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Review on Garmin eTrex 10 Navigator by Tik Tawan ᠌

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Medium quality, especially for that kind of money.

PS: ate Garmin 10 with firmware from 2022 - interface brakes will all go away. PS 2: On the terrain, I navigate by "guru maps pro" on my smartphone. PS3: Garmin 10 is a so-called "returner" and not a full-fledged navigator. Garmin 10 has been with me for 2 years in the forest looking for people and mushrooms. I only wear it as a "weapon of last chance" in case the smartphone dies in the forest. (Smartphone, of course, in a sealed bag with aliexpress and a power bank with you.) I use it only in tandem with a compass from the Moskompas company, because when you return to the point of its electronic compass needle jumps back and forth, there is no stability and the direction where to go shows approximately. I use like this: - we went into the forest, put an end to where we would have to return later and went, garmin 10 in our pocket, but so that the joystick did not accidentally touch. - when you need to return, choose the saved point to which you want to return, look at the azimuth (direction) that the harmine 10 writes and then the harmine in your pocket, take out the compass and follow the compass to the specified azimuth, sometimes looking at the harmine how far have deviated from the destination point.

Pros
  • - work in rain and snow, when you do not want to get an expensive smartphone so that it is not flooded with water (although this is very conditional, since a smartphone can simply be put in a plastic bag and its moisture protection will be 100%) - long work from AA batteries or from batteries (conditionally, since you can take a power bank with your smartphone).
Cons
  • - if you got lost and you need to orient yourself in relation to the nearest villages and roads, then garmin 10 turns into a "pumpkin", this one does not have maps and it will not help you orient yourself. Only preparation before entering the area will save - enter the coordinates of the nearest villages into it in advance, etc. objects. - no joystick lock. It is possible to accidentally touch the joystick, it sticks out. - No case included. - a small amount of memory does not allow you to use good cards in it - dimensions like a tennis ball - if you have a smartphone in 2022, the Garmin 10 is only needed as a backup navigation device.