[creznor]

Hey! For anyone who's interested and/or is in need of a handy, reliable GPS device to take with you on your hiking trips, there's a Garmin eTrex Legend GPS being auctioned off on eBay at a pretty good price. Check it out: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150079780633 C. Reznor

[Tom]

I'm sure you'll get a fair price on ebay so don't get miffed at my reply but I wouldn't characterize the eTrex units as reliable. Their antenna reception is anything but reliable under tree cover around here in my experience.

[moosefish]

I've got to second Tom's criticism of the eTrex Vista. I have one (old, granted) and its really poor reception makes it a poor choice for the Northwest's heavily forested areas. (Works great at higher elevations and in the open, though.)

[Bryan K]

I have an ETrex SUmmit and the signal is pretty bad in the trees, even in the winter with the snow weighing the branches down and opening up the sky.

[Slim]

I just sold an eTrex Vista on eBay for $99 as a datapoint. I was happy to get those $$ for it as I've never been pleased with the reception. I upgraded to the Garmin 60CSx which is extensively discussed in this thread

[Red Squatch]

I have a Summit, and now a Legend, and neither is very impressive under any conditions - I downloaded a software upgrade for the Summit, which made it worse than ever. That's what led me to try the Legend. Next time, I'll do a bit more research on a GPS with a helix antenna - I understand those work much more reliably.

[Joe]

I have a Legend and a Legend C, I don't experience poor reception. Just another opinion

[GeoHiker]

I started out with a Legend and found over 300 geocaches, most in the woods, so if you know the limitations then it's a very usable GPSr. The Legend allows you to install an external antenna, so that's an option to improve signal.