🌟 High-performance Garmin 010-01772-00 Foretrex 601: A Trustworthy 2-Inch Companion Review

I use it for sailboat racing, big display and buttons I can use with gloves is very important to me . Ease of use and accuracy of the compass are also important, everything else is secondary to me, so your mileage may vary. In my experience it's just a 401 update, bigger screen, 3-axis compass (big win) but no other improvements. I would like to see Garmin add some features like start line or altitude/course from Quantix. But the 601 wins because Quantix is difficult to use and has a tiny…

This is the only dedicated GPS I own so I don't have a comparison but here's my experience: I bought a Garmin Foretrex 601 specifically for it to help I'm navigating and building a 150-acre piece of land I bought in the middle of a dense forest in northern Minnesota. Haven't used it there yet, but I'm not sure how well it will work based on my home and office testing. In particular, it just doesn't seem very accurate. By that I mean I can walk in one direction for as long as I want and then…

As a longtime 401 user, I bought this 601 to replace a 401 that was stolen from my luggage a few months ago. Foretrex is the only GPS range on the market that does all the work for me when hiking or dog sledding in extreme winter conditions. The physical buttons mean I can operate it with gloves on, and its AAA batteries are quick to swap out after the cold quickly killed them. I've run the 401 in temperatures down to -38°C/-36°F (well below the minimum -20°C rating) with no issues. The biggest

BLUF: Don't buy the Garmin Foretrex 601 for reliability reasons. This is my third iteration of this device and I cannot recommend this product. The first Garmin 601 I bought (04/26/2018) was sent to me used, although it was listed as brand new. The item was sent to me with the batteries already in the device and randomly placed in the box. Needless to say, someone who bought the device didn't like it and returned it. I contacted Revain and they quickly replaced the device. The second Garmin 601

The seller, Active Trade, delivered the unit on time and as described - 5 stars for that. The device itself (Garmin Foretrex Model 601) appears to be faulty, but I haven't spent enough time to confirm this status. He's having trouble staying in contact with the satellite even in clear skies, but that may be the result of living (and testing) in the suburbs. Once I've tested it in the wild I'll have a clearer opinion (and I'll update that opinion here in this review). The device is doing one…