unit is not good, battery has swollen after 16 months and split casing. Wrote to Hema and was advised to send item back, could take about 6 weeks if it was found to be faulty or I would have to pay cost and to provide original receipt (travelling in caravan) what receipt. Unit wont turn off and changes from day light to night mode even during the day.. I have now bought 2 of these and will never go back.

I attached my navigator in the centre of the windscreen just above the dashboard. It worked well for some time however now when it gets hot, from the sun, something inside it expands forcing the back panel to split from the front. It still works but it is annoying as it does not sit in its cradle once this happens and I am sure that it will eventually fail

This unit does not want to shut down very slow to charge and battery at exploding point also in a 100k zone the unit has 80 as the speed limit out of all the themes we have had this one should not of been released

Need wifi to do anything with it, try that in the middle of nowhere. Makes my 8 year old garmin with topo maps look like god! Need about 53 32g micro sd to be able to store maps to be practable. Bluetooth can't use phone for internet. But an ipad with a gps tracking. Overpriced piece of junk.

Waste of money. Only had the unit for half hour and already hate it. "explore maps" are useless totally NOT user friendly, GPS keeps falling off line. Even the 389 page user guide that you have to find and download is not helpful. Just buy a $30 paper map and use a cheap android or ipad with gps to get you there.

We have had 2 x HX1's and both have same issue of overheating. There is a major issue by the looks of all the forums stating the same issue. Do your homework thoroughly before buying this unit.

Long time locating satellites.Explore mode map drop out so need to zoom out & in to fix.Coolah NP & Mt Moffit missing tracks, points of interest wrong spots, freezes, & hard deleting tracks.

Did the High Country trip and when on explore mode map layers were mixing up (half a screen would be one resolution, other half the other resolution). Then it would just show blank white screen with grid lines.
Required numerous restarts. Was searching for GPS forever most of the time. Auto mode for day and night screen colours was not working etc etc
Sold it two weeks after at a $200 loss.
Went back to my faultless Garmin with topo maps and wikicamps when offroading.

Hema, thanks for nothing! Stick to what you do best - paper maps!

The maps are great easy to use. Issue with batteries swelling up and opening case up, I know of 3 people with this issue, they will fix for zero dollars if you push issue

first problem straight out of the box, wouldn't charge. eventually after 5 days it started to except a charge.
second problem, showed problem showed intersections or turns after you passed them
third problem after 2 1/2 to 3 hours machine gets too hot and screen goes funny, let it cool down and some times it will come back on with normal screen, lately have had to do reboot and sometime it will fix it, there is something wrong with these machines, I would not recommend spending this amount of money on these machines, have had to revert to my Garmin as it is more reliable.

PRO’S
1 Excellent correlation of Hema paper charts with Hema HX1 data base greatly aids planning and big picture view.
2 Excellent, reliable GPS
CON’S
1 Inability to delete tracks or routes on the go. Can only be deleted when you are synced to your account. This makes using it remotely in the field annoying if trying to delete un-required noise. A major oversight.
2 Inability to adjust font size makes reading names on the go difficult and especially for anyone without perfect eyesight.
Overall this is a very useful tool supported by excellent reliable mapping but there is massive scope for improvement of the operator interface. It’s very disappointing in that regard.

Turns itself on, wont turn off, started going thru screen changes with no one touching it, making weird noises, I think the thing is possessed! When I needed it most and clicked on my home address it just drew a bright red line direct to my place.... great if I had a helicopter. I wish I read the reviews before purchase

Where to start...
Glitchy, always freezing up
Touch screen is terrible and often doesn’t recognise touch
Boot up is slow
Regular updates that never seem to fix the problems
Save your money, just buy the map for your device, there is zero benefit to the HX1 over your phone

Zooming is woeful and there is no Apple MAC update software. They don't warn you BEFORE you pay for the upgrade. Reflective screen requires another AUD$45 for flimsy screen visor.

We are up to unit (GPS) # 3. Finally this unit (GPS) will accept a charge from the cigarette lighter adaptor supplied. The GPS will 'crash' when in trees and won't even fix to a satellite in our carport. The satellite position fix is very slow and constantly loses a signal. When 'off the beaten track' the free app Mapme is generally better.
In summary the HEMA HX-1 is expensive rubbish.

If I turn it off so it will charge faster, it turns itself back on with no provocation whatsoever.
There does not seem to be any way to edit a saved location once you have saved one.
The maps of large cities seem ok. Bought it for the maps of way out in the middle of nothing, which I doubt it will last long enough for us to try.

Reliable maps not reliable positioning on maps takes forever to get gps signal. constantly loses signal. battery life dies I've tried many different gps units from unidens to ultra cheap android based systems. This has to be the worst GPS ever sold should be recalled by Hema I'm seeking a refund