Whats the latest on Garmin Astro's?

[Bryan]

The rechargeables will last for a couple days. I have all the roads on mine and the topo stuff, you can only have one or the other on the screen at a time. I leave mine showing the roads because I am on flat ground, this also shows all rivers and creeks. Pretty slick, now if they could make the collars 1/2 the size they are now.

[allniter]

RUP------call BRUCE CONKEY SUPPLY -386/972/4937--you can get a micro chip from him for less than 25.00 bucks --he will load it for your area and a few states you will hunt around you

[sgc]

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[JRupert]

Thanks guys. All i wanted to know was about the topo maps. hopefully over the summer I'll have one. Pretty much sold on buying one. Hopefully i'll run into someone at a trial and see it in action first hand

[frank caplinger]

I have been having to calibrate it everytime i take it out.It will not show the true location on my dogs without me doing this.It just all of a sudden started
doing this.Has anyone else had this problem with theres.

[PLATEAUBEAGLER]

frank from what i have read when i got mine the manual tells you for better accuracy to Calibrate before each time out, so i have always done this.

i also went to lithium batteries on mine and i get 10X's the life as regular duracell.

[allniter]

I calibrate mine everytime I use it or change battery---I have 2mb micro chip in mine ---I have from COLORADO--to half of MAINE---I don't use the map on BEAGLES as I do for my coon hounds--- for marking the truck and the club house when trailing --with the beagles the map is like a [2] year old boy coloring --don't range like coon hound ---every one I know that has one--- say they would never go back to a beep beep tracker ---

[dogwhisperer]

WHAT KIND OF RANGE CAN ONE EXPECT TO GET OUT OF ONE OF THESE UNITS? I KNOW RANGE VARIES ON TERRAIN BUT LETS SAY WIDE OPEN COMPARED TO SOMETHING VERY THICK

[les guynn]

I have the new Garmin with 3 collars, have had trouble with two collars and had to send back, also had trouble with two elec chargers sent them back also, I had to pay postage back they took care of the postage return. and sent me two new collars and chargers. Don't think the collars them selves are going to last on my beagles, going through the briars, already showing some strings being torn out and starting to come apart. transmitters are doing real well, under the pressure .Only been using them four mounths. size ok useing last hole.weight no prblem.

[frank caplinger]

I have to calibrate it everytime i want locate my dogs i should have said.I do use the lithium rechargable batteries.I love my astro i just wish this did'nt
start happening to it like i said before this just started all of a sudden.I do not have one complaint about it othrwise.

[sgc]

When guys talk about the collar being to big, is it because its too loose or is it because of the excess length after its on?

[frank caplinger]

I whould say the length is to long but the collars are not to big for my 13/14 in dogs.

[PREACHERS,KENNEL]

i usually dont cALIBRATE MINE BUT every other time out by doing that they sometimes arent super accurate but they r always close ..of course calibrateing doesnt take but a few sec ..

[will_81]

Question on the Garmins? Does the handheld unit double well for using without the collars, like for deer huntin and for road trips?

[allniter]

yeap---you can MARK your stand --truck ----your fishing hole --your miles and speed you are driving --