More then what I expected! I recently purchase this GPS about a week ago. I am an Astronomer and I use it to find precise locations (LAT/LONG) so I can find objects in the sky. I love it! its small and very portable. I carry it in my pocket, travel with it in my vehicle and do long trips with it. Its great when I go fishing and bike riding too. I can mark my exact location so I can come back to it later. The faults that I find are that the default maps that come with it, is not all that great. Its just the basic highway...
[Garmin eTrex Legend review by Dale Mater can be read at buy.com] | | buy.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | Dale Mater | | Review Date: | 04/19/2003 | | User Location: | Ft. Myers | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (12 of 12) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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No power cable included! I've just started using this Garmin Legend. It seems to work about as well as I expected. It doesn't have built in maps with as high a detail as I wanted. The really bad part is that the "data cable" provided is just that - a data cable. You can't hook the thing to an external power source. Garmin sells such a cable on their web page for $50, which is *way* too much. Guess I'll have to hack the cable they supplied (sigh).
[Garmin eTrex Legend review by Tim Thompson (review can be read at buy.com] | | buy.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Tim Thompson (review | | Review Date: | 11/04/2002 | | User Location: | Huntsville, AL | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
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Great gadget I bought one of these for my old man (to replace a dead first-generation GPS unit). It is wonderful! He does a lot of motorcycling, and the maps go down to the county highway level which is good enough for him. About the size of a cell phone and it's watertight. Higher detail maps are available for purchase but I think they are useless (GPS doesn't work that great downtown, and I'm not going to drive and play with a GPS at the same time anyway). A few minor cons: no power cable, not the mos...
[Garmin eTrex Legend review by A Customer can be read at buy.com] | | buy.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | A Customer | | Review Date: | 09/07/2003 | | User Location: | Maple Grove, MN | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (3 of 3) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great price/performance I could not be more happy with my purchase of the Legend. It provides a great deal of features packed into a very small form factor. Screen is very clear and bright. The backlight is great and effects battery life in a very reasonable way. A very popular model so there is lots of community support and accessories available. 8 MB of memory is sufficient for every mapping program available. Very reliable thus far, I only lose signal under pretty dense foilage conditions. Perfect consumer good!
[Garmin eTrex Legend review by Matt Fuerst can be read at buy.com] | | buy.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Matt Fuerst | | Review Date: | 09/16/2004 | | User Location: | Milford, MI | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (1 of 1) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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My Boyfriend LOVES it i just bought this GPS for my boyfriend and he LOVES it! He loves his new "toy" and sometimes im sorry i got it for him when he informs me of the sunrise and sunset time of the particular area we are driving through about ever 20 minutes! But i must say it is very cool; even i figured it out by myself. The maps that are already in it arent that detailed but they serve their purpose well. and of course, being water proof is a plus because he has been known to drop MANY things in the lak...
[Garmin eTrex Legend review by Katie can be read at buy.com] | | buy.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Katie | | Review Date: | 04/19/2005 | | User Location: | Atlanta, GA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (1 of 1) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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. Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Great.........I use it for fishing and to record how far I've walked, etc. I now can tell how fast my son is driving.
Cons: I don't have a serial port on my laptop and haven't been able to find a way to load the maps.
[Garmin eTrex Legend review by JOHN can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | JOHN | | Review Date: | 05/14/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  | | |
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Reliable Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
Pros: I use this any time and every time I am hiking and it gets this directionally challenged person home every time. Use it fishing the great lakes for fun and the saved waypoints are as accurate and repeatable as the $800 GPS we have on the boat.
Respectable battery life
Cons: Limited capability but for the price it and what I bought it for it serves me wonderfully.
[Garmin eTrex Legend review by pagemastr can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | pagemastr | | Review Date: | 05/06/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
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Reliable Tech Level: average
Ownership: more than 1 year
Pros: Very reliable, especially compared with other GPS units I've used. I generally use it for hiking and geocaching and the waypoints are easy to input. It is very accurate and the 'current location' doesn't fluctuate much like others do
Cons: the battery life with the backlight on is very short. I wish it had more memory, but it holds plenty of waypoints- just not enough ...
[Garmin eTrex Legend review by Berto can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Berto | | Review Date: | 01/26/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
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Great for the application Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: This is the second one I've owned. Great newegg price, great shipping. I use it for geocaching, backpacking, and teaching navagation to Venturing Crews at Laguna Station High Adventure Sea Base in Texas.
Cons: Serial connection is outdated. There are many more features in other units, but this one has the features I use the most.
[Garmin eTrex Legend review by N/A can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | N/A | | Review Date: | 12/29/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
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