Garmin eTrex Venture HC Portable GPS Receiver with 2.2" Color Display - Yellow

After checking several Magellan and Garmin GPS-receivers I've got everything I needed for my outdoor activities from hiking in Germany to offroad-driving in arabian deserts in one easy to use GPS. The PC-interface-cable makes it easy to get software-updates ...

I did a lot of comparison shopping on GPS units. My time is your gain. If you want a great GPS unit without the $300-$500 or more price tag, this is it. I have used Garmin for years and plan on using this brand indefinitely.

I got it as a present, it worked perfectly, I updated the firmware, and it was dead. I contacted Garmin's support, they were very helpful sending me instructions and, when they didn't work, they quickly concluded it was a "pre-existing hardware fault ...

This is a terrible unit for anyone wanting to exchange tracks as gpx files with other users. Received a simple track from a friend of a mountain bike track and wanted to transfer it from my computer to the unit.Installed base camp and worked with 5 Garmin ...

2AA) A good amount of memory for the price...Overall, we would definitely recommend this to people who are just starting out with geocaching (as we are...On the map page, the dotted line is your track log, or the path you've just traveled, good for back tracking...

The Garmin eTrex Venture is a tool every fisherman's tackle box should include...The 2.2-inch screen is fine, but given the size of the device, 3-inches would be better...I heartily recommend the Garmin eTrex Venture to any outdoors man or woman...

And for the cost I highly recommend this one to anyone that ask...This is the first GPS I have ever owned and purchased not only Garmin brand due to recommendations from friends but also from Vanns on the recommendation of friends...This is a wonderful product, simple to use, good for traveling in your car or on your boat...

eTrex Venture HC portable navigator is essential for any outdoor excursion...With its high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver, eTrex Venture HC locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons...The advantage is clear, whether you're in deep woods or just near tall buildings and trees, you can count on Venture HC to help you find your way when you need it the most...eTrex Venture HC's basemap contains lakes, rivers, cities, interstates, national and state highways and coastlines...

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I need a Friend in USA who can buy this and send it to Germany...I dont know the price and would be happy to have some eMail-Contact to comunicate about this...Who can help me to buy a Garmin Venture GPS | Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine...

The Venture CX is a great mapping GPS...Compared to the Legend CX and/or Vista CX, the Venture CX is *lacking* the following...And the most important to me, though a bit esoteric, was the ability for me to load custom-made topographic maps...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...

I want to be able to pull the waypoint data from my Garmin eTrex HC Venture right into Mappoint, but...I want to be able to pull the waypoint data from my Garmin eTrex HC Venture right into Mappoint, but of course Garmin doesn't use the standard and only provides a usb cable with the device which won't work with Mappoint...

But if you are on a hike and want to know how much further to your destination, this will do you no good...I finally borrowed a computer to convert the maps, and still couldn't get them to work on my computer (and I'm pretty good with computers...The bad news is that the unit only supports 2048 maps at once and Garmin divides the US Topo Map into over 5000 "maps" so that even though I can fit all the maps in 4GB, you can't put them all in at once...

With its high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver, eTrex Venture HC locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons...The advantage is clear - whether you're in deep woods or just near tall buildings and trees, you can count on Venture HC to help you find your way when you need it the most...eTrex Venture HC's basemap contains lakes, rivers, cities, interstates, national and state highways, railroads and coastlines...Venture HC also includes 23 MB of internal memory, so you can load waypoints and routes from the included MapSource Trip & Waypoint Manager software and add map detail from Garmin's entire line of optional MapSource mapping products...Although battery life is rated at 14 hours, I have gotten almost 24 hours with 2500 MaH NiMH rechargable batteries...

The eTrex Venture HC takes the place of my much-travelled 11yr-old Garmin GPS12 – a hard act to follow...Overall a more advanced unit, in a smaller package, and comparatively cheaper than the GPS12 was...Lets face it a GPS is only as good as the maps and the maps are poor...

I returned a Cobra GPS 100 and upgraded to the eTrex Venture for the extra money...br /For starters, it only took about two minutes to locate a satellite for the first time (supposed to take up to five) and averages about 30 seconds to locate one in general...it's one of the first affordable, reliable personal GPS in a nice package with good features...