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

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Good product by Robbalee Peterson on amazon.com Mar 20, 2012
I purchased this Garmin in 2008 to use for geocaching. I chose the Garmin brand after researching GPS units on the geocaching.com website. It was recommended as a good basic unit, and also worked with my MacBook. I used my Garmin eTrex several times ...
 
Great gear for dirt biking by McDill on bestbuy.com Feb 1, 2011
Works just as advertised and like you expect from a Garmin product. Rugged, takes the trails (and some of the trees) without a whimper, and lets you know where you are at all times. It is sized perfectly to fit in riding gear without creating any discomfort. ...
 
GPS - Garmin ETREX Venture by Dale F. on vanns.com May 26, 2003
MY father in-law got me hooked on geocaching and we used a Megellan #315 GPS, And it seems like to figure that one out you have to be a rocket scientist. So I decided to try a garmin etrax venture. Since I got this gps I have found out that it is very ...
 
"Just the thing I needed!" by stevecox25 on cnet.com Apr 16, 2002
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 ...
 
Garmin Etrex Venture. by Dougliz on pricegrabber.com Apr 29, 2006
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.
 
 
 
 
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piece of junk by recluse1 on amazon.com Mar 19, 2012
The accuracy(repeatability)of this item is terrible. I am currently in the process of contacting Garmin in hopes of getting refund. The unit will not repeat readings within 200 ft. Although they make no guarantee of accuracy, they advertise 10m. and ...
 
"Useless crap" by rorschandt on cnet.com Apr 25, 2008
I've had the Venture for a few years. I've been tempted to send it to Garmin, and tell them to cram it,even though the warranty and such expired long ago. It takes like ten minutes for the thing to boot up and find satellites, and then a passing cloud ...
 
Goodbye Garmin... by SalSJCA on bestbuy.com Feb 24, 2009
Cons… Out of the box I quickly discovered that the base map was poorly designed. While driving home from the store I was over 150ft from the highway. This was a disappointment but assumed that the base maps were not accurate since they were after all ...
 
Bricked by firmware update, now Garmin wants my money by Tim on amazon.com Apr 22, 2012
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 ...
 
Stay away from Garmin etrexHCV venture! by D. Thompson "Hot toast reviews" on amazon.com Feb 8, 2012
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 ...
 
 
 
 
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amazon.com
 
3.8 out of 5
from 330 reviews
Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Garmin eTrex Venture HC GPS Receiver
Finally, an affordable outdoor GPS receiver that I can wholeheartedly recommend...Although any GPS will give you the time and location, not all have as nice a backlit screen as this one, a good thing when you're out in the dark...Very good units, pretty durable, reasonably priced and I've been very happy with them...
bestbuy.com
 
3.8 out of 5
from 9 reviews
Best Buy - Garmin eTrex Venture HC Portable GPS Receiver with 2.2" Color Display...
I would recommend this product to anyone who is going into the woods, deserts, jungles, swamps, or mountains...Good Battery Life Accuracy and Mapping Cons… Out of the box I quickly discovered that the base map was poorly designed...Long time to aquire satellite Base map is no good...
cnet.com
 
3.4 out of 5
from 8 reviews
Garmin eTrex Venture Overview & User Reviews - GPS - CNET Reviews
Feature rich, but that's uselss if it can't read a signal...Good for tracking without maps Need to buy maps...But all in all, not a bad unit at all...
pricegrabber.com
 
4.7 out of 5
from 3 reviews
Reviews for Garmin Etrex Venture With Built-In Antenna Portable Navigator at PriceGrabber
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...
pebuzz.com
 
 
 
PEbuzz.com: Garmin eTrex Venture HC Portable GPS Review
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...
vanns.com
 
4.8 out of 5
from 15 reviews
Garmin eTrex Venture Handheld Satellite Navigation System (GPS) | Vanns.com
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...
overstock.com
 
5.0 out of 5
from 1 reviews
Garmin eTrex Venture HC Portable Navigator | Overstock.com
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...
netstumbler.org
 
 
 
Garmin Venture GPS - NetStumbler.org Forums
The Administrator, Super Moderators and Moderators of Netstumbler.org have the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason and to reveal your identity and other known information in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you...Well it turned out to be a bad cable...I called Garmin and they sent a free replacement 2nd day UPS...
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Who can help me to buy a Garmin Venture GPS | Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine
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...
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Garmin Etrex Venture Cx Portable / Handheld GPS Reviews & Ratings - WikiPik
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...
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usb to serial converter for garmin etrex hc venture?
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...
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Garmin Etrex Venture Hcx Gps | Garmin eTrex Vista HCx Personal Navigation System...
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...
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Garmin eTrex Venture HC Color Hand Held GPS Receiver
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...
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GPS Navigation and Accessories – UK » Blog Archive » Garmin eTrex Venture HC Handheld...
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...
gps-rankings.com
 
 
 
gps-rankings.com :: Garmin eTrex Venture Handheld GPS
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...
 
 
 
 
Expert Reviews from the Web
pcworld.com
Jul 14, 2006
Etrex Venture With Built-In Antenna Portable NavigatorUser Reviews | PCWorld
2AA)A good amount of memory for the price...We chose the Garmin Etrex Venture based on its features for the price and reviews...Overall, we would definitely recommend this to people who are just starting out with geocaching (as we are...Garmin Etrex Venture With Built-In Antenna Portable Navigator...
jesseshunting.com
Apr 5, 2004
Garmin eTrex Venture - Jesse's Hunting & Outdoors (JHO)
No, the Venture model has no built map base but does have 1 meg...The memory capacity of one megabyte allows the eTrex Venture to accept downloaded information from GARMIN's new MapSource® Points of Inter...Differential-ready 12 parallel channel receiver continuously tracks and uses up to twelve satellites to compute and update a position...Trip Odometer, Moving time, Stopped time, Total Distance Traveled, Max Speed, Current Speed, Moving Average Speed, Overall average speed, Total trip time, Time of Day, Current Destination, Current Distance to go, ETA, ETE, Elevation, Final...
consumerreports.org
Garmin eTrex Venture HC hiking GPS: First Look
First look review of the Garmin eTrex Venture HC handheld hiking GPS.
cnet.com
Garmin eTrex Venture HC Overview & User Reviews - GPS - CNET ...
User Rating: 4.0/5 from 2 users; ... To help you select the best GPS system for you, we've compiled a buying guide with information on how GPS mapping works, the ...