Garmin eTrex Legend H Review
May 18, 2009 by admin
The Garmin eTrex Legend H is one of the most versatile navigators you can buy. The Legend H features a highly sensitive GPS receiver that holds a signal even under the toughest conditons. It works perfectly in heavy tree cover or in a deep canyon. This is one GPS navigator that you’ll want in your pocket when you venture deep into the woods.
The brightly colored eTrex Legend H features an intuitive and user-friendly interface with a detailed base map and its impressive 25 megabytes of internal memory allows you to store optional maps. All of the buttons ae conveniently placed on either side of the unit, that allows you to use just one hand and you will always have a clear view of the big display with this layout. There are only five operator buttons on the Garmin eTrex Legend H, so it’s super easy to use. When you are out adventuring, you certainly don’t want to spend time fiddling with your GPS unit.
This unit is waterproof so it can be used in the pouring rain and can withstand a drop in the water. You can run the Legend H for an amazing 22 hours, so your adventures won’t be cut short due to low battery life.
The Legend H uses a 12 parallel channel GPS receiver and this unit can store up to 500 user waypoints with graphic icons. It has Garmin’s exclusive TrackBack feature built in, so you can reverse your track log and get back home easily. The eTrex Legend H also uses animated graphics that assist you to identify your marked waypoints with ease.
The Americas Highway basemap feature that the Garmin eTrex Legend has on board is impressive. It covers the US, Canada, Mexico and Central and South America. Also on board is a high-level worldwide map view complete with political boundaries and major cities. The US base map covers small lakes, streams, rivers, railroads, local roads, coastlines and the Federal Interstate database gives you info on food, lodging and services that are within a quarter of a mile from the interstate.
