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Garmin Dakota 20 Rating
Average rating:  (4.8 based on 4 ratings).
Lowest rating: 4 | Highest rating: 5
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Recommendation: 100% of our reviewers recommend this item.
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blaufman
Hamilton, ON
September 28, 2009
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MISSING SOME FEATURES
This unit was bought to replace my 76Csx. For the most part, it does just that. A key upgrade is the 3D compass which makes Geocaching easier when you're close to the cache. However, this unit is lacking in a couple areas that surprise me:
The calendar will not bring up the caches you found on a given day - it will just show you all that you have found of the ones stored - period. The car adapter fits badly and falls out very easilly. This unit does not detect the presents of the adapter power and give you the option of full brightness on your display - brightness is a universal setting (maybe that's my power adapter??). When plugged into the laptop, it is in HD mode. This is where you have to delete Geocaches & other weypoints. While it would be nice to manage these more via the unit, by laptop is acceptable I suppose. POIs don't show up until your really zoomed in - more than I typically have my GPS set for. Perhaps this is a function of the map? While the touchscreen works great, a stylus like I have for my pocket PC would have been nice - my fingers are too fat for some of the specific navigation you direct with your fingers - on the map and even when typing in words & numbers some times. In the overall scheme of things, these issues are minor, and having it to do over again, I would buy the same unit.
Pros: size, touch screen, accuracy, battery usage.
Cons: a couple simple features missing
Recommend: YES
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Earl
Rockwood, Ontario
September 22, 2009
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NEW DAKOTA 20
Just returned from Alaska with it...good sensitivity on plane and most locations (even onboard ship). I have had 3 Lowrance GPS's...no comparison. I just downloaded all Ontario and half of Alberta from Topo Canada, and I still have 400 meg of memory. Batteries last for days, and no need for anything other than basic alkaline. Screen is good for personal viewing, but a little hard for 2 people to view at the same time. Touch screen is great, but I like to use something a little more pointed than my finger when working on detail on maps. Menus are straight forward and simple. I wish the altimeter was not just barometric, but GPS as well....this is one of the disappointing aspects of the Dakota 20. So far, I am extreemly pleased with the rest of it. (I am not a geocacher)
Pros: great memory easy to use long battery life
Cons: barometric altimeter
Recommend: YES
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Bush Creatures
Edmonton
September 7, 2009
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PRETTY GOOD FOR GEOCACHING
First of all, a big salute to GPSCity. Called my order in at 2:00 pm and FedEx delivered it at 9:00 am the next day.
Nice compact little unit. Touchscreen and paperless caching is awesome. Definitely finds the caches.
Has about 2/3 the battery life of my 60CSx but still gives me two days of caching on a set of rechargeables. Cached with it in bright sunlight and in the dark and in the rain and no problems with the display or touchscreen. We'll soon see how it goes at -30C.
A few things annoy me like no ability to mass delete loaded caches unless it is connected to the comp. and it sorts found caches by distance and not date and time. Does not come with a carbiner or belt mount but I remedied that pdq with a small $8 belt mounted dig. cam. case that even has a small pouch for spare batteries.
All in all, very happy with it.
Recommend: YES
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Richard
Edmonton
August 25, 2009
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DAKOTA 20
I bought 2 one for myself & one for my brother we both like it very much. My friend ordered one the next day he tried mine and loved it. Some glitch with the directional arrow, when approaching the coordinate at about 12m or less it stop directing and I have to watch the distance left to destination. I'm not talking about the problem happening when someone stop moving and the arrow suddenly point another direction. As I am moving slowly toward a cache it stop directing when getting close, very annoying. Also same problem as the Colorado and Oregon the calendar feature of Map60CSX is not there, that is showing the waypoints found that day. The found cache can not be deleted without being connected to a computer and it is not friendly. Many plus sides, the compact form is great, the interaction speed is awesome. Strange, sometime when moving in a vehicle it slows down and it need to be reset. For the micro SD position I prefer the one in the Legend HCX along side of batteries, versus underneat, that little trap door can easily crack the chip when installing. Fat fingers like mine does not make it easy. Thanks
Pros: too numerous to list
Cons: can not delete geocache without a computer
Recommend: YES
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