Review of Garmin Foretrex 101 Portable Navigator
The Garmin Foretrex 101 hands free GPS navigation is a wearable GPS which totally free your hands when worn or mounted. It is loaded with lots of cool features and is very functional too. It can connect to a computer using serial cable to download routes, tracks and way points while running on just 2 AAA batteries. The device is perfect for people who prefer changing their batteries to recharge it.
Apart from all the functions of garmin foretrex 101, it is also a perfect navigation tool which can be used for outdoor activities like hiking or biking. It has six smplified buttons {power, page, enter/mark, up, down, go to} and an intuitive operating system which simplifies navigation, thereby making operation of this device very easy. It gives you the option of marking any location be it a hotel, your home or a campsite and creating way points for it as you go. The device can also help you go back to the marked locations.
The garmin foretrex 101 is packed with loads of essential features, as a GPS device gives you an enhanced accurary in your data and is WAAS enabled. With easy-to-read display, this device allows you to store way points, tracks and routes easily. With the track back feature, you can never worry about getting lost as it allows you to venture into different places you don’t know and perfectly retrace your steps back. All you need to do is mark a starting point and the device will save the point and every current location you get to in a tiny dotted line, which can be viewed with just a glance on the display or screen. To get back to your starting point, just follow the bread crumb trail on the screen back to your original destination or any other place of interest like where you parked you vehicle or campsite. This function makes this device perfect for errand runners, travellers, etc.
The garmin foretrex 101 is waterproof as per IEC 60529 IPX7 standards, making it perfect for any water activities like sailing, kayaking, canoeing and etc. You can leave it inside 1 meter of water for 30 mins and yet there will be no damage to any components of this device. To make it even more awesome, it has a sailboat-racing timer which allows you to preset the sequence start of a race. The GPS is also very helpful during the race, if it is used in the best possible tracking position. It also sounds an alarm at each sequence start in the race.
When in normal GPS mode, the garmin foretrex 101 can give you an accuracy of 15 meters and three meters more or less with WAAS enabled. The garmin foretrex 101 helps track and save important data such as trip timer, distance or any other non-mapping GPS navigation data. Its built-in memory stores up to 500 waypoints, reversible routes of up to 20 and 10,000 trackpoints.
The garmin foretrex comes in an easy-to-read display resolution of 100 x 64 pixel monochrome which has a backlighting that can suit any light condition. The best place to get this awesome device cheap is still online. You can check out online stores like ebay.co.uk, and amazon.co.uk. The garmin foretrex comes in a box with a wrist strap, expandable strap, owner’s manual, and a quick start guide.
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