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- Brief video on why the GARMIN eTrex 10 makes sense to buy and use in 2020. It's an extremely capable unit with incredible value for the consumer, doing 90% of what you need a navigation device to do.
GARMIN eTrex 10 User Guide: • GARMIN eTrex 10 GPS Us...
This device is like a gameboy, it's timeless. We have many new devices in the etrex family and the good old 10 is still in production and pepole still love it!
This guy is extremely underrated... The vids are high quality, great editing, nothing pointless or boring. great review, keep the awesome work up!
Picked one up at the thrift store for $15, not knowing if it was working. All it needed was fresh batteries :)
what a find man, love to see it.
Thats a steal not a deal
I live in a rich neighborhood and you never need to buy anything - furniture, lamps, camping equipment, shelving, artwork............................
Literally did the same thing today, which brought Me to this video.
I have to admit that etrex 10 is really useful.
I've had it for like 2 years now and I had it with me on countless trips.
It never failed me and it always helped me to navigate better than a smartphone.
It´s 2024, I bought an eTrex 10 in 2023. One of the best buys of my life.
Been using mine for four years; it doesn’t do everything, but what it does do, it does extremely well. Great piece of kit
@@KevinMurphy-kk6yz exactly!!!
I have its older version (2008) eTrex H, basically the same really. I often use it in preference to my GPSMAP 62, that I only use at night (good illumination and mapping). But you are spot on, the 10 as well as the H do 90% of what you need. ALSO far easier to read in sunlight (and doesn't suck the battery as it does not need a backlight!).
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Love the easy to follow no nonsense approach. Purchasing one after watching both videos of this unit. Much appreciated.
I just bought this after the LCD screen on my original etrex I used for 20 years started to fade. What an amazing product. If you are on foot with a map and a compass the etrek is perfect and you are good to go!!! This produt is more for people who want to confirm their position, minimise weight, and extend battery life as opposed to someone who wants to follow it for navigational guidance (although it can be used for that, read on).
If you are comfortable navigating with a map and a compass it is perfect. If you do want to use it to guide you, you will need to download a GPS track and you can then follow the arrows, that works well too, but your battery life will be shortened as opposed to turning it on a few time during the day.
For the price and the functionality it is amazing. You won't go wrong. Even if you carry it as a backup.
I have had this GPS for a whe now and love it, it is so simple to use, can download routes from the pc to it also. Also had higher spec GPS like the etrex 30 and yes have other options on it, but what I did not like was how small the maps were on screen you could hardly see anything, might as well not have a map just use your paper map.
I carry a cheap pair of readers with me, then it’s no problem reading the screen.
I hike and have a 24 ft sailboat. I am going on a long trip next year on the boat and I will navigate by paper charts. I need a simple GPS for a backup Lat/Long if I am unsure of my dead reckoning position. This unit seem to fit the bill. I will buy one soon to practice with.
Good video.
If you have excellent paper maps such as the ordnance survey maps we have here in the UK the extreme 10 is more than adequate.
Word. Spot on mate.
I have had other handheld gps devices and smart watches, and really, they are a bit overkill. The etrex10 is really all I need.
Great facts! Made me buy it. I'm doing the cape wrath trail in Scotland. I will have a map anyway for elevation and fairly confident with a compass and orientation. but as a back up for £100 it's a no brainer.
Very informative, I was contemplating on buying etrex for a while now as my work requires me to go to sites (sometimes in the forest). Plus that 4:05 vibration lol 😂
If you Turkey hunt or are looking for the best gift EVER for a Turkey hunter? This is it!!!
You can actually load maps into eTrex 10
Really?
@@c1b8checas8 yes, you just have to make your route with caltopo, export it as a gpx file and upload it onto the etrex 10 via a USB stick.
Smartphones are like swiss army knives. Yeah its fantastic having a jack of all trades device handy, but to do something specific long term, you really want to have the specialized tool.
I’ve been geocaching for a couple years and have found myself in many pickles due to phone reception.
I picked one up second hand and hope to upgrade to a better unit in the future.
You can add better mapping, just search here on the TH-cam. But yes the internal memory is very low.
I saw that... as I understand it, you bassically move the internal map elsewhere and replace it with a different map. Problem with detailed maps are they are ALWAYS outdated.
Excellent summation - thank you!
This is a great device and you can also get offline maps for your phone even if there’s no signal
But will it give me a 6, 8, or ten point grid coordinate for one of my bread crumbs
Given that large screen older model cell phones can be had easily for
This doesn't lose connection like a phone will in certain places
@@davidramirez6258 Okay, so a dedicated device like an etrex will have a better gps receiver then a cell phone?
Bought 1 still trying figure out how to use it
Kevin of how to sail oceans has one, but I think it has been updated I’m trying to find out what the improvements are, his recommendation is enough for me, but there’s stuff on the 72h I might want
Is it good in cities?
Does anyone know if you can export GPX data from this, with time data, in order to geotag photos?
Download the free Garmin Basecamp programme and then you can get all the data from the GPS including routes, tracks and waypoint marks.
mollybmd
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I have never hated a device as much as hate the Garmin etrex 10. I watched several vids and today I gave it it's final test run. I began attempting to build a relationship with it 3 days ago. I am not computer illiterate and can follow directions. Today was day 3 of trouble. I tracked with it and stopped at mile 1. The Garmin recorded i had walker 1 95 miles when in reality I walked only 1 mile. I set in on Tracback and the arrow indicated I was traveling back in the correct direction. The arrow stayed put and I was back to my car with the arrow holding fast just a hair below where I had begun my jouney back. AS far as this piece of junk was concerned I had barely mored. I know it has good reviews but this was day 3 of mega frustration with this device. It was never accurate by any stretch of the imagination. I destroyed so that I will never waste another minute of my time with it. I even installed new batteries in it to be certain if would function. I had attempted working with it a while back an put it away after getting the same results. No chance of this happening again. Back to map and compass!
Weird. Mine always works just right. Maybe you got a defective one?
Did navigation get you to bears den and you almost got eaten
U should get thousands of subs.
I use my 1999-01 unit. (Garmin 12) As I have no need for maps. The newer ones like the 20/30 aren't necessarily better. Remember the unit is only as good as your Satellites & reception. Laws keep & kept them from being 100% accurate.
8ft is only 2paces what more do you need?
Can these gps devices me tracked by others? Or is your location private?
Nope, your save.
@@MrPitts72 It only receives satellite signals. It doesn't transmit anything.
A smartphone loses signal even in the city so there's your answer
Thanks
Thanks for an outstanding video! I've been mulling over whether I need to higher end GPS unit like a Montana or GPSMAP 64 or if I could skate by with an eTrex 10. Mostly I want a GPS unit to output UTM coordinates to use with paper maps. It seems like the 10 would be enough. On the other hand the eTrex 30x is only $40 more. Decisions, decisions!
You're welcome! In my estimation, if you don't need mapping functionality in the GPS unit, the eTrex 10 does all the core navigation features of the pricier units.
Do we have altimetre in it? Measuring elevation?
@@kashmirbackpackers2243 Edit: It does record elevation from the Satellites. But you'd need to upgrade to a device with a barometric altimeter to get altimeter accuracy.
Suggest one please... I need accurate altitude measurement of alpine lakes (we have like hundreds here).
@@kashmirbackpackers2243 It totally depends on what you need for other features. Look on the Garmin page and search for units with altimeters. buy.garmin.com/en-CA/CA/c12521-p1.html
Has better mapping then the explorer +
I hunt were this is no cell signal. This device is essential
$89 now big daddy.
++There are VERY detailed FREE Map Projects out. To download to your Garmin.
Waaaay up
I found it on the trail.
To be honest it's a hunk of shit The compass doesn't even work and the map sucks which are the only things that seem like I would want in a GPS.
The only cool thing that worked well What's the sunrise in moonrise and maybe the elevation and distance
This thing sucks, should’ve just wiped my ass with 180$