Garmin GPS 72 GPS Receiver

Bought this unit for 1 reason, to sit in our berth at night on our sailboat and function as an anchor alarm. Turns out the alarms on Garmin handhelds beep 3 times in about one second and then stop. The sound is hardly audible. An alarm should sound until the user shuts it off. I pointed this out to Garmin, they agreed it was an oversight and said maybe they might correct with firmware update, they haven't done so to date. Do not buy this unit if you need a useful alarm.

If you're in the market for a basic handheld GPS receiver that can handle all kinds of weather, the GPS 72H would make a very good choice. Street or terrain maps can be had from the competition at this price point, but the waterproof design and...

alaTest has collected and analyzed 80 user reviews of the Garmin GPS 72 GPS Receiver from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

My first gps was the 72 had it for 6or7 yrs its been put through the ringer,I use it for hunting, fishing,trapping, through rain,snow sub zero temps its last days had silicone buttons.The72h has been no different its high sensitivity is great, about...

Garmin 72H Waterproof Handheld GPS with High-Sensitivity It's the best portable gps that I can have. Easy for use and in the sea is perfect for save the interest points of fish.

This was for a friend, he seems happy with it. Haven't heard how it works on the open water.

I find this item very difficult to use and not very user friendly even with the help of the on-line manual. I find it very difficult to enter a way point. We geocache and I haven't done much since I replaced my broken one with this model.

I was looking for a unit that would only show coordinates in a format of my choice and in a selected datum and it seems that the 72H is the closest to what I had in mind, but it does many other things that I don't really want and it is much bigger than...

Garmin GPS72H is the fastest and the most accurate GPS for times that you don't need or have a map, but you need to find your way back. It makes finding your car in a parking lot or situations like this a fun game to play. It shows you the direction to...

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