Garmin eTrex Venture CX Color Mapping Handheld GPS

Average customer rating:

not user friendly

Versatile little unit

Color 24K Maps take GPS out of the Stone Age

50/50

The Bomb!

Garmin eTrex Venture CX Color Mapping Handheld GPS

Manufacturer: Garmin
ProductGroup: CE
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Product Features:

integrated trip computer provides odometer, stopped time, moving average, overall average, total time, max speed and more

10,000 point automatic track log; 20 saved tracks (500 points each) let you retrace your path in both directions

Preloaded with an Americas Recreational Routable Basemap

32-hour battery life (using two AA batteries)

Bright, full-color TFT display

ASIN: B000F3DYUU

Product Description

Pack more detail into your adventure with the eTrex Venture Cx. Garmin has added color, expandable memory, and automatic routing capabilities to this pocket handheld - making it one colorful, go-anywhere little navigator.The eTrex Venture Cx is packed with many of the popular features found in other popular-selling eTrex x-series units - all in a rugged, waterproof case. For greater map detail with no fuss, simply plug optional preprogrammed cards into the unit.

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With the eTrex Venture Cx, Garmin offers all the basic features of the much-loved Legend Cx, without all the bells and whistles. You get the same great hardware and software with the Venture Cx as is found on the Legend Cx, but Garmin has removed the included MicroSD card, the USB cable, Trip and Waypoint software, and the bike clip. The result is an even more affordable little unit that keeps things simple -- perfect for the first-time GPS user or someone who doesn't want to fuss with a lot of extras. The Venture Cx is designed to go right out of the box, so there's no messing with computers or CD-ROMs.

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An internal trip computer provides a range of data about hikes and drives.

Check your location from a variety of different views while also locating the nearest recreational and fishing hot spots.

Don't be deceived, though, the Venture Cx has got power and features where it counts. You get a bright, full-color TFT display and a long, 32-hour battery life (using two AA batteries). All of this makes the Venture Cx a great companion for your next outdoor or boating adventure.

You can also use the Venture Cx's memory card slot with preprogrammed microSD cards from Garmin (sold separately) that provide topographic maps, city streets, and nautical charts. In fact, the unit is compatible with most Garmin MapSource products including BlueChart, City Navigator, U.S. Topo 24K, and U.S. Topo and Recreational Lakes with Fishing Hot Spots. The unit comes preloaded with an Americas Recreational Routable Basemap and you can get automatic, turn-by-turn directions with optional preprogrammed City Navigator cards, which navigate you safely to your destination. An integrated trip computer provides odometer, stopped time, moving average, overall average, total time, max speed and more.

Like on all eTrex units, the primary controls are located on the side of the unit, so you can operate it with one hand. An innovative rocker switch on its face makes inputting data easy, and with it you can scroll through menus or pan the map page. If at some point you want to integrate your computer with the Venture Cx, you can purchase a USB cable, which makes loading charts and maps to an optional MicroSD memory card quick and easy. Plus, navigation instructions can be shared with repeaters, plotters, and autopilots using NMEA protocols through the dedicated serial port. Additionally, the case is water-resistant to IEC 60529 IPX7 standards (can be submerged in one meter of water for 30 minutes).

Another key feature of the Venture Cx is the 10,000 point automatic track log; 20 saved tracks (500 points each) let you retrace your path in both directions. Meanwhile, there's a large numbers option for easy viewing, as well as a dual position display mode. Lastly, the unit includes built-in celestial tables for best time to fish and hunt, plus sun and moon calculations.

What's in the Box
eTrex Venture Cx GPS receiver, basemap (Americas Recreational), wrist strap, quick reference guide, and owner's manual.

Customer Reviews:

not user friendly.......2007-12-11

This item has great promise but using it is not transparent. Be prepared to shlog through lots of instructions that are not altogether clear.

Versatile little unit.......2007-12-04

I bought this unit in May 07 to geocache with. I also bought a 2GB micro SD card for $25 and City Navigator Ver.8 at the same time.

Pro's:
Small, this unit is tiny.
Incredibly bright crisp display.
Batteries last a long time.
Rugged and waterproof.
All US street maps fit on 2GB with room to spare.
Turn by turn navigation

Con's:
Side mounted buttons take some getting used to.
Becomes inacurate in deep woods. No big deal hunting deer, big
deal hunting caches.
Only holds 500 way points or geocaches.
No internal compass, makes geocaching more difficult.
No good car mount options that I found.

All in all this is an excellent unit. However if you need something very accurate or something you'd like to be able to use in your house or a parking garage get a unit with the SIRF II chip. With no internal compass this unit only shows heading while it is moving. If heading is important, get a unit with a built in compass. I just upgraded to a 76csx unit that does everything and only costs $120 more right now.

Color 24K Maps take GPS out of the Stone Age.......2007-12-01

Pros: High Contrast Color LCD - easily readable in sunlight or dark, the GPS position pointer shows where you're at on the map in real time, no transposing. Vast Memory with microSD, Incredible array of odometer functions, Full text editor to mark special points. Multi-day battery life. Surprisingly useful alarm clock.

Cons: Too many confusing buttons, loses signal occasionally even on bare ridges, would like a bigger screen.

This is my first GPS, before color maps they made no sense. Knowing your absolute position as Latitude and Longitude is worthless without context, maps provide the context. Far better to have the maps inside the GPS than a paper map blowing in the wind. I selected the Venture Cx because it is the lowest cost entry into a color mapper with a microSD card.

I loaded my Venture with Above the Timber's 24K Colorado Topo Maps, awesome!!! Being able to navigate with 40-foot contours inside the GPS is far better than a huge paper quad and trying to figure out where on that map you are. With the microSD card, I have the same detail as 1280 - 7.5-minute quads inside the GPS at all times with 600MB to spare. The GPS position pointer is always on the map at my exact location, all the time. If I have the tracklog on, usually do, then I have a "bread crumb" trail of the path I took to get to my present position. The tracklog is particularly useful for off trail bushwhacking.

I took a 4-day backpack into the Weminuche Wilderness in Sept. and all I had were the Venture and Above the Timber's Topos, no paper maps. It logged my trip, allowed me to enter special points with a text descriptor and various position and time parameters. The maps inside the GPS were more current than my Trails Illustrated maps. BTW, my spare batteries went into the camera, the Venture had plenty of power in reserve.

On a least four occasions since I got the Venture, I was able to navigate to distant small lakes, none of which had a trail to it. The lakes were each on the map and with the position pointer, I was able to determine my position relative to the lake. If I needed to, I could quickly determine the distance from me to the lake, using the GPS' distance function.

The only drawback to the Venture is the lack of a barometric altimeter, like the Vista. It's not less accurate than the Vista, it's just that the barometric altimeter is required for elevation logging. Because of the highly variable satellite geometry, satellite derived elevation has too much drift for elevation logging.

If you buy any of these Garmin mappers, be sure it has an "x" in the model name, or it won't have enough memory for color maps. X = microSD.

50/50.......2007-11-29

I purchased the Garmin eTrex Venture CX after doing a lot of research on hand held GPS units. I picked it because of the batter life, waterproofing, and price. 2 hours after I opened my package I updated the software (firmware) as suggested by Garmin. After the update my unit wouldn't even turn on.

I called Garmin, they were very cool, sent me my new unit next day. I now very much enjoy the unit.

Easy to use, many many many extra features. I would have given it 5 stars if not for the firmware problem. I have no problems getting a signal except in multi level building (duhhh) no problems in the car, outside, etc.

The Bomb!.......2007-11-06

This is nearly the perfect GPS. I previously owned the Garmin 12MAP.
The 12MAP is a much larger unit with a fixed (SMALL) amount of memory.
With the eTrex Venture Cx you can buy a microSD card and put as many
maps as your heart desires.
I do almost all of my hiking/backpacking in The Sierras. With the
Garmin TOPO and Garmin National Parks West I'm golden.
With the NP West maps you can AUTO-ROUTE the TRAILS! With 1 click I
can see how far it is to my destination AND a profile of the elevation.
The unit is very small and fits into my front pocket. I keep it on
all the time while hiking. When I get home I can upload the tracks
and bring up Google Earth and see EXACTLY where I was hiking.
(All this is built into MapSource from Garmin)
With the Garmin 12MAP I would only bring a GPS when I knew I was
going off-trail or during the early spring months when there is
still snow on the ground. Now I bring the eTrex on every backpack
trip. By the way, the National Parks Maps are 7.5 degree so they
are as good as any USGS map.
If you are thinking of getting the more expensive Legend or Vista
I don't think it is worth it IMO. You can get the elevation from
the main screen and you can get a compass reading by just walking
in straight line.
You may want to consider the high sensitivity receiver but getting
a lock on satellites has never really been a problem. It's too
bad that they don't have an Venture HCx.
Anyway, I hope I helped some. I love this device! And Garmin customer
service is incredible if you have any issues.

Just looked and really the Legend HCx is pretty much the Venture Cx with
high sensitive receiver. It has 25hrs or battery life compared to
32hrs for the Venture Cx. The price is almost the same. I would buy
the Legend HCx at this time if I was buying a new GPS unit.

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