Garmin eTrex Legend HCx

With Garmin’s eTrex Legend HCx, no mountain is too high, nor valley too low. The eTrex Legend HCx knows where you are and where you are going even in the roughest of terrain or conditions that are less than ideal.

It’s small form factor make it easy to carry and its rubberized case add to its grip and comfort. The rubber grip also helps to keep unwanted moisture and debris out.

Standout Features

• High sensitivity WAAS enabled receiver

• MicroSD card slot

• Waterproof

• 256 color LCD display

Features

You will never second guess your whereabouts again with the built in high sensitivity WAAS receiver. This allows you to pinpoint your exact location to within 3 meters. It is so accurate that it can tell you which lane of the highway you are traveling in.

Adding additional maps to your GPS is even easier. The eTrex Legend HCx features a microSD card slot that accepts preloaded maps and data. It’s the quickest and easiest way to load more maps onto your receiver.

The rubberized grip serves two purposes: it makes holding onto the unit easier and improves grip and also keeps unwanted particles out. This means you can take it just about anywhere. Water, sand, or whatever. Don’t worry about it. Your GPS receiver can handle it.

The bright 256 color display features a resolution of 176 x 220. This makes it easier to distinguish elevation changes, water features, highways or anything else that you may need to locate on a map.

The eTrex Legend HCx requires 2 AA batteries and will last about 25 hours on one set. This will obviously vary depending on a variety of conditions such as temperature, how many satellites it is tracking and other variables.

The Legend HCx can also store 50 routes, 1000 custom waypoints and 20 saved tracks with 10,000 track log points. This helps you to get back to difficult places, or better yet, it helps you get out of tricky places by tracking back.

Summary of Reviews

Expert reviewers liked the compact size of the eTrex Legend. The menu system was easy to navigate using the receiver’s joy stick control. The color screen was also easy to read, even in all but the brightest conditions. The start up time wasn’t the fastest seen, but it was still able to find and track satellites quickly.

Users liked the portability of the Etrex Legend HCx. The color screen was a nice feature especially when compared to the older monochromatic screens. Battery life was decent, but most users found it difficult to get 25 hours of battery life out of the unit.

Summary

The Garmin eTrex Legend HCx is a stylish, compact GPS receiver. It is perfect for those who need a rugged GPS system that can get them to the top of the highest peak and where the nearest convenient store is. It combines just the right amount of features into a chassis that is easy to carry.