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Garmin Foretrex 301 Wrist Mounted GPS Waterproof Outdoor Navigator | 
| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $249.99
Buy New: $126.00 (On sale from $139.00)
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Seller: 17th Street Photo
Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 3108
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: 10
Number Of Items: 98
Batteries Included: No
Display Size: 1.40
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 2.7 x 5.3 x 5.4
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MPN: 010-00776-00
Model: 010-00776-00
UPC: 753759096915
EAN: 0753759096915
ASIN: B002EOULAE
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 | | • | Features trip computer, sunrise/sunset times and hunting/fishing information | | • | Supports dual position readout so user can view current location in multiple formats, including latitude/longitude |
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| Customer Reviews:
You'll do... May 2, 2010
Alarmed Mutant (USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I had the Garmin Foretrex 101 and it worked great until it got stolen. I have the 301 now and it works just as well. The only problem I had with the 101 was the strap. It was held onto the GPS unit with crappy watch pins. I'm in the military, so if you have to put a heavy ruck on and off quickly, and you get the ruck strap caught on the GPS, the unit would pop off the strap. Then, you are trying to find a tiny watch pin with NVGs on a mountain. Also, the strap that comes with it is just a bit too short, but the extension strap makes it too long. WTF?! It will barely fit on your wrist with nothing under it, but if you have a uniform on (ACU/BDU) you will have to use the extender and then it's too long and will move around.
For the 301 there is a better design to hold the strap onto the GPS. It uses screw in pins, so I think that problem is fixed and it shouldn't pop off. However, the strap length is still too short or too long. I am going to just buy a case where you can take the GPS and put it inside of a clear case and that has a Velcro strap.
I used the 101 on every mission in Afghanistan and it was really great to get quick grids of your location. Projecting points on the 101 and the 301 isn't that easy though. You can only choose distances at 100 meter intervals, so that's as accurate of grid as you will get. It's also not very easy to navigate the menu to get at the project waypoint screen. I just used it to quickly find out where I was, and for that it was fantastical.
The sensitivity of the receiver is awesome. You can pick up signals when it's sitting on the passenger seat of your car or when your in the woods walking. I ride mountain bike, and it seemed to work OK when I was under moderate cover at all speeds. When you get into really thick cover and you are going pretty fast the accuracy degrades a little, but it still tracks satellites. Your speed won't be that accurate though.
Hooking it upto a computer is easy too. It just loads as a USB mass storage device, so you don't need serial ports anymore. For military, I'm not sure if it will still be compatible with moving map on Falconview, haven't tried it.
I definitely recommend this. The only problem is the crappy strap that's not meant for human-sized wrists. On a bike mount, in a different case or attached to your body armor or whatever it's awesome.
 extremely good for size and cost January 9, 2010
L. J. Wobker (Raleigh, NC USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Very happy with this little guy. I chose the 301 over the 401 because I wanted to track things based on GPS altitude and NOT barometric altitude. Specific example: pressurized aircraft cabins will not read correct altitude on the 401 because it's barometric... the GPS readings are slightly less accurate but ideal for what I needed.
There are lots of free software tools that read the GPX format that this device uses. You can also edit the onboard .gpx file directly if you really know what you're doing, which is very nice for bulk imports, etc. Just copy a valid .gpx file into the "GPX" folder (one level ABOVE the one that you download in the first place).
The GPS receiver is much, much more sensitive than earlier generations. It locks on to satellites in much less time, holds the signal better, and works through more overhead cover. This does NOT mean that you can take it into a cave and get a signal, nor will it work in the center of a widebody airliner... but it's still much better than anything else I've tried.
The logging and interface are a little cumbersome, but that's the tradeoff for making something this small and rugged (there are only four control buttons plus the one power button).
All in all, I've been exceptionally happy with mine.
An Excellent Product October 2, 2009
Lawrence R. Cotter
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
The new Foretrex 301 is an excellent product (not to be confused with the old Foreunner 301 also presumably OK-- even Garmin sometimes gets them mixed up.)
The improved GPS receiver is very fine -- you can get reception while driving, wearing it on your wrist. Fuctions are much like those of the obsolete eTrex, plus new things, such as a compass heading readout.
The vendor, Mountain Gear, is very good, with extremely prompt shipment, and their customer service, in the unlikely event you need it, it also excellent.
Software is not furnished with the Foretrex 301.
The Foretrex 301 acts as a hard drive on your computer, through the USB port. Unfortunately, I know of no Garmin software that recognizes the Foretrex 301. However, Garmin's Trip and Waypoint Manager running on Windows XP Professional (and presumably Vista) will read Foretrex 301 data using the File option on the manager, so waypoints etc., can be read, mapped, and stored on your computer. This is not obvous, but easy to use specifying the GPX format.
Oddly, the Trip and Waypoint Manager does not work properly on the Microsoft VirtualXP under Windows 7, and the software is not yet supported for Windows 7 and will not run on it (I am using manager version 3).
Garmin 301 Foretrex May 23, 2010
Leslie L. Good
I love the ease of a wrist GPS when hiking. I had the Garmin 101 and lost it somewhere between Oregon and Texas. Naturally I replaced it with the updated version which is grand and waterproof and works well. My biggest problem is that it does not come with the rechargeable battery. You have to buy batteries for it and I bought the Sony rechargeables. They work well and lasted for a 4 hour trip and some to spare, but I miss my 14 hr charge on the old 101. Otherwise, good product, and it catches satellites faster and can be used in the kayak.
 this 300 series device does not do ANT May 16, 2010
J. Dockery (Everywhere usa, +)
Bought this under the impression that it like all the other 300 or higher series Garmin devices could use ANT+ devises. Other than that the device works great, very quick satilite aquisition long battery life, easy to repower with standard batterys, light wieght and small. I will get a lot of use from this just not on my bicycle. Did not come with software to manage waypoints.
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