Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - GPSMAP H1i Plus 3.5" GPS Outdoor Navigator with Maps for North America, inReach Plus Technology and Built-in Bluetooth - Black
Average customer rating
3.1
(7 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 7 reviews
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Customer Reviews for Garmin - GPSMAP H1i Plus 3.5" GPS Outdoor Navigator with Maps for North America, inReach Plus Technology and Built-in Bluetooth - Black
Customer Rating
5
Powerful Unit
on October 11, 2025
Posted by: Love the new H1iPlus
I bought this unit 3 or weeks ago and have used it 2-3 times a week for hiking. it has been extremely accurate with location. it has a lot of really nice features. the apps are working great I use the outdoor Maps Plus subscription with it and the layers are super helpful for topography. Battery life is awesome. I would highly recommend this unit for a compact package with the inreach technology as a real plus.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Lots of bugs very frustrating
on October 18, 2025
Posted by: Anonymous
Several bugs. When adjusting certain widgets, the unit resets. Adjusting the home pages has bugs too where sometimes the changes don’t stick. Updated the firmware a week ago and lots of my home pages defaulted to the original settings when pinning and unpinning.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
ornery
on November 14, 2025
Posted by: Pinehiker
As with my Garmin Tread, the software is wonky. It does not recognize the SD card after going through different cards and formatting. I even bought an MS computer to see if the installed card was there, it is not. I ended up installing maps to the base ram. I was getting error messages on in correct satellite files which I fixed by doing a hard reset. The device locks in satellites very quickly and the Inreach function is great, better than my Montana 750i.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
General improvement over the Garmin Montana 750i
on December 2, 2025
Posted by: TomF
I bought this as an upgrade over the 750i. I love the addition of voice messages and the ability to send pictures. I generally love the upgrade as it does have more features compared to the 750i but is missing some obvious additions. These include street navigation. It is compatible but not included. (it is included with the Montana. I navigate to places with no cell service so it makes sense to use one GPS for this. I upgraded but this should be included. The other feature is related. Bluetooth compatibility for car audio for voice directions during street navigation. The screen brightness is noticeably darker than the 750i but not unusable. I get these things affect battery performance but, they should still be user selectable.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
2
too complicated
on February 8, 2026
Posted by: Gonzo1
It is difficult to figure out all the operations. Keypad is not intuitive.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Great new user interface, but software bugs exist
on February 18, 2026
Posted by: DanFromTheUK
I had a GPSMAP 66sr (that I just regretfully sold) and although the user interface is very old, the unit is very robust and has never failed me. I needed inReach and like the new user interface of the H1i Plus (similar to the user interface on my Edge 1050) but found the software to be too buggy. I see there are regular bug fix releases and I am looking forward to this unit being robust enough before I am able to fully trust it out in the field.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
2
Bad gps
on March 10, 2026
Posted by: Gpsw
There are a lot of problems. After calculating it restart often. Its not possible to switch off Cards.
The calculating with walking routes is very bad.
I cant add pois.
The calculating with walking routes is very bad.
I cant add pois.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin