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The eTrex Legend is one great unit. It's easy to use and despite what too many people here say, it gets great reception, even under heavy tree cover. The key is to hold it the way the manufacturer recommends, which is flat, face up, pointing at the sky. If you hang the GPS around your neck (as one reviewer did), or let it dangle at your side, you will lose reception. Another key is to turn it on well before you enter the woods so it knows where the sattelites are. The latter is true for all GPS units. I use my Legend frequently for geocaching and hiking in the dense, northeast forests and rarely lose reception and those few times I do, I regain it immediately. As far as other features. It's compact and easy to use. The one handed operation is nice, though it's designed to be held in the left hand which can be annoying. I guess the point was to keep your right hand available for other tasks. The base map is pretty useless, which is the case for all GPS's that I've tried, Garmin, or Magellan. But download the Mapsource Topo or Mapsource Metroguide and you get detailed maps which are incredibly useful for finding your way around. The 8 megs of memory is good if you don't travel a lot. It should hold enough maps to cover 50 miles in every direction, but if you travel a lot, you might want the extra memory of the Vista. I highly recommend this unit for someone who wants an inexpensive, mapping GPS.

Overall the Garmin eTrex Legend is a very good GPS receiver. Reception although not perfect is much better then what some of the reviews led me to believe. I lost tracking once on a 60 mile interstate trip for about 15 secs. Considering that is was cloudy, there is a reasonable amount of trees around the interstate and the GPS was on the passenger front seat I was pretty happy with the result. I managed to get a satellite lock indoors as well but only when in proximity to a window and even then it was sporadic. Average accuracy for me was about 20-30ft. When WAAS satellites are in sight I got as good as 7ft and you could actually see the car changing lanes on the tracking log.
The 8MB memory is for the most sufficient for a detailed street map of a single metropolitan area. Although no where nearly as detailed the built-in base map is also useful.
Battery life is good although not as good as advertised. WAAS does drain the batteries a little more so that may be the reason for my results.
Interface and features are as good as can be expected from a device that size and in this price range. The click stick can be a bit uncomfortable for right handed people but nothing you can't get used to.
Although I have not owned the device long it seems to be well built. I have not managed to put any scratches on the screen yet and I have taken few precautions.
Overall this is a great GPS with reasonably good reception and accuracy. Features are excellent for the price range. The eTrex Legend is moderately useful on the road ( no auto routing on the GPS ) and very useful for hiking, marine and aviation applications.

I don't understand why this item is priced $80.00 more than anywhere else I've found it. You might as well not even carry it. It's a disservice to your customers. Target usually has good prices, and I do a lot of shopping there.