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  • The New Garmin Etrex's…Who has one?
  • d45yth
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    Hi, I’m thinking of buying one of these but the deal breaker for me depends on what the trip computer is like. Does it work in a similar way to a bike computer/Garmin Edge?
    The main reason for me wanting one is for the extended battery life/removable batteries over the edge 605. I also like the fact they don’t have buttons on the bottom of the screen, I always lean on the ones on the Edge.
    The OS mapping will be much better than the old TOPO maps too.
    Cheers for any help.

    jond
    Free Member

    There’s a little bit of info here:
    http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=282370&st=50

    and elsewhere in the same forum.
    Also the gps bit of the yacf forum – there’s a few threads.
    Plus http://www.aukadia.net/gps/
    – see the second second down about the ‘page’ key.

    (The vista/legend hcx seem to be the default device for audaxing – I suspect the trip computer is probably similar, tho’ probably doesn’t allow for different bikes)

    Don’t think the mapping source really changes – you still need to either buy them from garmin or use openstreetmaps in some form (see last link)

    I can’t quite make my mind up between the larger oregon or the etrex 30 (ie for hrm support) – tho’ even the hcx is tempting at ~120 for a remanufactured unit with normal warranty..
    HTH

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