Garmin Alpha 200i Dog Tracking Handheld, Utilizes inReach Technology, Sunlight-readable 3.6 Touchscreen (010-02230-50), Black

Works very well to keep track of our dog when he decides to chase animals in heavy woods, or wonders to the neighbors. geofence works great, accuracy is with 16’ radius most of the time. satellite images make it easy to see where dog is rather than just a dot on a map. Easy touch screen controls and user friendly. WiFi works great for downloading maps and satellite images. Bluetooth worked on iPhone for garmin app.

The Alpha series is incompatible with OnX GPS chips. Who at Garmin thought this would be a good idea?!? Needs to be changed ASAP.

I upgraded recently to the 200i from the previous handheld. My old one lasted 8 plus years of daily use, but the startup had gotten very slow and it would just turn off on occasion.

I disliked the pre loaded maps. Contour lines are to far apart. For the money its a cheaper version of maps. I like everything else.

I purchased this as a dog finder. We go out moving cattle and the cows go into some pretty dense forest, bush, marsh, whatever they can to hide and as big as they are they hide pretty well. This Alpha 200i with TT15 collar does not work accurately if the dog collar is within 30 feet of you! ... $1000 dollar device and it doesnt track when you are near the collar? Really?!

Didn’t work in Australia! I sent it back still waiting for my refund

My dislike is l needed this for a trip. To find out the battery will not charge. The package was not secured, everything thrown in a bag like it was returned. For me to go on a trip l had to go buy a more expensive one. Learned my lesson not to buy electronics from Amazon.

Bought this unit to be able to track, train, and use InReach. It does all those well. I do have to lock the touch screen to keep from changing things when I put it in the carrying case but locking the screen is a viable option to keep that from happening. When received, I had to go to Garmins site and update the software, but that is not unusual for Garmin products. Sometimes they come with out of date software or versions that were put in at the factory that may be off from the ones on Garmins website. Just be aware that you always need to check the software version upon arrival. Aside from that, this is a great multipurpose unit.

The dog compass is useless. It’s not accurate at all. Calibrating the unit makes no difference. The rest is pretty cool but the device is slower than you’d like trying to access features on the screen. It’s like getting around on a 15 year old phone