7.6 out of 10

Garmin eTrex Vista HCx

 

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Best Price: 179.95 USD

  • User Score (816)
    8.4 8.4 from 816 reviewers
  • Expert Score (7)
    8.9 8.9 from 7 reviewers
  • Design (15)
    7.1 7.1 from 15 reviewers
  • Value for money (13)
    7.6 7.6 from 13 reviewers
  • Features (7)
    7.9 7.9 from 7 reviewers
  • Ease of use (7)
    7.3 7.3 from 7 reviewers
  • Performance (6)
    8.0 8.0 from 6 reviewers
  • Overall quality (5)
    8.5 8.5 from 5 reviewers
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Experts:
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(4)
5-6
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3-4
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1-2
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Users:
9-10
(419)
7-8
(267)
5-6
(57)
3-4
(37)
1-2
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  • Expert Reviews

0 Local, 11 Total

  • User Reviews

  1. GREAT SIZE FOR ALL AROUND USE

    GPS City Canada
    10/10
    Reviewer: GPS City Canada
    1 July 2009

    This is my fourth gps. I have an old e-trex legend and decided on the new more sensitive circuitry in the Vista HCX along with the extended battery... Read more

    • long battery life-very sensitive receiver
    • hard to navigate to different screens

  2. Nice but complicated

    PriceGrabber
    8.0/10
    Reviewer: joshuahaftel, PriceGrabber
    12 May 2008

    I bought this two days ago and I immediately started playing around with it. I bought this unit primarily for hiking and so far I am impressed with this product. It has long battery life, it acquires the signal quickly and automatically logged my tracks. It's menu system was particularly complicated to figure out, but the unit is surprisingly configurable. I was able to load different types of map data (City Navigator, US Topo). Read more

    • Accurate, acquires and holds signal quickly, compact, long battery life
    • Difficult to operate, screen is a little small, altimeter is flaky

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