Garmin Foretrex 101 Review

The wrist-mounted GPS navigator, the Garmin Foretrex 101 is lighter than most sports watches and is perfect when canoeing, hang gliding, skiing or any other activity that requires that both of your hands be used. It is waterproof so it can withstand a drop in the river and it work in the pouring rain as well.

You will never get lost, no matter where your adventures take you with the Foretrex 101. It keeps track of your path and shows it as a tiny dotted trail on the screen. Turn on the TracBack feature and you can easily trace your path back to where you started from. You are able to save locations in the memory as waypoints - up to 500 of them, so you will never get lost when trying to find your way back to any spot, such as your campsite or vehicle. You can create and store routes on the Garmin Foretrex 101 and this navigator has a trip computer on board that tells you sunrise and sunset times and offers you fishing and hunting information. You can connect the Foretrex 101 to your PC with the serial cable.

For boating or sailing competitions, you can set the timers to count down the starting sequence of a race and it will sound audible alarms when a certain amount of time has passed.

The easy-to-use Garmin Foretrex 101 GPS navigator weighs just 2.6 ounces and offers you simple, one-hand operation with six ergonomically situated buttons that guide you through the functions. You can navigate for up to 15 full hours on two AAA batteries. The WAAS enabled receiver delivers accuracy to within 3 meters or better. The high contrast screen with the bright LED backlight is perfect for low lighting conditions.

When out hiking and you find a great campsite, you can mark the location and navigate to it later with the very helpful GoTo function on the Foretrex 101.

The Garmin Foretrex 101 is affordable, lightweight, durable and very reliable. It is ideal for anyone who wants to free up their hands when out adventuring.