Garmin eTrex Legend

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The eTrex Legend is a gps receiver made by Garmin. It has an average rating of 4.5 stars (out of 5), based on 4 user reviews.

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From Backcountry.com:
"The Garmin eTrex Legend GPS is loaded with a full basemap of North and South America, and uses Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) for proven accuracy in an affordable unit. WAAS corrections keep you focused within a 3 meter radius on the lakes, rivers, cities, highways, railroads and coastlines of the hardwired basemap, or any of the maps available for download to the eTrex Legend's 8MB of free memory. Meanwhile, the super cool translucent blue case will wow your traveling companions into submission."

From Altrec Outdoors:
"Without a doubt, the Garmin eTrex Legend GPS remains one of the most affordable and well-detailed GPS units for hikers, backpackers and domestic travelers. While other GPS units offer more features (and color displays) the eTrex Legend GPS has a proven reputation for durability, reliability and ease-of-use. It includes 8MB of internal memory for retraceable waypoint tracking and automatic log tracking (you can save up to ten tracks for retracing later). The preloaded basemap includes oceans, lakes, rivers cities, interstates and other major roads. You can also customize locations with your own waypoints for fishing spots and other personal waypoints. A backlight makes the eTrex Legend GPS easy to read in low light conditions. The colorful blue case is easy to spot in your backpack or travel bag and remains completely waterproof."

From CampSaver.com:
"20% off Coupon Available! With the eTrex Legend, Garmin has loaded a full basemap of North and South America into one small unit.The Legend is also designed to provide precise GPS positioning using correction data obtained from the Wide Area Augmentation System WAAS.This product will provide position accuracy to less than three meters when receiving WAAS corrections.The basemap contains lakes, rivers, cities, interstates, national and state highways, railroads and coastlines.The eTrex Legend is also equipped with additional memory totaling eight megabytes.The added memory allows the eTrex Legend to accept downloaded map data from Garmins entire line of MapSource CD-ROMs, including Fishing Ho"

From Ramsey Outdoor:
"With the eTrex Legend, Garmin has loaded a full basemap of North and South America into one small unit. The Legend is also designed to provide precise..."

User Reviews

eTrex Legend
Reviewed by Rosh, Jan 18, 2007

"This review is slanted a little; the performance measured has been in Alaska which tends to be colder than normal use and with worse GPS satellite coverage.

I got the Legend because it had the map memory I wanted without all the bells and whistles I didn't need."

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eTrex Legend
Reviewed by Cody F., Nov 27, 2006

"I love this GPS. Small, light, plenty of features. Comes with a basic road map with Interstate info including exit ramp numbers and rest areas. Also has a listing of restaurants and stores within towns. Does all the basic GPS stuff with a few extra features as well. It doesn't sap batteries either. Seems to be really durable and shock and waterproof for the most part."

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eTrex Legend
Reviewed by Peter, Nov 22, 2005

"This unit is great! Some of the great features include backtrack, so if you get lost the unit automatically tells you how to get back where you are and the best part about it is that you don't need to set anything to make it do this. The WAAS support is a good feature but not quite useful because the network of satellites hasn't been set up yet, so it will just eat your battery life."

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eTrex Legend
Reviewed by Mlyvers, Aug 28, 2005

"I have litteraly trusted this product with my life. I carried it for almost a year and a half through Operation Iraqi Freedom. As a SGT and a team leader I have trusted this GPS unit to get me through and bring myself and my men back from the front lines."

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