Garmin calls it high sensitivity but thats marketing .... <div>Maybe better than very old Garmin devices but much worse compared to a SiRF III </div><div>I have a new Hcx and compared multiple times. <br><div><div>Only 60, Oregon, Colorado use a SiRF III and they are much better in accuracy but drain batteries like crazy.</div>
<div>Still like the Hcx because it's smaller and battery life is very important on long hikes.</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Robert Scott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@humanleg.org.uk">lists@humanleg.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Monday 10 August 2009, Apollinaris Schoell wrote:<br>
> compared to a SiRF III powered the eTrex is pretty lame in accuracy.<br>
> but it uses less power and runs twice as long on a set of batteries<br>
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</div>You're thinking of an old eTrex. The new eTrexes (ones with an H in the name)<br>
have high sensitivity receivers, a sirfstar III or (usually) better.<br>
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