Rating: - Great piece of equipment
I purchased this GPS to use in the field on paleontological digs. I have found it to be easy to use and accurate. The size is appropriate both for visibility and for ease of carrying.
Rating: - GARMIN GPS REVIEW BY GENE GUTHAN
This is the third gps I have owned since 1990, the first cost north of 700 dollars. It was great but nothing compared to this new Garmin 72.
The model 72 is not for someone who wants to navigate thru cities. It is primarialy for basic navigation using entered waypoints. I live on a large stump filled lake and navigation must be precise. I plot my routes to navigate thru the stumps and trees.It's cheap and very reliable. I would highly recommend it to fisherman especially.
Gene Guthan
Rating: - JMP
SEEMS LIKE A GOOD VALUE WILL SEE AS I USE FOR BOATING.
DELIVERY ON TIME AND PRICE WAS FAIR IF I HAD TO DO OVER WOULD HAVE SPENT A LITTLE MORE AND PURCHASED THE GPS WITH MAPPING EASIER TO MAKE SENSE OF PLOTTING.
Rating: - Good no frills GPS
I am very happy with this GPS for my needs. Keep in mind it has no maps and no provision for an external antenna. I needed a high quality GPS to use while sailboat racing, and this unit has performed flawlessly.
Rating: - Great for time & distance, backtracking
As electronic-products evolve, older products like this become an economical path to more basic functions. This one is a great "time & distance" GPS, with limited other abilities like backtracking, sunset/sunrise data, and tide tables (I still don't know how they do this one). I use it on a sea kayak, for things like figuring out upstream lines where there's less current (hard to discern by eye) and generally for inland waters this feature-set is quite adequate. (Still learning how to manage rechargeable NiCad batteries... they pretty much have to be charged the night before to last longer than a few minutes - frustrating.) Pros: Large, readable, fairly intuitive interface. Cons: no meaningful maps, finding satellites can take several minutes even with open sky.
- Great piece of equipment
- Great for time & distance, backtracking