AN_Rastan

I agree about the toggle. I use my left hand with the unit (Right handed) and I thought it was strange it was on the left. You get over it pretty fast and I still use my left hand to navigate with it.

Overall, this was a big upgrade from the basic model to the 30 so it really does everything the old one did, but a ton more. The main thing I would say, if you didn't get a map for the unit. I would prefer the basic LCD screen. Adding colour does jack. I hadn't looked at this function of the unit as I tend to drive to places and walk. However I gave it a shot this evening. I was out and had a cache still in my unit which I plotted the route. (My old unit didn't have this feature, so I have nothing to compare it to) My initial thoughts, I wouldn't use this to Navigate around (If solo). Just too small. Does chirp away at the roads I need to turn down, but that means taking my eyes off the road. (Just as bad as txt'ing). To calculate the route seemed to be quite fast, maybe 2 seconds at max. My maps are not really that detail, so I didn't see that issue. (Using the Australian Garmin topo map). So seemed to update fine. Recalculation seemed not as fluent as I hoped. Driving past a turnoff and it gave no indication that it was re-calculating. But maybe 30's later giving me new instructions. This is only 1 attempt and it was my first, so take it with a grain of salt. Will defiantly have more of a play with it.

When logging finds. I find I can't do line breaks. So it just ends up as one big wall of text. Running latest version on Mango. Apart from that it is running sweet.

Over the weekend, I gave my etrex 30 a good run and I must say I was really impressed. I upgrade from the etrex h tho so wasn't hard. I got garmin's topo map for my area working on it and head bush for some caches. I chose the 30 model just on the price alone. With the extra features still made the unit great value. The altimeter was the main feature i wanted as I cache in the mountains near me. Had the old girl with me (etrex h) just to compare the 2. I found the 30 to be 2 to 3 metre's more accurate under heavy foliage. Both seem to be the same in the open. Most impressive feature is how quickly it locks on and gives you an accurate reading. This be the same for all models. At the end of the day. You can't go wrong with either the 20 or 30. Even the 10 would be a great entry level one.

Place I pre-ordered here in Australia has shipped me my Garmin etrex 30 today (27th) It's on route now. Very good chance it'll arrive tomorrow. Looking forward to having a good play of it