Garmin eTrex 10 Outdoor Handheld GPS Unit, Black

Garmin eTrex 10 Outdoor Handheld GPS Unit, Black/Yellow

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• 2.2-Inch monochrome display that’s easy to read in any lighting situation
• Durable and waterproof, eTrex® 10 is built to withstand the elements
• Easy to use interface
• Supports geocaching GPX files for downloading geocaches and details straight to your unit
• High-sensitivity, Egnos-enabled GPS receiver and HotFix satellite prediction to locate your position quickly

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Garmin eTrex 10 Outdoor Handheld GPS Unit, Black/Yellow

Rugged Handheld GPS with Enhanced Capabilities

• Worldwide basemap
• 2.2″ monochrome display, easy to read in any light
• GPS and GLONASS satellites for faster positioning
• Paperless geocaching
• 25-hour battery life with 2 AA batteries

eTrex 10 retains the core functionality, rugged construction, affordability and long battery life that made eTrex the most dependable GPS device available. We improved the user interface and added a worldwide basemap, paperless geocaching and support for spine-mounting accessories. eTrex 10 has an enhanced 2.2″ monochrome display that’s easy to read in any lighting situation. Both durable and water resistant, eTrex 10 is built to withstand the elements. Its easy-to-use interface means you’ll spend more time enjoying the outdoors and less time searching for information. eTrex 10 features the legendary toughness that’s built to withstand the elements. Dust, dirt, humidity, water — none are a match for this navigator.

eTrex 10 supports geocaching GPX files for transferring geocaches. Visit OpenCaching to start your geocaching adventure. By going paperless, you’re not only helping the environment but also improving efficiency. eTrex 10 stores and displays key information, including location, terrain, difficulty, hints and descriptions, which means no more manually entering coordinates and paper printouts. Simply upload the GPX file to your eTrex 10 and start hunting for caches.

With its high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver and HotFix satellite prediction, eTrex 10 locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons. Whether you’re in deep woods or just near tall buildings and trees, you can count on eTrex 10 to help you find your way when you need it the most.

eTrex devices are the first-ever consumer-grade receivers that can track both GPS and GLONASS satellites simultaneously. When using GLONASS satellites, the time it takes for the receiver to “lock on” to a position is (on average) approximately 20 percent faster than using GPS. And when using both GPS and GLONASS, the receiver has the ability to lock on to 24 more satellites than using GPS alone.

Product description

Product Description

Garmin eTrex 10 Outdoor Handheld GPS Unit

eTrex 10 takes one of the most popular and reliable GPS handhelds and makes it better. Redesigned ergonomics, an easier-to-use interface, paperless geocaching, the addition of a worldwide basemap and long battery life add up to serious improvements for an already legendary GPS handheld. eTrex 10 is versatile. It’s tough. And it’s built to handle whatever Mother Nature can dish out – and more.

Garmin eTrex 10: Comes with a basemap for Europe

See The Way

The eTrex 10 provides information on where you are as a grid reference, and points you in the right direction to reach your destination.

It has an enhanced 2.2 in monochrome display that’s easy to read in any lighting situation. The easy-to-use interface means you’ll spend more time enjoying the outdoors and less time searching for information. Both durable and waterproof, eTrex 10 features the legendary toughness that’s built to withstand the elements – be it dust, dirt, humidity or water, none of which are a match for this legendary navigator.

The clear screen points you towards your chosen destination waypoint. There is a joystick that helps guide you around menu functions, and when pressed this selects the function. There is a ‘back’ button for retracing progress through menus and screens.

Garmin eTrex 10: eTrex shows you the way

Find Fun

eTrex 10 features paperless geocaching by supporting GPX files for downloading geocaches and details straight to your unit. Visit Opencaching.com to start your geocaching adventure. By going paperless, you’re not only helping the environment but also making your geocaching more fun. eTrex 10 stores and displays all the information you need, including location, terrain, difficulty, hints and descriptions, which means no more manually entering coordinates and paper print outs. Simply upload the geocache to your unit and start hunting for caches.

Garmin eTrex 10: Great for geocaching

Keep Your Fix

With its high-sensitivity, EGNOS-enabled GPS receiver and HotFix® satellite prediction, eTrex 10 locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep valleys. The advantage is clear — whether you’re in the woods or just near tall buildings and trees, you can count on eTrex 10 to help you find your way when you need it the most.

Go Global

The new eTrex series is the first-ever consumer-grade receivers that can track both GPS and GLONASS satellites simultaneously. GLONASS is a system developed by the Russian Federation that will be fully operational in 2012. When using GLONASS satellites, the time it takes for the receiver to “lock on” to a position is (on average) approximately 20 percent faster than using GPS. And when using both GPS and GLONASS, the receiver has the ability to lock on to 24 more satellites than using GPS alone.

Box Contains

eTrex10; USB cable; Owner’s manual

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Product details

• Batteries : 2 AA batteries required.
• Is discontinued by manufacturer : No
• Product Dimensions : 5.4 x 3.3 x 10.3 cm; 141.75 Grams
• Date First Available : 11 Aug. 2011
• Manufacturer : Garmin
• ASIN : B00542NV32
• Item model number : 010-00970-00
• Department : Unisex

• Best Sellers Rank: 32,979 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • 7 in GPS Handhelds

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 July 2016

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I read all-sorts of reviews and decided to go for the etrex 10. If you have used a Garmin GPS before this is easy peasy to use. The basic manual is fine, tells you all you need to know, the downloadable pdf is fine too, for a bit more detail. The screen is nice and clear, the unit is smaller and lighter than I thought and very handy and easy to use. I don’t know why the screen is at the bottom and the joystick at the top. My thumb gets slightly in the way of the screen, but it’s no big deal. The buttons are simple, the on off switch just works without having to press it too hard or in just the right way. The joystick works just how you would expect it to. The ‘map’ is pointless as a map as I expected. The way to use the map is to give yourself some sort of idea where you are and where the destination is in relation to the way you’re moving and where you’ve walked – you can see your track on screen and you can see your progress towards the target. It’s also useful to be able to retrace your track. It’s helpful, but a proper map it ain’t. As long as you understand that, you can still use it as a tool. I usually take a map and compass anyway if I’m in unfamiliar territory, and you can often match the shape of your track on the GPS to the features on your OS map if you want. Old fashioned paper maps are so much more fun to browse anyway!

I don’t like the way you can’t cycle through screens ie compass, trip computer, map, from one to the next – you have to go back to menu and choose the page you want (unless I just haven’t worked that bit out yet)

I can see the joystick getting pressed in your bag or pocket, but it hasn’t happened to me yet. I guess when you’re using it slip it into a roomy pocket if you need to put it away.

The most impressive thing is that it picked up satellites whilst it was in my house! My old GPSMap 60 wouldn’t maintain a fix inside my pocket or if tree cover was a bit thick.

I’d quite like an electronic compass like you get with the more expensive models but hey ho. For the price you get a good quality GPS with excellent accuracy and sensitivity and pretty easy to use…

BUT BUT BUT if you’ve never used a GPS before prepare for a steep learning curve and keep at it. The manual has been criticised but it does seem to have pretty much all there is to know. I think the point is to get using it and learn on the job and work out how it works for you and customise it. Just bear in mind it’s WAY easier to use than the model I first started with.

You don’t get a colour screen like a mobile phone because they eat batteries and you might want to use this on a long hike or camping trip over a period of days with no access to a charger for your iphone. Really you didn’t ought to be using this like your TomTom – it isn’t that kind of tool. Think of it as a tool like a map and a compass are tools.

I use this to guide me on walks in and around London. I load routes as GPX files I’ve either created myself using Google Maps or downloaded from the internet for official trails like the Capital Ring. Previously I was using my iPhone and some free/cheap apps to do this which was fine except:

1) iPhone battery drains quickly

2) Holding the phone for a few hours is uncomfortable and I am liable to drop it

3) Phone is no good if it is raining

4) iPhone locations services (and compass) are a bit unreliable

The Garmin eTrex 20x addresses all of these problems:

1) Batteries (you put in your own AAs which can be rechargeable) are supposed to last 20+ hours, plus you can carry spares anyway.

2) It is small and sturdy with plastic case and screen that should be OK if you drop it

3) It seems to be reasonably waterproof if it rains

4) Once you have got a satellite signal it seems accurate

So far so good. Here are the drawbacks:

1) The screen size, resolution, and updating rate when you are moving is far inferior to a cheap smartphone (and way inferior to my Garmin car GPS which didn’t cost much more).

2) It has a really slow USB connector which means updating the maps can take an hour

3) It is way too expensive for the functionality you get compared to a cheap smartphone + apps, and the accessories are even more expensive for what they are.

4) THE DOCUMENTATION IS TERRIBLE. The simple printed user guide you get is useless, it does not even tell you how to move around and select menu options which is the first thing you have to do when you switch it on and do the initial set-up. The Garmin website has a few stray videos showing you some basic features but I really prefer written instructions so I can work through them at my own pace. Anything more than that (loading existing GPX files in my case) you are on your own with only Google to help you. Based on chatboard advice I tried one method of loading GPX files which totally failed. Eventually I installed their free PC Basecamp software (another documentation black hole without even on-line help) and eventually managed to do what I wanted. However I am sure there are all sorts of other useful features which I don’t know exist and I couldn’t easily find out how to use anyway.

So, for me, it does what I wanted it to do but you need to be sure it is right for you before buying.