User Review: Bushnell BackTrack

Reviewed December 17, 2008 by Pierre Lebel

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Price Paid: $49.99

Got this at a fair price at Dick's.

It's a toy, and not designed for outdoor activity. They recommend to use it to retrieve your car in a wide parking lot, but it doesn't work inside, so screw level parkings.

I needed something to retrieve my treestand, or my car in the dark in woods I'm not familiar with. I like to explore new hunting area.

First of all, it is not sealed, so using it outside in cold and humid weather doesn't seem to do good. Most of the time it could not pick up satellite signal at all. It doesn't work in a house, which tell a lot about its efficiency. I used it once to retrieve my treestand at 4:00 AM and it never worked since. The display became all screwed up and I sent it back for a refund.

I went the next level above, and get an eTrex.

For $99.99, the eTrex is waterproof, works well and all the time (reliable), and record your path and about 10 000 markers. eTrex is a real GPS, not a toy, but it doesn't handle maps. eTrex is perfect for me.

Don't waste your time and money on a Backtrack, go the extra mile and get an eTrex. It's simple, reliable and way more functional than the BackTrack.

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