Posted 2/20/2008 22:38 (#315244 - in reply to #315050) Subject: Re: Another Garmin Handheld question
Eastern Montana
I have a Garmin Etrex Vista with the compass. I have never used the compass and leave it turned off because it drastically reduces battery life with it turned on. I do use the area calculation to get an estimate on fields or parts of fields. Also works good to measure acreage of wild fires.