Garmin etrex Touch 25
Etrex touch 25 is a color, capacitive touchscreen handheld with extra built-in memory to hold more maps. This rugged, dependable handheld features a highsensitivity, was-enabled dual gps and glonass receiver and hotfix satellite prediction to locate your position quickly and precisely and maintain it even in heavy cover and deep canyons. Etrex 25 comes preloaded with 250,000 geocaches from geocaching.com. A redesigned multi-activity menu puts information at your fingertips and this handheld features an array of compatible mounts for use on bicycles, boats and more, offering flexibility and functionality. Add a 3-axis tilt compensated electronic compass and you’re ready to go anywhere.
Product Features
- Touchscreen – 2.6-inch color, capacitive touchscreen display
- Activity profiles – easy-to-use navigation for multiple activities, including climb, hike, hunt, bike, geocache, fish and more
- Electronic compass – all models offer a 3-axis tilt-compensated electronic compass, which shows your heading even when standing still, without holding it level
- Built-in mapping – all models feature worldwide base map with shaded relief, while the 35t comes preloaded with either topo u.s. 100k or topo Canada maps
- Ruggedized for the outdoors – ergonomic, rugged design that stands strong against dust, dirt, humidity and water2 and offers a long-lasting, 16-hour battery life (aa battery)
Restored Confidence in outback Hiking. Far better then my old Garmin, tons of features, the major advance is battery life, my old Garmin went dead on me during a 10 mile hike in the West Texas mountains, I have not trusted GPS readers since but this etrex Touch 25 has changed that with super long lasting lithiums. Power now is rated in weeks not hrs. The only down side is it comes with just a “getting started” instruction so you have to go and download a PDF Manuel which could be written better as this does have a learning…
The thing’s a charmer! This is thing is sweet. And a possible lifesaver. Fiancee and I used them snowshoe hiking in Rainier National Park during a pretty vicious winter snowstorm. There was absolutely no sign of a trail, as there was a ton of new snow and the trail was probably 6′ below our feet. This made it possible to maintain our correct direction and bearing. It allowed us to continue onward, confident we knew which direction we were going. Most importantly, it kept us safe. Some other reviews mentioned…