the Atlantic base map, is this good enough for navigating around European roads, not just motorways but smaller lanes and streets?

If its no good, what are your recommendations for alternatives, I mainly need something to find my way around when driving through europe. But also like the fact that the Garmin eTrex can be used for hill walking, sailing etc. Units like the Tom Tom one are fine for driving, but no good for the other applications.

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February 12, 2010

Any ideas on why the arrow on my Garmin eTrex Legend goes crazy when close to a GeoCache?

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jrroy33 asked:


I recently got into geocaching, and I've been using my Garmin eTrex Legend to find most of them.

However, every time we go for a cache the arrow points us in the right direction up until 400-300ft from the cache. From there, it changes direction every second.

The distance, however, works very well, so what we do is we walk in several directions to see which way the distance decreases. This is how we have been finding them, without the use of the arrow. While this works, it is not as convenient, and I'd like the arrow to point at least in a general direction.

I'm pretty sure it is not the battery, so does anyone have any ideas on why the arrow does not work whatsoever?

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