Garming GPS 76s

I have had this unit for about 18 months but have used it only 6-8 times - never in foul weather. It worked fine at first - with TOPO downloaded maps onto the MMC card and a Navionics card for marine use. Always locked on fairly quickly. Displayed maps beautifully. Now, after not using it for about 4 months (the batteries removed for safe storage) the unit will not lock onto satellites regardless of how long it’s left on or despite performing soft and hard resets. The built-in Lowrance software on it is actually newer than what’s on the latest Lowrance software update page - which makes no sense at all. Lowrance’s minimum repair rate is $149.95 plus shipping since the 1 year warrenty has expired!! I might as well buy a new GPS - a non-Lowrance unit this time! The price and features are very attractive. But beware, I think it’s a very inferior product in the long run.

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I got this mainly for boating and fishing. I wanted cheap and didn’t have my heart set on a lot of features. That said, I was a little disappointed to see that I couldn’t even upload basic geographical data, like lake outlines or major roads. Also, if the batteries get even slightly low, it locks up regularly. It can be very frustrating. Also, I would much rather have a USB or some other interface for transferring data because it can be difficult finding a computer that has a 15-pin serial port on it. I was aware of this when I bought it, but am regretting it now.

On the good side, it works, it’s very solid and has a nice interface. For what I use it for it does the job. If you’re looking to buy a new one, I would recommend spending a little more and getting the next model up.

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This thing is built like a tank. It has taken some pretty hard knocks and kept on working. Not even skipped a beat. For example, I was mountain biking a good 11 MPH downhill and the thing flew off my bike mount (custom made by me, guess it didn’t quite do the job). It hit the rocks hard, but it stayed powered on and it still works. This has happened twice. I no longer use the bike mount. Anyway, it has also been submerged in water while on, so I can confirm that it is waterproof, and dropped several other times.
The reception is also excellent. It takes a little while to get a signal, but once you have one, you REALLY have one. I once forgot to turn it off and put it in my backpack then put my backpack in a car trunk and drove home; it tracked me all the way home. Remember GPS is line-of-sight. Another time I got a signal through an airliner window and tracked my journey to England. The batteries did pretty well. I think I went through about 1.2 sets of batteries on a 17 hour flight. Alkaline. Needless to say, the unit has a lot of miles on it.
As for the screen, I wouldn’t know how easily it scratches because whenever I get a device like this I immediately put a ’screensaver’ screen protector on it. It’s a vinyl film that you can cut to fit the screen. Buy them at a camera store or online.
As for the software, it’s okay. I wish the software that handles the .loc files supported mass import because I do some geocaching and I just want to put all the caches in my area in there and wander around in the park until something is in my proximity. It’s a little quirky too, save often or you might end up accidentally importing one file instead of adding to the list you already have, and it will wipe out your list.
The accuracy is pretty good, although sometimes it seems to change it’s mind. this is mostly under tree cover. It will tell you you are 6 feet away, then 30 feet, etc. But you can’t really expect great accuracy under tree cover. You can usually get 9 foot accuracy with no tree cover, at least in my town in CA, USA.
It takes a minute to hook the USB cable up to the unit, but that is because the connection has to be waterproof.
Overall, it’s easy to use, it has a nice backlight, you can set your own and POIs quickly and easily. The map is easy to read, you can see the POIs on it and tell it which POIs you want to see, and there are a lot of things you can customize. It has features aplenty, If I could change one thing about it, it would probably be the software. If I could change another thing, a higher resolution screen would be nice. Some of the comparable Garmins have higher rez screens.

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I am a over-the-road truck driver and my blue-tooth gps unit started going out on me so I looked around for a replacement. Most of the review were positive and that had me really looking at this inexpensive gps. One person talked about loose connection I wonder if it might have been the user that had the loose connection as I have never had a problem with my laptop and gps bouncing around inside of the truck losing connection. I like the idea of a usb unit as I had already tried the blue-tooth versions and the batteries just do not last well for me as I drive between 5 to 11 hours a day. I have waited for several weeks after purchase and use to write this review as I wanted to give it a good try. I have drive all around the country during that time and I have been places where the road was next to a mountain cut-out on both sides of the road and still had gps lock the only places that I have lost gps signal was when I went through mountain tunnels but it picks back the signal on the other side within seconds. I would recommend this to anyone even if you are not a truck driver.

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