Garmin GEKO 301 GPS Portable Navigation

Description

The Garmin Geko 301 is one of the smallest and lightest waterproof GPS units on the market. This inexpensive unit has a sleek design and simple operating system, and it's WAAS-enabled with an accuracy of three meters or less.In addition to regular GPS features, the Geko 301 includes an electronic compass and a barometric altimeter. The compass provides bearing information while you're standing still, and the altimeter determines your precise altitude and provides a 12-hour pressure-trend tool for gauging changing weather conditions.The Garmin Geko 301 features a user-configurable trip computer with 500 user waypoints that allow up to 20 reversible routes, and an automatic track log with up to 10,000 track points and 10 savable tracks that let you retrace your path in both directions. This unit also includes external ports that allow for PC connectivity for easy uploading of software upgrades and for connection to external power. The Garmin Geko 301 has five keys located on the front of the unit for easy one-hand use that allow the user to quickly access all of the unit's functions. The Geko 301 has a 64 x 100 pixel, high-contrast display for easy viewing, and it can run for up to nine hours on only two AA batteries (not included). In addition, the Geko 301 boasts a new upcoming-turn feature that alerts the user of an upcoming turn within 15 seconds by bending the compass arrow in the direction of the next waypoint, and it also features Garmin's PanTrack and TracBack functions.Garmin Geko 301 also includes five fun, interactive games that transform the great outdoors into a virtual board game, including the new Gekoids, which takes advantage of the electronic compass. Enjoy a good workout while chasing a virtual lizard in Geko Smak, match symbols in a grid version of Memory Race, navigate to reference points without crossing one's trail in Nibbons, and collect symbols along a path in Virtua Maze. Designed with the user in mind, this Garmin GPS unit weighs a light 3.4 ounces with batteries, and measures a pocket-sized 1.9 by 3.9 by 0.96 inches. The Geko 301 is waterproof to IPX7 standards, meaning it can be submerged down to one meter of water for up to 30 minutes, and it's rugged enough to endure the most trying use.