Garmin eTrex Touch GPS Handheld Navigator with Touchscreen and Preloaded Maps

I have used this a handful of times now and absolutely love it. I have owned prior Garmin touchscreen units, including earlier Touch models and Oregon devices, so I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted going into this one. For my hiking needs, this does exactly what I hoped it would do. The biggest thing I noticed right away is that it feels faster and smoother than the older generations. That alone makes a real difference when you are out on the trail and want something that responds well without feeling clunky or laggy. What I appreciate most is that Garmin stayed true to what makes these dedicated GPS units so useful for hiking. It feels familiar in a good way, but improved where it counts. For me, this has been a very worthwhile upgrade and a great fit for the way I hike.

I've had it for a few weeks and like it very much. Its satellite connections are amazing, I can even connect in my living room. Though the screen size is small, it is very clear and easy to read. I added the city streets map and there is still almost half of the 32GB built-in memory left. I have not been on a serious walk or hike yet, but took it on a 250 mile ferry ride and was impressed with the map showing our location and speed. I think this is a very cool device, and compact enough to always have it with me.

I like the overall operation of this gps. The maps are very detailed, I had no problem with battery life, and I've loaded in my own custom maps and see no problem with the on board Memory capacity.\nOverall , i'm quite impressed with this unit

great little unit. love the size. love the screen. much easier to navigate then the older units. the one important thing I miss is unable to load europe cycling maps. I wanted to use this unit for hiking and cycling

This device works so well for hiking, biking, hunting etc. Compact yet powerful.

This has the potential to be an excellent GPS unit, however, its usefulness (for me) is hampered by tieing the use of it to the Explore app. The BaseCamp app would be a much better fit. I have NO need for the "share with all devices" feature that you now require with this handheld. I have a lot of data in BaseCamp and can keep this separate until the time I need it on my device. I certainly DO NOT want all my data sync'ing to my Garmin Watch. The Explore app has limited customization of feature attributes (colors, icons, etc), and while BaseCamp has some of those limitations but not as many and much easier to manage. I have more than 20 years of experience with Garmin products and, up to now, have always been very pleased with them. Unfortunately, Garmin has moved from a solid GPS/Map focus to a social media/fitness platform. This may be good for some and popular for now, but not for many users, particularly if data is of a sensitive nature, this can be an undesirable addition to product and should be completely optional. Furthermore, the unit should be fully functional without the sharing/snycing that Garmin now promotes so heavily. The complete lack of a unit-specific Owners Manual is a remarkable change for Garmin. By offering only a "series" level Manual, many of the features of the newest eTrex were not even addressed. I had to hack around to figure this thing out. You can do better, if your past performance is any example. I also found Garmin wanting in the lack of any direction on use of the Explore app with this unit - this should be a integral part of the OM! I really wanted to make this device work for me, but it wasn't to be. Thus, I regretfully returned it for refund. To Garmin's credit, you quickly and without hassle processed my refund. Thank you for that. I'll continue using my old Montana that works perfectly with BaseCamp and does everything I ask of it without assuming I want to automatically snyc or share my data. I hope Garmin won't degenerate into just another social media platform and abandon its long-term users.

I hopped this would be better, but I wound up returning it. The interface was very outdated, and slow. There's a noticeable delay in loading even basic maps as you scroll around with your finger. You have to download and save any Maps+ overlays to the device in 2 mile squares and it doesn't have enough memory to handle any significant amount of mileage. So it would kind of work if I was going on a 6 mile day hike, but it couldn't handle the data to do a multi day 40-50mile trip. Very disappointed.

After my wife and I have been geocaching for 20 years using various Garmin handheld GPS's (etrex Legend C, GPSmap 60CSx, GPSMAP 64sx, Oregon 450 and Oregon 600) we thought this new eTrex Touch would be a good replacement for our current 10 year old Oregon 600 which is developing button issues. We were sorely disappointed. It would appear that Garmin has included Geocaching on this device as an afterthought. It definitely is not user friendly. Swiping up/down, left/right and tapping for other items is not nearly as effective as on a cell phone resulting in undesirable actions. I was having difficulty with that sitting on a sofa at home, can't even think of doing that in the field. Setting it up for geocaching use is certainly not intuitive at all. Once set up, some actions do not reliably occur. These are such things as looking at past logs or hints for caches. Sometimes when going back to read the description or hint again, they are not there. One relatively simple issue is that the device does not seem to be able to change the coordinate notation reliably. After changing it in the settings to the desired notation it does not carry through when using the notation in other locations. The positives are the promised battery life, nice size and good maps. Beyond that, not much more that we can give positive feedback. Happily, we were able to return it without a hassle.

He utilizado durante años GPS Garmin Oregon, los modelos 600 y 700, de los que he estado muy contento, por su fiabilidad, facilidad de uso y configuración. El modelo eTrex Touch es complicado de uso, de configuración. No es nada intuitivo. Sólo tiene un botón para el encendido y que además tienes que apretar con fuerza. No recomiendo su compra. Una enorme decepción.