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Garmin Foretrex 301 GPS Watch
Cleverly simple, the Foretrex 301 is a wrist-mounted GPS navigator perfect for outdoor activities that require the use of both hands. Foretrex 301 combines a high-sensitivity GPS receiver, rugged, waterproof design and USB interface into a lightweight device ideal for hikers, skiers, campers and military personnel.
Retrace Your Steps
No matter where your adventure takes you, you'll never worry about getting lost with the Foretrex 301. Foretrex keeps track of your path and displays it as a dotted trail on the screen. Just turn on Foretrex's TracBack® feature, and you can retrace your path back to where you started. You can save locations in memory as waypoints (up to 500 of them), so you can always find your way back to any important place, like your campsite or vehicle. And with up to 18 hours of battery life and replaceable AAA batteries, you'll never worry about making it back.
Time yourself
Foretrex 301 includes a timer so you can record how fast you've gone – whether that's down a ski slope, over rapids, or across country on a run.
Track Your Data
Foretrex 301 lets you combine several waypoints to create and store routes to all of your favourite places. It also provides other helpful information to help with navigation, including a trip computer, sunrise/sunset times and hunting and fishing information. To keep track of your trip, connect your Foretrex to your PC or Mac® with USB to store your waypoints, routes and tracks on your computer.
The main menu gives you access to set up screens including waypoints tracks and routes. It also displays the current date and time along the top of the screen.
Navigate
Your position on the map is represented by a little man icon. As you travel, the position icon moves and leaves a track log (trail). Waypoint names and symbols are also shown on the map. Foretrex automatically rotates the map as you move so that waypoints ahead of you always appear above your position. The heading indicator shows the direction you are heading. It is also possible to view the map with the North up – just go to the menu and select, map detail followed by map orientation to choose how you want it displayed.
It is also possible to measure distance from one waypoint to another. The total distance between the two points and the estimated travel time appear at the bottom of the page.
Be guided
The compass page guides you to your destination by displaying a compass and bearing pointer. When you are navigating to a specific location, the compass page displays the name of the location, two data fields that display distance to final destination and speed, and a direction arrow in the compass ring. Follow the arrow to navigate.
The trip computer shows your current speed, average speed, maximum speed, trip odometer and other helpful statistics.
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As a GPS unit - it is very basic. You enter waypoints manually into the unit or download GPX files and copy them into the appropriate folder in the unit then just navigate from waypoint to waypoint. The onboard trip computer gives you the statistics you need, at least those I need. When connected to a computer (and I would like to say this unit works perfectly with a Mac running Snow Leopard), you can upload details of your latest walk into MyGarmin, where your route is transposed over a Google map along with terrain etc. Graphic representations of altitude are shown (GPS altitude readings are perfectly satisfactory) and all of your trip time, walking time, speeds and averages are displayed and saved for future reference.
With mapping applications such as RouteBuddy and Anquet (this works with Anquet - Mac version coming soon), you can plan your walks on your computer at home then upload all the waypoints straight into the Foretrex through the USB port. I really like this gadget - it does what it says on the box without any fuss at all. GPS accuracy is really good and while everybody says always use a map and compass, I'd say, take them as a backup because using a Foretrex really makes the aforementioned items redundant in most cases.
Battery life is good with rechargeable or Duracell batteries, my only complaint is that the wrist strap is a little harsh - velcro thingy and gets a little uncomfortable sometimes. Even with this minor complaint I award 5 stars for this great little device. I had never used a GPS unit before but this adds a whole new interesting dimension to what would be a walk on the tops. Recommended.
UPDATE 25/3/11 I've been using this product for nearly a year now and I'm aware of the sudden interest in using Smartphones for outdoor use. While this means more functionality and full colour OS mapping on the device - do you need it? To be honest navigation is achieved on the Garmin by means of an arrow pointing you to the next waypoint. Having an on-screen map wouldn't really be necessary (for me anyway). You should really have a paper map with you as a safety back-up anyway and you can always refer to that if needed - 90% of the time I don't need it. With a smartphone, battery life will be limited whereas the Foretrex will keep going all day.
The other thing I'd like to mention is that the altitude display is remarkably accurate so much so, that I would rather rely on GPS altitude rather than barometric altitude data (available on more expensive units) since the GPS is accurate within a few feet and isn't subject to air pressure variation. These units are so cheap now because I think people want something more flashy. I'd get one cheap while you can!
However, it is a very good GPS unit !
Works well for logging where you've been for later review / plotting on computer. You may need to adjust the logging settings for best results. The default settings work fine for walking, running and cycling, but for go-karting I needed to set it to plot position more often.
Navigation is basic but just about good enough for most outdoor activities. It's easy enough just to set off and plot where you've been so you can get back to your start point, but more complicated navigation is hindered by the small screen size and lack of maps. But if you only need basic navigation then this watch is a good choice.
Feels OK to wear as a watch for running, if a little on the chunky side. If I'm just tracking position / speed for later analysis then I prefer to stick it in a pocket.
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