Garmin Vehicle DC Power Adapter
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Garmin Vehicle DC Power Adapter for eTrex and Geko (010-10203-00)
- Plugs into any standard cigarette lighter
- compatible with eTrex Camo®, eTrex Legend®, eTrex Legend® H, eTrex Summit®, eTrex Venture®, eTrex Vista®, eTrex Vista® H, Geko 201 and Geko 301
- Conserves battery life
- Convenient and easy to use
- Genuine Garmin-quality product
Tagged with: 0101020300 • Adapter • ETrex • Garmin • Geko • power • vehicle
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Does what it’s supposed to do., August 30, 2004
By John H. Henderson (Las Cruces, NM, USA) –
This review is from: Garmin Vehicle DC Power Adapter for eTrex and Geko (010-10203-00) (Electronics)
Although the eTrexes were really designed for use in the outdoors, I use it in the car to help predict distance to go, etc., and if I have the local map downloaded to it, it has helped me out of binds on a couple of occasions. If you use it in the car, you really want this adaptor to save your batteries.Not only will it save the batteries, but I can operate my Legend in normal mode to get better position from the WAAS data. (Battery saver mode precludes the use of WAAS and normal mode can really drain the batteries rather quickly.) (BTW, there is no scientific reason for reception to be better because of using this adapter.)The cord is generously long. In fact, it can get in the way sometimes, but may allow the unit to be passed to the back seat so your back seat navigator can monitor it.I have only two minor complaints. The first is the price. The Garmin Legend gives a lot of feature for the price, but Garmin seems to make up for it with the price of the accessories. It seems this adaptor should cost half what it does.The second is that the fuse is accessed by screwing off the center of the cigarette plug, and the center piece has unscrewed itself on a couple of occasions now, leaving several small parts strewn about. I had to dig in my glove compartment this weekend for all of the little parts, and am waiting for the day I lose one for good. So be careful that the center is always screwed in.I use this with the suction cup mount, which works quite well on glass. (But again, seems kind of expensive for what it is.)
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