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Garmin GPS 76 Navigator
Garmin GPS 76 Handheld GPS Navigator – The key to success in life is knowing where you are, where you’ve been, and where you’re going. Garmin’s full-featured GPS 76 puts all of that information in the palm of your hand, mapping your movements off-road or on–and even afloat. Plus, its extensive features, PC connectivity, and add-on map options make it powerful enough for practically any need. About the size of a small paperback book and weighing less than 8 ounces, the GPS 76 fits comfortable in the palm of your hand, but is a bit big to carry in a shirt pocket. Using the unit requires almost no setup. Just put in two AA batteries, turn it on, go outside, and wait. In about a minute or so it will determine your location. It’s accurate to about three meters, thanks to the unit’s support for WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System), which augments GPS signals for even greater accuracy. Knowing your longitude, latitude, and altitude doesn’t mean much without a little context.
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3 Customer Reviews of “Garmin GPS 76 Navigator”
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Garmin GPS 76 Navigator Review by ufnuke, April 16, 2009
I used this on a three day sail of sand bar infested Biscayne Bay. Highly accurate, very nice charting features. The user interface is very intuitive, you LOVE the graphical tide prediction (any future date, any location), and the antenna is freaking awesome. I got solid signal inside the hull of a sailboat, with zero sky visible (dont ask me how). I could use it in the car, no reception problems. (Try that with a Lowrance iFinder…not happening). The anchor drag feature is also nice, I could mark our location, and just roll over and look at our trace, and set the alarm for a maximum allowed radius. 2 AA batteries lasted at least 24 hours continuous useage, sometimes up to 48 hours (get the high mAH). Spend the extra money and get the BlueChart CD; its pretty cool. Very fast and easy to plot waypoints and courses and send them back and forth to your laptop and GPS. I tried the color Lowrance iFinder and hated it. This is ten times better. Bottom line : A+
Garmin GPS 76 Navigator Review by Sandra, May 9, 2009
So I finally got around to upgrading my trusty 3 year old GPS navigator to a new GPSMAP 76. Since I found the screen on the Map76 was much easier to read in the sunlight than the smaller screens on the other models. In addition, you can upload map data into this unit and you can easily transfer all waypoints, routes, tracks, or maps back and forth between the GPS and your PC (or VirtualPC for Mac fans). You can also connect your GPS to the serial port and dynamically track your whereabouts on your laptop screen. The internal quad-helix antenna is excellent. Position accuracy is superb; I can find a McDonalds that is 20 miles up the road off an interstate exit! And the extras such as tidal and celestial info are a really nice touch. The optimal fishing/hunting time predictor seems like overkill!!
Garmin GPS 76 Navigator Review by Jamiet, July 29, 2009
This product is the best hand held on the market, hands down.
i am a big hunter. I attached it to my 4 wheeler with the marine mount. It catches the satellites in seconds. It NEVER looses signal, NEVER!
You won’t get lost with this one and the tracking is fenominal.
it’s a little pricey and you have to get the map software, but you get what you pay for and it was worth every penny to me!!
I have already and will recommmend this to all my friends. Don’t waste your money on the lower end GPS’s if you hunt, as you will get lost in heavy cover with the cheaper versions. The WAAS and high specificity is the trick!!!
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