Garmin Astro 220 Dog Tracking GPS with DC-30 Collar (010-00596-01)
Garmin Astro 220 Dog Tracking GPS

Garmin Astro 220 Dog Tracking GPS with DC-30 Collar (010-00596-01)
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Features:
  • See Current Location and a Trail of Where Your Dog Been on the Map Page of Your Handheld
  • Search for Over 6 Million Points of Interest
  • Create a Route on Roads with Exact Turn by Turn Directions
  • Astro 220 Handheld/ DC 30 Wireless Transmitter Collar/ Carrying Case/ AC Adapter for DC 30/ Vehicle Power Cable for DC 30/ MapSource Trip and Waypoint Manager CD/ USB Cable/ Wrist Strap/ Belt Clip/ User's Manula/ Warranty Card
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Garmin Astro 220 Dog Tracking GPS with DC-30 Collar (010-00596-01) Specs:
Product NameGarmin Astro 220 Dog Tracking GPS with DC-30 Collar (010-00596-01)
ManufacturerGarmin
Product Number MPN010-00596-01
Retail Price $599.99
EAN-130753759080150
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UPC753759080150
Weight1 lbs.
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Here is what people are saying about the Garmin Astro 220 Dog Tracking GPS with DC-30 Collar (010-00596-01)
4 Star Rating  "A Good Start"2009-11-16
- Reviewed By User: A2MOOSR479ZL7A
THis is a good product that could be great one if Garmin can reduce the size and weight of the collar. Other than the collar weight the product gets 5 stars.
 
5 Star Rating  "An Upgrade from their earlier astro (orange box style)"2009-10-24
- Reviewed By efbasham
This astro should be pointed out that its fixed many of the bugs those of us early adopters encountered (like using velcro to attach anything to a dog was mistake 1).

The early versions featured an orange "box" with a non-amplified antenna built into the top of it, plus a li-ion battery. You got a velcro harness to hold it on the dog and keep it pointing skyward. After 2-3 trips the velcro was full of hair and the antennas were being broken by anxious dogs racing through brush.

Garmin re-designed the astro and fortunately for us all we had to do was buy the upgraded collar design. The (now black) collar works the same but features an amplified antenna on top, the electronics box down below where it naturally hangs, and an improved longer antenna with better range (about 25% better in my testing)

From the top of one mountain I can now find my dog 7.48 miles away with almost full signal strength, so this really works. Getting to the dog is another matter.

The collar transmits either every 5, 10, or 30 seconds. 10 is a good value as you get about 2 days of use from the transmitter before the battery dies. 5 seconds will die in under a day (about 18 hours). These settings are made by placing the collar in close proximity to the handheld tracker and uploading them.

Finally for the radio folk the collar transmits on the MURS VHF frequencies at 2 watts digital. The frequencies are 151.82, 151.88, 151.94, 154.57 (old analog radio channel - not a good choice) and 154.6 (same as 154.57) [all in MHZ]

The 151 frequencies provide the best range near towns becuase every fast food drive through uses the 154 frequencies to talk around. These correspond to the last 2 sets of 10 channels in the Astro.

If you are wondering how they get 10 channels on one frequency, its simple - both the receiver and transmitter have GPS inside, so they know EXACTLY when a second clicks by to a great precision. They then divide a time period (1 second) into 10 parts, each 1/10 of a second long. Channel 23 for example specifies frequency 2 (151.94) and timeslot 3 - the 3rd 1/10 of a second after 0.00 seconds. Since the radio and the transmitter both know when the transmission will happen the radio tunes frequency 2 at 0.3 seconds after a second "ticks" to listen for the 1/10 second transmission from the collar.

The only problem with this is you can not put multiple collars next to each other as the receiver needs time to process the data it receives (about another 1/10 second) so if 151.94 is a good channel for you, pick dog numbers of 21, 23, 25, 27, and 29 if you have multiple dogs on one system or are hunting with another astro user. Also, you can't have the radio tune different channels at the same time, so don't pick dog A on channel 14 and dog B on channel 24 because their transmissions will be at the same time on 2 different freqencies.

Keeping those simple rules of separation in mind you can track alot of dogs a long ways with Astro.
 
4 Star Rating  "Expensive but worth it..."2009-10-19
- Reviewed By daviddel52
After reading all the reviews about less expensive solutions, I decided to give the Astro a try.

Everything comes in a rugged carrying case (for $500 it should). Turning on the unit, it found the collar on the first try. The collar has rechargable batteries, the Garmin handheld unit uses 2 AA batteries.

A few warnings to folks based on my experience:

1. If you let your dog go before the Garmin handheld unit is linked to the collar, I found it usually does not find it. Best advice is to put it on your dog and wait the minute so the Garmin handheld says it has "found" your dog. You should be within a few feet of your dog to get this work quickly.

2. The compass indicator is the most useful function. It tells you where your dog is with a simple compass arrow and gives you the distance. I find that the compass is accurate 95% of the time but the distance in yards is usally off quite a bit. The important thing to keep in mind is if you see yard froms dog going 50... 70... 90... 110... he or she is chasing something. I have never lost my dog and have done tests where she and a friend try to "loose" me but I found them every time.

3. The antenna seems to pretty sturdy. My dog will chase animals into a hole and get most of her body into it, collar and all. Nice that there is an extra antenna just in case with the unit.

The unit has lots of useful information like if your dog is running, sitting, or treed something. You can view a map of the dogs route too, which is interesting. There is also an ability to set up multiple marks so you can use the unit to return to a specific spot or even your vehicle. You can also track multiple dogs (each with their own D30 collar of course).

While the unit is expensive, the peace of mind of knowing where my dog is when she is out of site is priceless. By the way, I don't hunt, so anyone who takes their dog hiking off leash will love this unit as much as the most avid hunter.

 
5 Star Rating  "Great Product, But..."2009-10-16
- Reviewed By User: A1HSL3D9VN50KE
I bought the Astro to use with my pointing dog, primarily for grouse and woodcock. I tried it at home, before an early season trip to North Dakota for sharptails, and it worked like a champ, tracking the dog as my wife walked her around the neighborhood, and beeping to show me the dog was on point when they stopped. But, in North Dakota, it would never tell me the dog was on point, even though she had been for a long time. I took it home, messed with it, and again, had it working at home. Back to ND two weeks later, same thing - the dog would be on point but the unit would not pick up the signal. I called Garmin, and the support rep said to change the COM setting to 30 seconds. That didn't make sense to me, but I tried it - no difference. I emailed at the same time to Garmin, and got an much better answer back the next day. "Likely the system had become corrupted, and you should perform a hard reset, and download the latest operating system at the same time." The instructions were very clear, and after performing those steps, the unit works like a champ. I used it this last weekend in the north woods of Minnesota, and it signals EVERYTIME the dog goes on point. It works great!!! I may get rid of the beeper collar completely (instead of just using it on point-mode only). I'll keep the bell, so I can track the dog between points. I also bought the Topo map, and that is a great help in the woods - know where the hills and potential swamps are, as well as most logging and all county roads. As other reviewers have mentioned, its not a "high end" GPS, and you still have to use a training collar, but it does what it is supposed to do (with the help of support at Garmin). I really like hunting without all the noise of a beeper collar, and I think the dog can hear me much better too. I'm surprised it works as well in the hills and woods as it does, as I have tracked my dog out 250+ yards. One other issue, if you have a small dog like mine (33 lbs.) the unit won't fit well around the neck as the two units (battery/radio and gps) are not flexible and not curved much. It's very uncomforatble for the dog, and kind of heavy. Overall, 8 out of 10.
 
5 Star Rating  "This system rocks!!!!"2009-10-15
- Reviewed By User: A30OPVWQ73H8YJ
You'll always know where your dogs are located. The guess work is completely gone. You always know their exact location and how far they are from you. Finding your dogs is way too easy with this unit. You'll love it.

The extended range antenna is a must. I have not even tried to run the unit with the factory antenna installed. I live in the mountains with pretty tough terrain and a lot of dense forest and don't really expect it to work well without the extended range antenna. Since I've had this system, the farthest I've been away was 4.5 miles and was still tracking my dog. It works by line of sight, so I will lose communication with a dog if they or I go into a hollow; however, it is only for a brief period of time until one of us gets out of the low spot. This can happen in less than a half mile distance. The GPS keeps the last location on the map where it had last communicated with the collar, so even if you lose communication for a while, you'll still know where-ish they are located.

I bought the combo, Astro 220 with the DC30 collar. It worked so well that I immediately bought two more DC30 collars. Garmin really did a nice job here.

The software they ship with it is pretty weak; however, I didn't buy it for the software. I bought it to track dogs.
 
5 Star Rating  "confidence"2009-10-13
- Reviewed By User: A33QK7TSRAUKBC
I own and raise brittanys and have always enjoyed hunting them. This product has allowed me to hunt in deep cover and know where the dogs are and even better, get me back to the truck!! What a delight to follow the cover and dogs rather than always worrying about getting out of the woods!
 
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