Incorrect mileage, out of date, missing hikes
921456
I bought this book because my wife and I were visiting The Cloud Peak Wilderness and wanted to do a couple of day hikes.  I might visit later this year to do some backpacking as well.  Based on reading this book before the trip and this weekend's day hiking I have been disappointed on a few points.

First, reading the book I quickly found it difficult to find the actual trail *to Cloud Peak*.  Now I already understood that there was no official trail, but that there is absolutely an unofficial trail, from information friends had given me.  This book spends almost no time talking about Cloud Peak, or Bomber Mountain (another peak that many people hike).  I ended up figuring out based on one little "To Cloud Peak" reference on one of the maps, and from reading online, where I needed to go.  This book should have at least included this as a hike, with some information about where the trail is and perhaps recommendations for which trail head to use or where to camp.

Second, the mileage on the day hike we did this weekend was *way* off.  We clocked in at 11 miles, and the book says 8.  IMO one of the more dangerous things a book like this can do is to underestimate a trail's length.  I can forgive 10% error on trails.  This was almost 30% off the total!  Had I know it was 11 miles I think I would have had us at the trail head a couple of hours earlier (fortunately we were there at 8:30 AM).

Third, we passed well-marked trails that were not on the map in the book.

Fourth, the general detail in this book has been lacking compared to other, really good books I have.  I should have been warned however.  The Falcon Guide book for The Black Hills is quite bad, but had hoped for better from a different author.

I will heartily recommend the National Geographic map for The Cloud Peak Wilderness.  It came in the mail right before the weekend so I hadn't really had the time to go through and look at it in detail, and I threw it in my hiking bag as a backup (I bought it because the book was already giving me a bad feeling).  Once on the trail we started looking at it.  It had nearly correct mileage numbers compared to my Garmin GPS.
415113
This book is copyright 1995, and its entries seem to be every bit this out-of-date.  Of those I know, one trail re-opened years ago is listed as closed; one trail marked is no longer; one trail missing has been around for years.  I can only assume trails closed for years are listed as open.  The maps are likewise poor, missing many details such as maybe half the privy locations I know of and at least one trail where there is none.  The trail descriptions look encouraging at first but as I read them more closely provide little information useful for predicting how a group might fare on the journey.
At a minimum, an updated version of this book is overdue.
Maybe I expect too much of a trail guide, but it almost makes me wish Ira Spring had a book covering the Olympic coast.  On the bright side, the best thing about this dearth of coverage is that it helps keep the coast in relative wilderness.
4768971
The Book includes a lot of hikes and nice spots on Maui but it was not a big help anyway. Some parts are written nicely, but this applies mostly to the car parts.
The different hikes are not rated by difficulty and also no estimated time is given. Even worse is that maps of the hikes are missing so you lack orientation when you are on your way - I personally would even appreciate topographical maps - but not even knowing which trails I would cross or whether there were any alternative routs was very annoying. Furthermore description of the trail heads is unclear. Different hikes that are not alternative routes are described in the same chapter which makes reading confusing. All together I can not recommend this book, especially not as a full travel guide to Maui or as your only hiking guide there.
2526523
I just bought this and must return it because it is dated as of 1997 and missing MBTA and subway stops.  It is not revised as of 2014 as indicated in the product description.
3360367
I purchased an 8000-series system 19 months ago - one of the most expensive models.  About a year after I bought it, Navigon discontinued the model - and all map and software updates along with it.  Just recently, I noticed the calculated routes were becoming less and less accurate, sometimes even taking you the opposite direction than it should take you to a destination.  Navigon informed me that I needed a FreshMaps update, but that they were no longer available to US customers unless I had purchased a lifetime subscription at the time I purchased the GPS (I did not - at the time, you could buy updates as needed).  Ultimately, Navigon customer service told me they can't help me; there's nothing they can do.  It was awesome until the route accuracy began to deteriorate, and I never expected Navigon's customer service to tell me to pack sand.  DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY.  I wouldn't recommend any of Navigon's products; their customer "service" is non-existent.  Magellan, Garmin, or Tom Tom wouldn't treat a customer like that.
1390488
I bought the watch "new" for a 38 day expedition with the national outdoor leadership school, even after constant calibration the altimeter and barometer were constantly incorrect by huge amounts and never consistent. I also paid for next day delivery and received it 4 days later
1327274
I have previously been a satisfied four+ year Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx user for all my Arizona, NM, and CO on & off-trail day hiking. I was looking forward to owning the newer Garmin technology replacement for the 60CSx, which is the GPSMAP 62s. I purchased my new 62s on 10/3/12 from an Amazon.com new seller whose pricing for a "new" 62s was the very lowest price offered on Amazon.com at that time. This new GPS receiver arrived ahead of schedule on 10/9. After familiarity with the user manual I proceeded to set up my 62s menus with my preferred pages order, and with all function adjustments to meet my Recreation Profile outdoor hiking needs. During this setup process I was surprised to learn that this new unit had come with such an old 2.40 software revision (the latest software revision for this 62s is presently 4.50 with numerous Garmin revision changes in-between 2.40 & 4.50). How many possible months/years had this unit been stocked prior-to shipping to me? Via Garmin's WebUpdater, I proceeded to update to the latest 4.50 software which showed successfully updating in my new 62s (but did it really update correctly??). I took my new GPSMAP 62s for its first and second day hike-test runs on 10/11 & 10/24/12. I had some unit functionality concerns on these first two day hike-test runs. Between 10/17 to 11/01/12 I worked through Garmin's Technical Customer Support group to help identify and hopefully find the correct fixes for my new 62s unit without me needing to return the unit for replacement/exchange. Unfortunately, Garmin Technical Support determined on 11/1 that my new unit was in fact defective and would need to be returned (at my expense) to Garmin against their to be issued Return Material Authorization number. After Garmin's receipt of my new but defective unit, they quoted 10-14 business days before I receive back a "repaired or replacement device".. Eventhough this new technology GPSMAP 62s may end up being the right choice for me, at the moment I'm not a very happy customer..  :-(
120194
Not completely updated.  Still missing some roads that had been around for four or five years.  More recent points of interest info.
3676431
This book is riddled with mistakes in mileage, route description errors, and a few mislabeled pictures.  Do not trust anything you read here nor should you solely rely upon this book to get you to the top of any mountain.  It is filled with a number of great ideas, but the information is so inaccurate in places that you never know what to trust.  This book can get you to the trail head, but don't trust it any farther.

We attempted to climb Mt. Morrison using the route described within.  The book tells you to cross a bridge and climb through steep chutes to the summit.  Well, the bridge has been washed out for close to ten years at the time of publication.  The chutes were dangerous 4th class at least.  A route may exist as the author describes, but why bother when the other side of the mountain has an excellent use trail?

This book lists the mileage for the Matterhorn as 8 miles.  Our GPS and many other people will tell you it's more like 14 miles.  On at least three other hikes the mileage was off by a significant amount.  I seriously question whether the author ever climbed any of these mountains.
3016908
These guides are the first thing I purchase before planning a vacation. I find them to be an invaluable source of information and resources. However, the information regarding the exhibit at the National Geographic Society was seriously out of date. The exhibit, touted in the guidebook as being a special draw for kids hasn't been there in 6, count them SIX years. The employees staffing the information desk told us they had repeatedly emailed and written the authors asking that the error be corrected, all to no avail. This was especailly irksome since this museum was off the beaten path AND the edition I had and the edition from 2002 that I found at a Smithsonian bookstore all contained that outdated information. I know I should have called ahead. I also know that after six years and repeated attempts from the staff, that the problem should have been fixed.
4718577
Be warned: by Microsoft's own admission, there is no way to update the maps provided with this product and Microsoft doesn't much care about them anyway (deferring to an unnamed "third party" when confronted with inaccuracies). That wouldn't be a problem if care had been taken in ensuring that the product ships with accurate maps, but it doesn't. Though this is a recent release, its map data (again by Microsoft's own admission) is almost a year old. Worse than that, it contains fatal inaccuracies that are older: for example, the I-95, I-295, and I-405 in Maine are in the wrong places and don't reflect a "redesignation" of exit numbers that took place there last year.

There's really nothing here that one of the many online map sources can't provide for free -- except interstates in the wrong place! (MapQuest gets Maine right.)
1041685
Watch was supposed to be new.  When I synced the watch up to the computer with Garmin Connect the app I found the watch's memory was full with 6 hikes already in the memory.  AKA Used and not New.  At least the watch seemed new in every other way.  Deleted the activities and seems to work fine.
2116677
I have a Garmin 2730 with XM and NavTraffic, and updated the software for the unit some time ago prior to this software and map update.

The latest software for the 2730 this update insists on installing is terrible. It loses satellite connections constantly, and now routes you directly to the nearest traffic jam before getting you on to your destination. It then warns you with "slow traffic in 22,335 miles."...

The map updates is necessary, although incomplete. This being said, if 80% of the million+ changes to the roads are included, and they fixed some of their points of interest, then it's still worth the $70 price tag.

One of the things I wish they would fix is the WAAS encoding for the Washington DC area - the unit often places you on the I95 HOV lanes when you're not, and are in fact more than 7m/22 feet away, and then asks you to do U turns (on the highway) to get you to an exit.
3720350
I have not hiked the PCT yet, but plan too.  My only complaint with this entire series is that the maps do not have GPS markers on the maps; I believe the PCT Atlas series does this.

Anyways the point of the post is to indicate that Wilderness Press has 2 PDF files available which provide updates/erratas to this book as of 2006.  The "Search for 'PCT'" method does not work, but if you contact them they will email the PDFs to you.
4281546
I purchased this book to update an older version. I'm disappointed that for such an expensive book, the proofing for accuracy was horribly done. I have found instances where the mileage in the text does not match the mileages shown in the accompanying map. I have even found contradicting distances for the same trail segment in two different maps. With thousands of trail miles and hundreds of nights out under my belt, I understand that book and map mileages are not always 100% accurate. But they should at least be consistent within the same book. The book is still a useful tool, just not what it could be. Sorry Margaret.
2320118
Garmin is lying to it's customer base by saying that the maps are the latest! There has been several streets that are well over 1 year old that are NOT showing up in the maps! Even worse is that a restaurant that has been open for at least the early 90's is not even in the POI's and worse yet the map states that the address that the restaurant is located doesn't exist!

Take the phrase Latest Maps with more than a grain of salt!!!! Highly recommend that you also plan the route with a mapping system more up to date like Google and keep those directions available because you might get where you need to go with the unit but you WILL eventually be let down by this unit.

POI's are a joke in this unit! Stores that have either closed or relocated are NOT reflected in the current maps. Others are not even in the correct spots! I'll give a example. In the town in which I live, the Subway store moved from one location to another but the change has NOT been reflected in the POI database! This store has been moved for years!!!! However the fairly new Dunkin Donuts is in the correct spot!

I used to swear by Garmin because of their accurate maps but I can no longer swear by them!

However maps aside, the unit itself as far as hardware goes, I'm fairly pleased with it. I can see the nice big display and the speaker in my vehicle is plenty loud enough for me to hear. I like the features that this GPS has as far as being able to plan routes and storing them in the unit.

The unit is ONLY as GOOD as the MAPS and the MAPS are VERY OFF at least where I live and work which by the way is in a very popular tourist spot.

I can only use this to assist me so far. I keep the Google Maps in my phone and tablet and will continue to use them to find where things are correctly located and correct routing when and it does happen fairly often the Garmin has the POI wrong or cannot find something like a street!

Until then, the review rating is what it is. Summary is I like the actual hardware but the MAPS HAVE ISSUES!  Sad that a free mapping service like Google is FAR more accurate!

Before you haters get cranked, I do use Google maps however it has become super hard to see the direction on my device hence me obtaining the GPS unit with the big screen
3912622
I really liked the basic functions and easy use of the TomTom.

I had two problems with it: 1)  Although my phone was connected, I was logged in, and the My Drive app seemed to be functioning, any time I added something to my phone, it never showed up on the device. 2) The main reason I am returning the device is the very outdated maps. Straight out of the box, fully updated and it doesn't recognize the roundabout and bridge 3 blocks from my house that has been there 3 years! Really not going to help me on my road trips if the maps are that bad.