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Garmin Dakota 20 Touch Screen Outdoor GPS
2.6" Touch screen Display, Waterproof, 850MB Built-in memory
Our price: | R 2,259.00 | (incl. VAT) |
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Overview & Features top
topGarmin Dakota 20 Outdoor GPS
Outdoor navigation meets touchscreen simplicity in Dakota 20. This rugged, palm-sized navigator combines touchscreen navigation, high-sensitivity GPS with HotFix™ satellite prediction, barometric altimeter, 3-axis electronic compass and microSD™ card slot in one affordable, power-packed punch.Touch and Go
Dakota 20 makes outdoor navigation effortless with a tough, sunlight-readable, 2.6 inch color touchscreen display. The interface is easy to use, so you’ll spend more time enjoying the outdoors and less time searching for information. Both durable and waterproof, Dakota 20 is built to withstand the elements: bumps, dust, dirt and water are no match for this rugged navigator.Get Your Bearings
Dakota 20 has a built-in 3-axis electronic compass, which shows your heading even when you’re standing still or not holding the device level. Its barometric altimeter tracks changes in pressure to pinpoint your precise altitude, and you can even use it to plot barometric pressure over time, which can help you keep an eye on changing weather conditions. And with its high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver with HotFix™ satellite prediction, Dakota 20 locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons.Find Fun
Get into paperless geocaching with Dakota 20 by quickly downloading up to 2,000 caches, with information such as location, terrain, difficulty, hints and description — no more paper print outs and manually entered coordinates. Visit our geocaching pages for more information.Explore the Terrain
Dakota 20 comes with built-in worldwide basemap, so you can navigate anywhere with ease. Adding more maps is easy with Garmin's wide array of detailed topographic, marine and road maps, available on microSD card.Share Wirelessly
With Dakota 20 you can share your waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly with other compatible Dakota, Foretrex®, Oregon® and Colorado® users. Now you can send your favorite route or geocache location to a friend easily. Just touch "send" to transfer your information to similar devices. Dakota 20: Touchscreen navigation for the great outdoors.What's in the Box top
top- Dakota 10
- Lanyard
- USB cable
- Owner's manual on disk
- Quick start manual
Specification top
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| Product Line | Dakota |
| Brand | Garmin |
| Model | 20 |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Built-in Speaker | - |
| Waterproof | Yes |
| Display | |
| Display Size | 2.6" |
| Touch Screen | Yes |
| Resolution | 160 x 240 |
| Memory | |
| Memory Card Slot | <not specified>
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| Internal Memory | 850 MB |
| Software & Maps | |
| Included Maps | - |
| Ability To Add Maps | <not specified>
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| Interfaces | |
| USB | Yes |
| Bluetooth | - |
| Features | |
| Voice Prompts | - |
| Voice Recognition | - |
| 3D Map Perspective | <not specified>
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| TMC (Traffic Message Channel) Support | <not specified>
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| FM Transmitter | - |
| Remote Control | - |
| Power | |
| Battery | 2 AA batteries |
| Battery Life | Up to 20 hours |
| Physical Dimensions | |
| Width | 55 mm |
| Height | 33 mm |
| Depth | 100 mm |
| Weight | 149 grams |
Customer Reviews top
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Reviewed by Anonymous on 03/08/2011
| Strengths: | small, does everything the big ones do, you can load any amount of maps (search the net hint hint), tons of features, an excellent all rounder, rugged, splash proof |
| Weaknesses: | small screen, screen not very robust, touch screen difficult to handle with gloves on, it's cpu is slow especially if you have lots of maps and additional data loaded |
| Best uses: | use for everything, from town driving, off road enduro, hiking, fishing, boating etc. |
not as rugged as you might think
Small and rugged, got all the features the big ones have. If you load to many maps at once overlaying each other, especially the high quality ones, it tends to be a bit slow. (I have over 3GB of maps and thats only for southern africa). The shell is tough, the touch screen is not. It cracked after a few weeks on mine. Garmin wont replace it, they said they will give me a new one for a discounted price, I said no thanks, and ordered a new touch screen over ebay from china for R300, problem solved.
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Reviewed by CraigN from Johannesburg on 09/11/2010
| Expertise: | Advanced |
| Strengths: | Compact and rugged. Battery powered for walking, hiking, driving, etc. Short time for a GPS lock. Records GPX logs for geotagging. |
| Weaknesses: | Small screen. Only ships with a base map. Can't power by USB. Doesn't come with a belt clip. |
| Best uses: | Hiking, geotagging, cycling |
Awesome device
A colleague recommended this device for my photographic geotagging requirements. It works as described and can easily be stowed in your backpack and small enough to fit in a pocket.
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| PROS | • easy to use • lightweight • compact • versatile • easy to operate |
Expert Reviews
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About.com
21 September 2009
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Do-it-all Garmin Dakota 20 Suitable for Multiple Sports, Geocaching, Hiking
The Garmin Dakota 20 is designed to be a versatile, do-it-all, rugged, touchscreen handheld GPS that's small enough to comfortably take on a run or mount on a bike, yet substantial enough to rely upon as your main GPS on a multi-day backpacking trip. Read more ...
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 Live For The Outdoors
22 April 2011
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Billed by Garmin as an entry-level GPS, the Dakota is actually incredibly functional; and it’s also very small and very light. But the £290 price tag might put a lot of first-time buyers off, especially as they may need to spend another £100+ on mapping. Read more ...
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6.0/10
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 GPS Tracklog
27 October 2009
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Dakota 20
Tweet Hands on with the Garmin Dakota 20 The Garmin Dakota 20 is a smaller version of Garmin’s successful Oregon models. It appears poised to replace the eTrex series, bringing all of the Oregon’s touch screen goodness while retaining the eTrex’s small form factor, light weight and long battery... Read more ...
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User Reviews
 Bestbuy
21 September 2011
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Great for my various hiking trips
I bought this GPS unit to determine how far I hike each day. It is real easy to program and use while on the move. The screen is easy to use and read, even in the bright sunlight. The only real feature that I use every day is the trip computer. Read more ...
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10.0/10
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 Ebay
20 April 2012
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Great device
Great little device, after getting maps and extra memory, it could be called a do everything GPS, use it in the car, on the trail, on the motorcycle, small enough to carry around and easy to use. Read more ...
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10.0/10
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 Amazon
27 March 2012
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Good Price, Jury is still out
I purchased the Dakota 10 bike/hike bundle for my bicycle. After looking at FAR more expensive bike-specific units I decided this would probably have the features I wanted at a more reasonable price. Read more ...
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6.0/10
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