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Title: Astro 220 Post by: mporter on April 03, 2009, 11:40:54 am Hello guys, first post ,but have been keeping up with you for awhile. Anyway, I was wondering if any of you have tried out any of the map downloads on the astro 220? I'd like to get some feed back on it before I buy any. Any info is appreciated. Thanks
Title: Re: Astro 220 Post by: Cutter Bay Kennels on April 03, 2009, 12:12:46 pm I have the map card for the south east part of the country. It is wonderful. I highly recommend it. Conkey's Hound Supply is the best to deal with when it comes to the Garmins.
Title: Re: Astro 220 Post by: Furflys on April 03, 2009, 03:00:51 pm Kind of like the cell phone..... Not sure what I would do without it.
Title: Re: Astro 220 Post by: Cutter on April 03, 2009, 04:21:08 pm rough country out here map,s work great can,t always go straight to the dogs
Title: Re: Astro 220 Post by: txboardog on April 03, 2009, 05:08:14 pm Like cutter said in our rough country they are the handiest thing since they invented the wheel.
Title: Re: Astro 220 Post by: wcg89 on April 03, 2009, 06:42:07 pm how are yalls experiences on how far out the garmin will track when hunting...I have heard mixed opinions about it...some say they get pretty weird after about a mile and a half or so in the woods
Title: Re: Astro 220 Post by: Cutter Bay Kennels on April 04, 2009, 11:01:15 am I generally get about 2.25 miles with just the unit. If I switch to the roof top, I can get 5 miles. However, I would say 4 miles no problem. This is in North Florida.
Title: Re: Astro 220 Post by: Cutter on April 04, 2009, 07:52:55 pm I have had them 1.7 miles in the hills and was still good
Title: Re: Astro 220 Post by: BugBuster on April 05, 2009, 07:50:51 pm I love my Garmin 220 as well and is hard to imagine hunting without it. The farthest mine has tracked is around 1.7 miles as well but it all depends what type of cover you are huinting. I imagine once the trees green back up the distance will drop some more.
Title: Re: Astro 220 Post by: Cutter on April 06, 2009, 10:30:10 pm I left my collar on a dog at the ranch i am still gettin signal 13.7 miles at my house
Title: Re: Astro 220 Post by: C Baker on May 03, 2009, 03:16:41 pm I have tracked a dog 25 miles with no problem!!!
Title: Re: Astro 220 Post by: Cutter Bay Kennels on May 04, 2009, 09:27:26 am I left my collar on a dog at the ranch i am still gettin signal 13.7 miles at my house I have tracked a dog 25 miles with no problem!!! I must admit I have never been to Texas. However, based off of my experience I find both of these figures to be the exception to the rule. I have never come close to these figures. I do have a question for both of you though. Were you on the dog screen when you saw the distance? If so, it tells the distance to the last known location of the collar from your current location. It is possible to turn the collar off and go 1000 miles away. If you turn the Garmin Astro 220 on at this new 1000 mile away location, it is going to show the collar where you last tracked it. However, it is not tracking with 1000 mile communication. It is simply going off the units memory of the last plotted location of the collar. All that being said, if you were actually looking at the individual collar's screen, and it still showed complete signal communication, then I am very impressed. I myself, have never got more than around 5 miles. I look forward to your responces. Regards, Josh Title: Re: Astro 220 Post by: cantexduck on May 04, 2009, 12:42:42 pm Josh,
Thanks for saving me from typing that. ;D Mine is good for almost a mile in most places. The range dosent bother me very much because it wil maek the last known location of the dog, so you just start walking and it will pick back up. I have had some trobles with looseing signal at about 300-400 buck it is only for a few seconds. |