Hi all
This isn't a product review and I have no relationship to Garmin. I have had a few Garmins over ten plus years. I lost my ETREX Summit a few weeks ago and replaced it with a Garmin Foretrex 101. If you exam the name, you will see that the Forearm version is called a "for - etrex" <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> but its a lot like an etrex with more bells. This is truly a geeks machine. There is one information screen where the entire screen is split into 4 subpanels that will display any one of about 15 different items. I have mine set to trip odometer, elevation, heading and time. If I push the down arrow it moves the screen up half a step so that it now reads heading and time, and GPS location under that. One more down push and you get GPS location and elevation. One last push and you get speed, so when you drive home your wrist is a GPS speedometer.

There is another page with a true north based compass heading on the left - for you compass guys, and mine is optionally set to display dist to waypoint and time. The thing is, all of these screens are programmable so you can get exactly what you want. Mine is set to never turn off the light automatically for night skiing. In the the night, you will want to have the buttons memorised. Even 4wdriving with the dog with the GPS on my wrist was good practice AND it worked in my truck on my wrist, which is an improvement in RF noise figure in a new chip-set.

The 101 uses AAA batteries so as long as you carry a few spare sets, you will know which way is north and your true heading, and where your vehicle is parked.

This is the first GPS I've used that was this handy - I hate carrying them in my hand.
Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I wrote this to encourage people to buy and familiarise themselves with satellite based navigation. Practise at home. DO NOT try your GPS for the first time when you have become lost. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> and I highly recommend the wrist GPS design. Familiarize yourself with your maps and plan before leaving home.