2/3/2024 0 Comments Garmin basecamp reviews![]() Two days later, after a considerable amount of time isolated from pretty much the rest of the human race, I’m an into to the Norwegian guy had been staking out trails cross the ice. Fortunately, I had a backup in the form of my Garmin InReach Explorer+. ![]() That was a very sad moment, as, at that point, the eTrex and I have been together for several years and it felt like losing an old friend. At the next checkpoint I reached for the zipper of one of the pockets on my shell jacket and found it open – and my GPS gone. Once happy with my location I continued am on my way. On one of the legs I stopped to check my map and cross reference the waypoint showing on the GPS. I was travelling about 250 km across the Norwegian regions of Finse and the Hardangervidda. ![]() The reality is much simpler: Garmin have kept it small, rugged and simple.Īnother example of the durability of the eTrex 10 can be found in a recent skiing trip to Norway. I like to kid myself that the engineers and designers of this device invoked some kind of dark, technical magic to create an incredibly tough device the shrugs off everything nature and careless hikers throw at it. Small scratch on the body of my eTrex 10. I later found it about 70 feet below the summit, resting on a ledge and with not a scratch or dent in sight. My jacket pocket wasn’t fully zipped closed and my eTrex fell out and disappeared from view. On one occasion, whilst hiking in the Brecon Beacons, I was scrambling up Jacob’s Ladder on Penn Y Fan. I’ve hiked long-distance with this GPS, it’s been dropped repeatedly and on more than one occasion it’s fallen a considerable distance. We’ll cover usability shortly, but for now let’s just say that whoever designed this device really knew what they were doing. The screen of the eTrex 10 is incredibly tough. Wear and tear are always considerations when buying something like a GPS, but I’ve never seen the rubber seal fail and I’ve never replaced it. Like the buttons, the battery compartment is rubberised and a small seal around the inner rim of the hatch helps prevent water or moisture getting into your GPS and destroying it. Garmin eTrex 10 is powered by 2 AA batteries (I highly recommend you buy rechargeable for your device). ![]() The battery compartment is easily accessed using a small twist lock. I spend an awful lot of my time in very cold places and the joystick isn’t always the easiest to use when your hands are very cold, or you’re wearing gloves. The joystick is intended as a means of moving swiftly through the menu system and configuring the device. In addition to moisture protection the rubber casing provides more grip when your hands are damp or cold. To prevent any water ingress, or at least reduce the possibility of moisture reaching the electronic innards, each of the buttons is rubberised. The buttons have a nice feel to them – activating functions requires a decent amount of pressure and, in return, you get feedback in the form of an audible click and rather satisfying clunk. The joystick, which some people can find quite fiddly, is used for navigation of the menu system as well as typing. The buttons are used as part of the menu system, powering the GPS on and to activate the lighting. The eTrex 10 has only three buttons and a joystick.
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