Customer Reviews

Garmin Astro 220 Combo Package with DC-30

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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!

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.