+Tahoe Skier5000 Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 ...and the catch is, you had to have had your unit for at least a year. ----------------------------------------------------------- Garmin Vista Using Opera 7.1 Quote Link to comment
Curious George Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 I've had a Venture for a year and a half and never had a problem with it. Quote Link to comment
+kevin917z Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 i had an eTrex yellow for about a year, never had a problem, people claim it is terrible in trees but i never had problems even in 150 ft canopy i just upgraded units to the rino120 for the purpose of maps on the gps and WAAS and the radio is nice Quote Link to comment
Dragonmaster Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 I have had a Legend for right on a year and no probles yet However it also recieves fairly light usage, about once or twice a week, not every day. Quote Link to comment
+wickedsprint Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 *raises hand*, BUT, I have not used it too much since I have been swamped with work. Quote Link to comment
+Prime Suspect Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 "Don't mess with a geocacher. We know all the best places to hide a body." Quote Link to comment
+Rubberhead Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 I had a Venture (actually a Mariner) for a year and sold it to my brother-in-law two years ago. He still uses it with no problems. I had a Legend for a year and half before the display went bad. Garmin fixed it and next-dayed-it to me for free. I gave Dad a Camo three years ago - still no problems. I bought a Vista a couple of months ago with no problems yet. ________________________________________________ Garmin eTrex Vista, Legend, and GPSmap 162 with Bluecharts/Fishing Hotspots/POI/Road & Rec Ducks - flying geocaches of meat Quote Link to comment
+Brian - Team A.I. Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Well, I haven't had mine for a year (I don't think), but I live in the climate that would be most abusive to the glue holding the rubber to the unit. I left it attached to the windshield mount most all the time, only adjusting to keep direct sunlight off the LCD when not in use and in the sun. The glue is still holding strong. The only other problem I had was <2 months old when the windshield mount failed (lost suction) and the GPS fell in the mount and hit the little doo-hickey that holds the floormat in place. A nice star crack spread across the entire screen, which Garmin promptly replaced for me. Quote Link to comment
+Tahoe Skier5000 Posted October 9, 2003 Author Share Posted October 9, 2003 all of this is good too hear... ----------------------------------------------------------- Garmin Vista Using Opera 7.1 Quote Link to comment
Mikeomni1 Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Picked up a Legend last December. Use it every day in my car and on my sailboat weekends. I forget to turn it off quit often, so it has many hours of use on it. It hasn't missed a beat yet. Rubberband good - Click stick good - Display good. Regards, Mike Quote Link to comment
squirrel-family Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Had my Legend for four months and used it almost every day - now it is on his way to Garmin to get fixed: The display shows black bars. Other Geocachers told me, it's a common problem... Quote Link to comment
+Team Four Paw Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Bought my Legend initially for wardriving nearly 2 years ago.. May be longer than that, but I have had no problems with it what so ever. I keep it up to date with latest firmware. I even took it apart to look at its guts and its still working good. Just not as waterproof as it use to be. Bought my bother a legend for x-mas last year and it had problems with the display right out of the box. Exchanged it and his has been working just fine as well. Quote Link to comment
TomBombadil79 Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 No problems with my Venture... well OK maybe one... I am waiting for it to die so I can "upgrade" TomBombadil79 Quote Link to comment
+trippy1976 Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 I had a venture for a year and a half. It's a rugged unit and I never had a problem. I now own a legend. -------- trippy1976 - Team KKF2A Assimilating golf balls - one geocache at a time. Quote Link to comment
+Team Shibby Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 I to owned the Venture for over a year and never had a problem with it. I bet if I had not lost it, it would still be working as good as the day I bought it. I also feel I should mention that the one I purchased was the floor model, so you know many folks played with it before I bought it at a discounted price. Kar Quote Link to comment
+Kite and Hawkeye Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 Yellow eTrex, about a year and a half old, 300+ caches found with it, no problems. In very hot weather, the rubber grippy ring gets a little slidy, but I wouldn't really term that a serious difficulty. Quote Link to comment
Wolf Pack Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 I've had an Etrex Vista for about 1 1/2 years. It gets relatively light use, but it's hasn't hiccuped once. Quote Link to comment
shrekTBA Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 My yellow is 2 now and my vista is 1, had a legend and know who has it, still good after 2 years. No problems with any. It's not a sport unless there is something dead in the back of the truck when you get home. Quote Link to comment
gilbertf Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 I got a eTrex Venture since august. I take care of it and works very fine. Read some bad stories around with glue becoming liquid or LCD panel with lines or so, worries me a little though. Quote Link to comment
+ZingerHead Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 I have an etrex Vista - 380 caches in a year and a half, so it sees plenty of use. I had to send it to Garmin to replace a broken battery clip, but that was a freebie repair. They replaced the entire case, which was nice as the screen had some major dings in it. Recently the screen would go completely blank, unless I turned on the backlight, in which case the screen went completely BLACK. Since it was intermittent, and I could make it happen by tapping the GPS in my hand, I tightened and cleaned the battery terminals - problem solved. Haven't seen a blank/black screen in over a week now. Garmin quoted me a $125 flat rate to fix the screen problem, BTW. Overall I'm impressed - it's seen hard use, bouncing off rocks, sitting on a hot dashboard, guiding me to caches in the pouring rain and when it was -20F outside. It even got dunked in a stream once and it just keeps going. If it ever decides to die I would not hesitate to buy another Garmin GPS. Quote Link to comment
+GOT GPS? Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 My Vista had black lines in it and the rubber band was loose, but somehow, it has acted normally for some time now. I just checked the rubber band, and it pulls right off. Quite squishy. Had my Vista since July 2001, and I think it is worth fixing, than buying a new one. I might keep it, and sell my Platinum. ---------------------------------------------------------- Pictures of the insides of my Old GPS V My Home Page about what is GPS Strange Quote Link to comment
+Team Lyons Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Had my yellow one for almost three years now and the only problem I've had is with the unit shutting off while mounted on the handlebars of my atv's. Finally bought a power cord for it and it hasn't shut off since. Good unit and I'd recomend it in a second. Quote Link to comment
+Paul the Explorer Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 have had my Legend 9 mths...works fine...only prob..fell on wet rocks and broke face glass...does Garmin fix for frwee or has any one made a home replacement Quote Link to comment
+mikemtn Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 I've had my Vista for at least a year and have had absolutely no problems with it. But, as long as I have a GPS 12 I don't see any reason to even keep batteries in the Vista. I don't even know where it is. Hope I took the batteries out of it. If both my GPS 12's break or something I may have to try using the Vista. I better go see if I can find it and keep it in shape for a back-up GPS. Of all the things I've lost.....I think I miss my mind the most. Quote Link to comment
gmaxis Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 My first Vista started malfunctioning four months after I bought it due to repeated falls (the unit, not me ) The store I bought it from replaced it without question and since then my Vista have given me problem free operation for over a year and a half now. Have GPS, Will Travel. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Had a Legend for 2 years. No probs. My Vista has a line across the top of the display, which occurred after it fell from the roof of my car onto concrete. It's still under warranty, so I'm sending it back. "You can't make a man by standing a sheep on his hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position, you can make a crowd of men" - Max Beerbohm Quote Link to comment
+Dacxjo Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 We have 4 Vistas in the family (two for over a year), with no troubles. I keep them all updated with the latest firmware from Garmin. On our summer vacation, we met a couple fromm Canada with a Vista, and the screen went on the fritz while on the road. Tries to re-default the settings didn't help. (It looked like a VGA screen when the monitor guesses the wrong sync settings...) Finally, someone gave it a good, solid rap against a table, and it looked just fine after that. (If it had been my unit, I might have tried a good rap, but it wasn't mine, so I didn't try it...) Good luck with your, eh? [] -Z- Quote Link to comment
pdumas Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Have a Legend for 2 years. No problem so far, use it almost every weekend for running when not caching. Quote Link to comment
zelifcam Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 I've had a bunch of problems. See related thread: http://ubbx.Groundspeak.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=5726007311&f=7116058331&m=78160679 If I hadn't got it for free, I'd be angry. -Dougal (zelifcam) Quote Link to comment
+Little Brown Dog Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 I've had a Legend well over a year, no problems at all. Upgrades did appear to improve performance. Garmin is the way to go. Quote Link to comment
+markj Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 Had a Summit for a couple years now... Did have one weird problem one time -- unit would mysteriously shut down for no apparent reason while following a route I'd devised and downloaded (from Maptech). Contacted Garmin, but "we can't duplicate it"... Never had another problem, BUT just recently noticed that a recent upgrade "corrected a problem of unit shutting down when points in a route are very close together" (or something like that). Anyway, it described my problem perfectly, and as I said, I've never had another problem. Great little unit, if you ask me.... Quote Link to comment
BogSlogger Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 I've had my Legend for a year now. No probs. Other than my own stupidity in not reading the user manual. Typical Man! I know.... Quote Link to comment
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