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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome for Geocaching, August 29, 2009
This review is from: Lowrance Endura Out&Back Waterproof Hiking GPS (Electronics)
Not sure what was up with the first reviewer, but he is mistaken. This is a great unit! I bought it to replace a Garmin Venture HC for Geocaching and Waymarking ( see [...] ). Very accurate, easy to use as I have yet to even look at the included documentation or the full blown manual online. Went Geocaching today and being able to go paperless is amazing... I love the touchscreen! This is NOT for street navigation so look elsewhere if that's what you need. This is for hiking, hunting, geocaching, waymarking, etc.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Accurate and Easy to Learn, February 10, 2010
This review is from: Lowrance Endura Out&Back Waterproof Hiking GPS (Electronics)
Great little GPS for the money. I have seen some pretty nasty reviews of this product online but it looks to me like these were long before the Endura had a 1.1 and 1.2 software update available. Mine came in the mail with the 1.2 update so I didn't have to do anything special. Never hurts to check for updates though. I am not seeing the other complaints at all. I actually purchased mine based on recommendations from other users on the [...] forum. Am guessing the software updates fixed the older glitches.
On performance, the start up and GPS lock is under a minute but not as fast as I have seen with other GPS products. Accuracy is impressive though as it gets great satellite lock next to buildings, under evergreen trees, etc. Even picked up WAAS several times and EGNOS satellites once. Average position accuracy seemed to be between 9 and 13 feet. Always under 20 which is still pretty good for a sub-$200 GPS.
Used to an older eTrex so the software is quite a bit different but I don't think different is bad in this case. Menus seem to be pretty easy to navigate. Seems to offer a lot of ways to customize what you are looking at and in what order the pages sequence (you can turn pages or map details off if you don't want to see them too#.
I mainly hike and hunt but have started doing a little geocaching too. I had been paperless geocaching with my iPhone and the Out&Back provides much of the same functionality and ease of use - just with a much better GPS lock. Loading in waypoints and trails seems to be pretty straight forward if you are at least minimally familiar with the benefits of GPX file format #there is a reason why [...] and many other web sites stick to this file type for trail files).
All in all, I am pleased with the overall performance and very pleased with what I got for the money.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good for the Money, June 3, 2010
This review is from: Lowrance Endura Out&Back Waterproof Hiking GPS (Electronics)
I was a little scared after reading some of the lower reviews and am convinced that they were made by people who have specialty needs that are better served by models that cost twice a much. Either that or they failed to read the instructions or product description fully before purchasing. Anyways, if you don't have a specialty need...say...for hiking with topo maps, etc...then this may work for you.
If you don't need a magnetic compass and barometric pressure, this is an excellent GPSr for geocaching and hiking. Having said this, if you depend on topo maps for hiking or have some specialty need, then maybe you need to spend some money on a higher end model. If you are like me (I do some hiking and some geocaching, but I wouldn't consider myself to be consumed by either), it works well. This model doesn't cost a bunch compared to what you get.
If you are using rechargable batteries, you may want to bring an extra set. I used lithium batteries with good results. Takes a while to get a fix on GPS satellites, but once locked, it was accurate. If you are traveling in a car and sorting for geocaches near you, it does NOT automatically update...you have to do this manually. Not a big problem, but something to note.
One thing I wish were different is that if you download a gpx file with multiple caches, you can't "speed scroll" down the list by holding down the button. You have to press a button to scroll down or up for each entry. The touch screen allows you to overcome this somewhat, but this is more difficult with gloves. The buttons are heavy duty and it's waterproof and looks like it could take a beating! One other thing on the batteries...I used both lithium and rechargables and the rechargables must be slightly bigger because they were a VERY tight fit compared to the lithium...to the point that it scraped the batteries' plastic coat off a bit. Since I am going to use lithium, it won't be a problem for me in the future, but you might find this helpful to note. For the money, I don't think there is a GPSr out there that compares to this one. You can probably find different ones that are better in one specific respect or another, but not one that is as "all around good" as this one.
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