I was gonna get an etrex (for circuit of the Med via Tunisia, Libya and Egypt) and everyone said I shouldn't bother, as they're "help together with elastic bands and sellotape", to quote a major dealer.
It doesn't sound good that you were able to repair the "self adhesive" antenna yourself in the hotel. Great that it still worked though - general quality of Garmin?
I will be using a III+ or a 12. No base maps, and far more rugged I think. You can pick up a military-spec vibration-proofed GPS12 on Tottenham Court Road in London for under 130GBP.
..And they're the same vertical, mobile-phone style format.
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