Garmin Astro 220 Combo Package with DC-30

by Garmin

Product Details

• Item Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• ASIN: B0029XWUPY
• Item model number: Garmin Astro 220-a5
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,098 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

"The first high-sensitivity GPS-enabled dog tracking system for hunters and sportsmen. Pinpoint your dogā?TMs position and see exactly where he is. Tired of searching for your hunting dog in tall grass or dense cover? Now you can leave the hunting entirely to him.... Introducing Astro, the first high-sensitivity GPS-enabled dog tracking system for hunters and sportsmen. This unique system pinpoints your dogā?TMs position and shows you exactly where he is, even when you canā?TMt see or hear him. Attach Collar and Go The Astro system includes a bright color-screen handheld GPS device and the rugged, all-weather DC-30 collar. The collar has an integrated GPS transmitter and is specially weighted so the antenna will always point to the sky for optimum signal. To get started, just take Astro outdoors and turn on the handheld and transmitter to acquire GPS satellite signals. Then attach the DC-30 "

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great with our aussie, and great Amazon customer service, March 31, 2009

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Gretchen Hunter "Gretchen Hunter" (Medford, OR) - See all my reviews
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The GPS is an excellent model on its own, and the dog tracker works really well hiking with our aussie. We haven't taken him into country where line-of sight would be a problem, though, and from the instructions it appears that because the link between the dog and the handheld unit is 2-way radio, that could be an issue. Reviews at other sites indicate the car-mounted version has much greater range, but we don't intend our aussie to get that far away from us! I had to return the dog collar because it wouldn't take a charge, but Amazon shipped a new one immediately and a free shipping label, so I could return the first one (i.e., we got the new one before we had to return the old one). The DC 30 charger connection didn't work on either one but after jiggling it a bit on the second one, I discovered that the connector from the charger didn't slide quite far enough into the connector on the dog collar. So I filed down one side of it a tiny bit with a nail file so the connector fit more tightly, and it worked fine. Garmin should fix the plastic injection molding tool used to manufacture that part, which apparently is worn enough to cause this problem. You have to buy maps and extra memory (SIM cards like your camera uses) if you want to add street maps and topo maps, but the software to transfer maps comes with the unit. I had no trouble establishing connections between the computer and the unit. VEry happy!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just used for hunting...GREAT for Search and Rescue Dogs, February 14, 2010

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Sandy L. Osman "Gerty" (Chester, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garmin Astro 220 Combo Package with DC-30 (Electronics)

I wasn't sure I would like the Astro because I loved my 60CSx. All it took was a few days of playing with my Astro and realizing it does and has everything the 60CSx has just a differnt menu.

For search and rescue it's perfect.