eTrex® SE, GPS Handheld Navigator

Now that I finally got it working it is awesome for geocaching when in network range. During the first week I owned this it would not give me the signin code to connect it to geocaching live. After a little over a week it suddenly worked! Now that it's working it is perfect for in network geocaching. 1) the battery lasts forever 2) the screen is fantastic in bright sunlight. In fact the brighter the sun the brighter the screen! 3) it's light 4) it's small and easy to carry 5) geocaching live works great to find the most nearby caches while in network range 6) seems durable and purported to be waterproof which is important while on the trails 7) has USB C connector!!! Woohoo! Cons: 1) kind of wonky screen choices to get to the next cache. Clicky clacking around gets annoying. Maybe I can customize. I hope I can figure out how to customize this. Maybe Garmin will fix this nonsense in their next version 2) need to take the back cover off to access the USB port. But this would help keep it waterproof and keep dust and dirt out of the port so I can live with it 3) it complains about more than 1000 downloaded caches. Why oh why can't I just buy some more memory and let me store 4000 caches on it? What is the big deal Garmin? Just make it happen. I only try to get 1 cache per day so I can live with the wonkiness given the other features. Last time I grabbed some hiking caches with my family I almost exclusively used the SE and only pulled out my phone to look at the high quality trail map

It is very small GPS with an adequate view screen. The buttons, need to be pressed in the center, and are a bit stiff. It took a while to get used to the menus and buttons. Within a day of taking it out on a trail, It became easier to operate. Downloaded the manual from Garmin since the manual that comes with it is just a few pages. I paired it to a large screen phone. It works flawlessly with the phone. You get to see a nice trail map with elevation reading and all waypoints along the trail. The GPS lacks an elevation history page. The map on the GPS is really useless but the electronic compass works perfectly. Several other pages on the GPS give you ample information. This is a back-up for my other Garmin GPS... I found it small but extremely useful and accurate. Hooked it up to a phone at the end of the day and downloaded the information to my phones. The phone has a big nice map. Since I need to carry a phone, linking the two together is easy. If I need extra information I just bluetooth to my phone in seconds. For the cheapest GPS Available it a very good buy.

This GPS receiver is pretty obviously aimed at a subset of the usual customer community, so you'll want to make sure you know what it can / can't do before jumping at its great price. You do not get a color screen, or fancy graphics that you'd get with a $300+ unit, or even on your smart phone. What you do get is a pocketable GPS with super-long battery life (far better than any phone's), support for all existing navigation networks (GPS and Galileo and Glonass -- at the cost of reduced battery lifetime), and some broadly-useful core functions. It's great for old-school (pre-smartphone) geocaching, or orienteering, or hiking. My only real complaints so far (having just received the unit) are with the user interface / documentation. The menu system is classic Garmin, a bit "clunky." Digging through the manual isn't much better, since the unit and its manual both use... unique... terms for some things, and they're not explicitly defined anywhere. I bought the unit primarily for geotagging photos -- I need it to record a log of my path that I can later save to a GPX file. As far as my interface to the eTrex SE, this means I most often want to turn on / turn off logging and then save the data -- but doing this takes a relatively deep dive in the menus. Deeper than I'd like it to be, at any rate. I'll update this review after I put some miles on this gadget (and so can speak semi-intelligently to its actual battery life and accuracy), in the meantime, here are some terms to know as you start using the device or perusing its manual: Activity -- a recorded GPS track. You can have the device start recording automatically based on your motion, or do it manually (with some effort). You'll need to dive into the menus to end the activity / save a file in either case, so you might as well get used to this path. Course -- a pre-defined path you would subsequently like to follow. A course is defined by a series of "Locations," also called "Course Points" by the device / manual (most folks would probably call them "waypoints"). Expedition Mode -- a low-power mode to extend battery life. Bluetooth is turned off, your track is recorded less often.

I love this thing, I give it 5 stars because it’s not trying to be fancy and it works well. If you’re going out hunting or into the woods it’s great for tracking your every movement and the simplicity of adding markers and marking animal tracks and trees is so great! I feel safe with its extremely ridiculous battery life! Never going hunting without it again. Find your way back to your car with ease. Important- it does. It beep when your off track… I like this for my own reasons but some may not.

Very good for geocaching and using as a bicycling computer/trip logger. This is only single-band but stays around 10ft accuracy even under heavy tree cover. Battery life with lithium AAs about 3-5 weeks with around 5 hours usage per day. Display is very readable in direct sunlight and very crisp contrast

I have used a Garmin Etrex for years and recently got an Apple Mac. My old Etrex is no longer supported so I purchased the new Etrex SE just so I can go geocaching. There are 3 ways to download geocaches to device. The simplest is through a USB C cable. I did need to download Gamin Explore to use as well. No big deal. I spoke to 3 techs as I could not get it to download. We determined three different issues. One: you still need to open your iPhones system and use a code each time you want to download. Which is strange to me and time consuming. Two: If the geocache you want to download is older, then it will appear as a waypoint and not a geocache. Three: You must be a "Premium Geocache" subscriber in order to download via cable. I am a subscriber, but thought others may want to know. I am just going to use my iPhone off-line for now. I don't go geocaching enough to spend hundreds of dollars to purchase a new GPS unit. I hope this helps you make a decision.

This was to replace my Magellan 315 because the technology has changed so much sense 1999 the Garmin UI is difficult to use and trying to scroll thru letters isn’t helpful my Magellan had a better build quality + feel on the up side this unit is fast and just works well all the time only takes 2AA batteries works well with explore app on iPhone battery life is amazing

Perfect for my use with grid coordinates. Functionality is spot on.

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El Garmin eTrex SE es un GPS sólido y confiable que ofrece una excelente duración de la batería, una pantalla clara y fácil de leer, y es perfecto para aquellos que se inician en el uso de dispositivos GPS. Su capacidad para sincronizarse con el móvil lo convierte en un complemento perfecto para cualquier aventura al aire libre. Estoy completamente satisfecho con mi compra y lo recomendaría sin dudarlo a cualquier persona que esté buscando un GPS confiable y fácil de usar para sus actividades al aire libre.

Produto travou devido a versao do software, que foi corrigido com atualização.

Super une fois qu'on s'y retrouve

Ich benötige für meine Touren ein ganz simples, einfaches, unkompliziertes GPS Gerät, was einfach nur die Tour aufzeichnet und für den Notfall als Back Tracking dient. Und da mein bisheriges Gerät( Garmin eTrex e10 ) nach vielen Jahren jetzt wirklich langsam, seinen gummierten Geist aufgibt war ich auf der Suche nach einem genauso simplen und einfachen Nachfolgegerät. Und für genau diesen Zweck ist genau dieses Gerät, das absolut richtige. Wie gesagt, ich lasse es während Wanderungen lediglich parallel mitlaufen, um einerseits die genaue Strecke aufzuzeichnen und Distanzen und Höhenmeter und Bewegung Zeit zu messen und für den Ernstfall ein Back Tracking zu haben. Über sämtliche anderen Funktionen wie Geocaching oder das anlaufen von vorprogrammierten Punkten kann ich daher hier keine Auskunft geben. Für meine Anwendung Zwecke allerdings ist es wirklich absolut perfekt. Es hat eine nahezu unendliche Batterielaufzeit (ich nutze im Gerät die großen Akkus von IKEA, die angeblich ja Eneloop Akkus sind und auch beim permanenten mit tracken der letzten fünftägigen Outdoor Tour hat sich lediglich ein Einzigster Akku Strich verabschiedet. Zweimal habe ich probehalber auch geschaut, ob das Back Tracking wirklich funktioniert und habe mich vom Gerät über die mit geschriebenen Punkte zurück navigieren lassen und bis auf einige minimale Abweichungen im Bereich unter 2 m vom ursprünglichen Weg funktioniert das wirklich einwandfrei. Wer also ein einfaches simples Gerät ohne große Spielerei und komplizierte Bedienung sucht, an dem er trotzdem das Display nach seinen Vorlieben einstellen gestalten und mit Daten belegen kann, der ist bei diesem Gerät genau richtig.