Garmin Rino 130

"I buy the RINO 130 FROM ELECTRONICA DIRECT. ARRIVE FASTER THAN WHAT I EXPECTED. THE ITEM WAS NEW THE WAY THEY SAY IT WOULD BE, AND PRICE WAS THE BEST COMPARED WITH OTHER SALERS. AND MY THANKS TO CUSTUMER SERVICES FOR THEIR PROFESIONALISM, I LOVE MY RINO AND I SUGEST ANYONE INTERESTED IN OUTDOOR ADVENTURES, GET ONE OF THIS GAGET, FROM THE FAMILY OF RINO, FROM ELECTRONICA DIRECT THE BEST PRICE." NISE GAGET. I LOVE..

This garmin was easy to use and never had any problems with it at all. And updating it was easy too. Loved it

I have had this for a year now and it works great. Matches ACU color. I would buy the 430 or 420 with the color screen but I don't need the color screen. I haven't downloaded any new base maps but I intend to do so at some point before a deployment. If you want a cheap GPS to give you MGRS grids, purchase the Foretrex not Forerunner. The Forerunner is only for lon/lat. So unless you are a flyboy and you want a cheaper, smaller unit get the Garmin Foretrex. I would like to get another unit that has an MMC slot, currently the only ones that have that are the E-Trex and some other models. Overall it is a great item.

After reading all of the online reviews here on Amazon, and on the manufacturer's web site, I decided to purchase the units and judge for myself. I had been planning a trip to the Michigan sand dunes, and thought it would be nice for safety to have at least two units in case any member of my family got lost, or seperated during the trip. Within the first few hours of using the units, we learned a few of it's idiosyncrocies. One thing you have to know is that the units must have time to "locate" at least 4 satellites before it will accurately report location info. The time required can vary, depending on the environment. Terrain with buildings, or other barriers, natural or otherwise, will increase the time required for the unit to "lock-in" satellites. Once the unit's find the satellites needed for self-navigation, the unit works without much intervention. My 14 year-old son was able to learn how to use the tracking-navigation feature within a couple of hours of tickering ... Read more

I bought 2 of the Rino 130's for my wife and I to use for hiking, boating, and geocaching. We were excited about the prospect of peer to peer positioning, etc. After 10 minutes, one of them locked up, then the second one would not transmit only receive a radio communication. The only way to get either one of them to function properly again was to remove the power source, wait a few seconds and reinstall and power up again. The first time this happened I was hoping it would be an isolated incident; then it happened again 10 minutes later. I checked the software; one was running ver 5.40 and the other 5.20. Webupdater would not work with one of them. It would lock up during the firmware upgrade. I chose to immediately return the items, thinking that if it is this much trouble now, what will it be like later. I expected better quality than this from Garmin. Great features and an intuitive user interface are a plus; however, dependability in the long run is apparently non-existent... Read more