Garmin eTrex 20x
Reviewed by
Jeremy Sutherland
+102
July 27, 2016
Easy to use, water resistant.
Pros
- Water resistant (immersion up to 1m ≤ 30 minutes)
- Easy to use
- 3.7 Gb of internal memory
- 142 grams
- Expandable memory
- 25 hours battery life on 2 AA batteries
Cons
- Joystick controller activates GPS functions when in your pocket
- Comes with only basic maps, no topo
This GPS does the job well. It is fairly easy to use once you watch a couple of youtube videos. Garmin's free baseCamp software can be used to program routes and retrieve tracks off of the GPS.
I've used it several times, once in a downpour all day, and never had a problem.
The only problem I have is with the joystick controller on the front of the unit. It's great to use to control the GPS, but once you put it in your pocket or a backpack's hip belt pocket it activates all sorts of things. I had 27 waypoints activated with it just in my pouch for an hour! Not sure if there is a way to lock it so this doesn't happen.
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $150 (cdn on sale)
Reviewed by
Chris s
+22
November 28, 2015
Great for everything you would expect it to be used for, but difficult to use. No one would want a phone that required you to press "7" four times to text the letter "s". Why has this not evolved?
Pros
- Good signal
- Good battery life
- Rugged
Cons
- Hard to use
- Non intuitive user interface.
We loaded gpx files, saved tracks, followed coordinates, etc. every thing worked great.
My only complaint is that I need to hit Google every time I want to try something new. Its interface hasn't evolved in 10 plus years. Time for a major overhaul.
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $200
