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Pros

The accuracy of this measure of both devices seems to exceed what's advertised. However sometimes readings vary wildly when approaching a waypoint. Battery life is very good when battery save mode is on, nimh rechargables will last the better part of ...  Read More

This is by far one of the best handheld unit of this style you could ask for. The navigation is really that good. It is much better than the old technology magellan meridian it replaced.



Cons

The manual is useless and you're pretty much on your own to stumble through menus or search the internet on how to operate this thing. The accuracy of the device then becomes terrible. The gps capability is limited.

Mileage is not accurate when compared to other peoples gps. If these appear on the computer when i transfer the data, it is probably as a result of not zeroing the machine properly at the start of each outing. The unit periodically freezes for up to 2...  Read More

For geocaching, its frustrating and time-consuming to zero in on a point. Garmin device randomly ejects itself.

This is clearly totally useless. This gps is unacceptable. Still no labels. Otherwise, look elsewhere.

Just say no to this bs & get a different brand. Things change over the years, and i accept that open heartedly… but, to change things only to make a good product bad is just plain *.

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Quality


But after everything discovered and learned i can say im very happy with the 62sc


Has wireless sharing which is awesome for others with the same garmin feature


I would suggest going with the newer handhelds


Good transaction however not very happy with the gps unit

Price


The price seriously dropped from its original 600 at release

Shipping


Very nice gps navigation device and it was very fast shipping

Competitiveness


Just bought a few more of the new 64s units

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  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 73.
  • Previous analysis of this listing was an C grade.
  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 77.7% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 780 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 6 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    At first i thought very hard learning how to use it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Until i found where to put the tracks and what map i must have had i almost desisted and sold it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Good transaction however not very happy with the gps unit


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I found that the garmin 62 is very slow too many small apps for the processor


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I would suggest going with the newer handhelds


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Although not cheap i recommend purchase of garmin 25 k typo micro discs for areas that you will spend most of your time in


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If you purchase an online download topo and it fails there is no refund


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This is the same that i was happy with before but the first stopped working and i replaced instead of fixing

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