Garmin eTrex Touch

This isn't a review as such. You can read my comments on it at the GPSrChive forums (where I am WallyGator):
https://www.gpsrchive.com/Discussion/viewforum.php?f=201

I am also in the Garmin official forums as SergZak and frequent the H1 forum there because they at least have a forum for the inReach models (the Touch is a mini GPSMAP H1):
https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/inreach/f/gpsma...

Like I mentioned, the Touch is a little brother to the new GPSMAP H1/H1i Plus units. The Touch's unit software is nearly identical (H1 is more feature-rich due to additional hardware) to the H1 series so any bugs affecting the H1 will also affect the eTrex Touch (and vice versa).

I have been using the Touch for about a month now. I have been through three units now and am currently on my fourth unit.

#1 Returned to Amazon due to MANY features (unit software) not equal to the previous models and no quick release by Garmin to correct various bugs & missing features in the unit software.

#2 Returned to Amazon due to a nearly impossible to use power button. It sits flush with the unit...I get it, to make it difficult to accidentally trigger. But I literally needed to dig my finger tip into the button in a very specific spot to trigger the button....very difficult to press (lots of pressure required). Sure, it's hard to trigger it accidentally but way too difficult to trigger it purposely.

#3 Another unit from Amazon, same as #2 above.

#4 The unit I have now (again from Amazon) has a better power button that is much less finicky and a bit easier to trigger. A newer firmware update (v5.09) has been released in the last couple of weeks that has improved things but there are still issues with periodic crashing and missing features and settings that do not survive a power-cycle.

I have until Jan 31 to return the unit to Amazon for a full refund and I'm still on the fence about it. If they can correct the firmware, I will likely keep it. If they dawdle and sit on their hands doing it, it's going back. Being $450, it's a big bite for a little unit but it's size physically for me is perfect. If the software were better, the price would be easier to swallow.

To address a couple of your points:

It would make a great cycling GPS unit and a bike mount is supposedly available (not from Amazon yet, at least the last time I looked). It doesn't have your typical bike computer feature set but that's not what I was looking for (there are plenty of Edge models for this type of use).

There are no spoken directions since the built-in speaker is merely there to notify with beeps and similar outdoor GPS unit sounds. You do however get on-screen directions of course and a notification sound. You can purchase City Navigator from Garmin for it and it will work but you'll get no free updates like with the pre-loaded Garmin automotive units. I just download the free OpenMapChest maps and they work just fine with auto-routing, same as a nuvi (and similar models). The pre-loaded and freely updatable TopoActive maps (updated about twice a year) provide turn-by-turn navigation for bikes and uses OTHER THAN automotive use.

There is NO SD card slot for expanding storage. Even my lowly eTrex 32x (and even lower-end models) has one. You DO get 32GB of on-board storage and that's way more than enough for my needs but still, with the omission of expandable storage, Garmin should have at least given the unit 64GB of on-board storage. So users are forever stuck with 32GB.

Let me know if you have any more questions Jim. I'll try to oblige the best that I can. In the GPSrChive Touch 2 forums (as it has been monikered there), I am pretty much the only one there reporting bugs and commenting on the unit. Because of this, I will tend to just visit the H1 forums as that's where the new model's traffic is the greatest (again, seeing as the Touch 2 is the H1's little brother). I'm pretty much just talking to myself in the Touch 2 forum.