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Garmin 010-00777-00 Foretrex 401 Portable GPS System | 
| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $424.99
Buy New: $170.59
as of 7/29/2010 00:52 CDT details
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Seller: Universal Mania
Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 1176
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: 10
Number Of Items: 45
Batteries Included: No
Display Size: 1.40
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 2.7 x 5.3 x 5.4
MPN: 010-00777-00
Model: 010-00777-00
UPC: 753759096922
EAN: 0753759096922
ASIN: B002EOSQII
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Features high-sensitivity GPS receiver with HotFix for improved performance and reception in heavy tree cover or deep canyons | | • | Keeps track of routes, tracks and waypoints | | • | TracBack feature retraces user's path on the easy-to-read LCD display | | • | Supports dual position readout so user can view current location in multiple formats | | • | Features trip computer, sunrise/sunset times, hunting/fishing information, electronic compass and barometric altimeter |
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Product Description
GPS, FORETREX 401
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| Customer Reviews:
 Perfect, buy one immediately! March 18, 2010
John-Paul May (Europe)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Fantastic - buy one immediately. IMMEDIATELY!!
Much smaller than you may think - fantastic.
GPS speed -- super fast, fantastic.
Display and controls -- absolutely fantastic. As simple as they can possibly be, yet does every single thing you want. See your exact miles/yards walked, exact time (both moving, stopped, average, etc etc etc) and everything else from sunset time to height climbed or whatever.
Battery life, fantastic, 15 to 20 hours.
Works with computers PERFECTLY. If you have basic understanding of computers -- so for example you do know how to "Open A File" -- you will have a ball with this machine:
The 401 is simply a USB hard drive -- just connect it to your laptop using a normal compact USB cable. (They pointlessly give you a cable for free with the 401 package...like you don't have ten laying around already from your video camera, USB drives and everything else.)
So, simply plug in the 401 to your laptop. You will instantly see a file "Current.gpx" GPX is the label for GPS files.
Now, open the file -- so for example launch Google Earth and open your "Current.gpx" file in Google Earth. You will immediately see the track where you walked shown as a blue line on the Google Earth map!!
Or, look on the web for one of the awesome track measuring applets (eg at utrack dot crempa dot net) and get graphs, etc, of your speed and the like.
It literally could not be simpler -- nothing to install, no passwords, nothing.
Once again assuming you "know how to open a file" you will have no problem.
TIP: the 401 uselessly includes a digital COMPASS, as a freebie (much like the digital compass in say an iPhone). Digital compasses are of little or no value; however they use a lot of battery power. Look through the settings and turn OFF the digial compass.
Note that, of course, like any GPS unit, the unit will flawlessly and perfectly show you your heading AS YOU ARE WALKING, using the GPS signals (nothing to do with a magnetic compass). But the actual "digital compass" (i.e., you are sitting by the fire and you want to see which way "North" is) is largely useless (not because of the 401 -- all digital compasses are useless), so just turn it off in settings to save power.
Tip -- if you want rechargeable batteries, buy the terrific LaCrosse smart charger, and some eneloop batteries.
Enjoy your hike! Buy one of these before Garmin changes it to something confusing and not so good.
Garmin 401 April 22, 2010
Robert Q. Holmes
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Easy to use right out of the box. Gets a fix in less than 30 seconds and is water proof. This is a great piece of gear for any tactical environment or hiking and camping. I am currently using this in Afghanistan and would not want another GPS in this environment.
Great update on a classic March 29, 2010
Joel Kolstad (Wimer, OR USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I purchased a Garmin foretrex 201 in something like late 2002/early 2003 (first year they were out, whenever that was), and tended to use it as a "backup" GPS. The foretrex 401 here is a really nice update on the 201, with significant new features:
-- A "high sensitivity" receiver. This means that usually you can get a GPS fix indoors, and outdoors the fix is generally much batter -- particularly if you're in a heavily forested area where there's a lot of canopy above your head.
-- A compass. For geocaching, this is invaluable -- being able to know which direction it is to your cache while standing still makes finding a cache MUCH easier!
-- Bicycle/heart rate monitor interface. It's now entirely viable to use this as a bike computer, which is a significant "value add" over a regular old GPSr. It's true (as one poster alludes to) that it's not really designed as a bike computer from the start (and that GPSrs that *are* such as the Garmin "Edge" series are better if all you're going to use the unit for is biking), but I still find it a very worthwhile addition -- especially in that it makes geocaching with a bicycle that much easier! (I do find the bicycle mount a little cheesy, however -- it's just a rubber cylinder that clamps around your handlebars, and you then strep the 401 to it as it the rubber cylinder were your wrist.)
-- A barometric pressure sensor. For me, this just means that the 1000' intervals I normally "count off" (inbetween rest stops :-) ) while hiking are a little more accurate
The only disappointment I had with this GPSr is that it can't be used with a laptop and, e.g., Streets & Trips or Street Atlas USA -- it doesn't output NMEA data. The Foretrex 201 did this, but I suppose they're figuring that these days when you can pick up a Bluetooth GPSr for such applications for <$50, it's not that great of a loss -- and it probably would have been difficult to implement in addition to the "plug this GPSr into your PC and it shows up as a regular drive letter" function which *is* quite useful. (I agree with the reviewer who mentions how easy it is to transfer waypoints, tracks, etc. -- this required extra steps and special software with the Foretrex 201.)
I'll also note that the instruction manual is a little light on describing all the features (particular what all you can do insofar as transferring data to and from the unit goes). There's really no good reason for this, although asking questions on the Garmin forum largely suffices for this oversight on Garmin's part.
But overall I'm quite pleased with this purchase. It really is a well-engineered device, and well worth the money.
Handy for Competitive Trail Riders June 13, 2010
Beverly A. Roberts (Compton, AR USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This GPS is handy for equestrians for trail riding and competitive trail riding. Big, simple screen, yet GPS is small enough that it is worn on the wrist for easy viewing. Batteries last long enough for a weekend of riding.
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