garmin e-trex venture hc

[cruiserlad]

hi guys looking at buying the garmin etrex venture hc has anyone had any experience with these i have a tom tom 910 for street maps but want something for bush work being able to download and upload tracks here on 4x4 earth am i on the right track for that kind of thing the guys at jonny apple seed gps said this would be the base model for this kind of work hoping some one can give me there wisdom on this
cheers rob

 

[cruiserlad]

rossco were are you when a person needs an answer

 

[4X4]

Sorry Rob,

I'm here, just a little tired last night went away for the weekend. Have you considered a PDA with a built in GPS? You can get them for under $600.00 You can then load OziExplorerCE $40.00 and then you can put on digital maps. There are some free digital maps that are good and will get you started. This way you aren't relying on Garmin's base map.

Cheers Rossco

 

[chisel]

I had a legend Cx which was very similar to the venture hc except the venture has better satellite pickup. The venture hc doesn't have an SD card slot - which might prove to be a problem if you want large maps (like topo maps) on there. Other than that it is a good unit. No city navigator built-in though so that's extra if you want street nav.

 

[cruiserlad]

I had a legend Cx which was very similar to the venture hc except the venture has better satellite pickup. The venture hc doesn't have an SD card slot - which might prove to be a problem if you want large maps (like topo maps) on there. Other than that it is a good unit. No city navigator built-in though so that's extra if you want street nav.

thanks chisel no i dont need street nav as i already own a tomtom 910 and thats fantastic for that not one complaint as a street navigator only want the garmin for offroad work but thats what i needed to hear about the garmin:

 

[cruiserlad]

Sorry Rob,

I'm here, just a little tired last night went away for the weekend. Have you considered a PDA with a built in GPS? You can get them for under $600.00 You can then load OziExplorerCE $40.00 and then you can put on digital maps. There are some free digital maps that are good and will get you started. This way you aren't relying on Garmin's base map.

Cheers Rossco

thanks rossco i was talking to yobbo about that on saturday night but the garmin seems to suit my purpose are you saying that the garmin base maps are not very accurate or is there some other probs with them
cheers rob

 

[4X4]

thanks rossco i was talking to yobbo about that on saturday night but the garmin seems to suit my purpose are you saying that the garmin base maps are not very accurate or is there some other probs with them
cheers rob

The Garmin base map isn't that great.
Check this site out .:GPS Australia:.

There are additional maps available for Garmins, but not as many that are available for use in OziExplorer.

 

[Wahroonga Farm]

At GPS Australia, look for Shonky Logic's maps and Doughans 5m contours.

Also a thread by Doughan on a free and legal Mapsource installation.

 

[cruiserlad]

At GPS Australia, look for Shonky Logic's maps and Doughans 5m contours.

Also a thread by Doughan on a free and legal Mapsource installation.

hey i see a list of discontinued garmin products and the garmin venture was on it is the garmin venture hc a different product just wandering