[Paddlewise] Garmin eTrex GPS.

I was at a local paddling store a couple days ago checking out GPS
units.  One that really caught my eye was the Garmin eTrex because of
the small size and bright yellow color.  I asked to check it out and to
my surprise it locked on to the satellites (indoors) just as fast as the
units costing more than twice as much!  It seems that Garmin uses the
same receiver in the eTrex as they do in the GPSII.
The literature I have found so far says that it is waterproof to
immersion standard IEC 529 IPX7.  The eTrex doesn't have some of the
bells and whistles of the more expensive units, but the size and
waterproofing seem to make it an excellent paddling unit.
Does anyone on this list have any first hand experience with the eTrex?
I would like to know how well it works in the real world before I buy
it.

Thanks.

Mike

--
    Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are
visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a
great
blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a
mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your
passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space.
Mark H Hunt


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