Ally, I've had my Garmin 12 XL since it first came out several years ago and I still love it. It's reasonably compact and had a reasonably large screen with adjustable contrast. Make sure the one you buy has adjustable contrast as this is especially important if you use it over a wide range of temperatures. The waterproofing is very good, though I still normally use it in transparent-front, padded floating miniature dry bag just in case. When it was NOT in the case once, I dropped in in the Raritan Canal and had to forage for it on the very muddy bottom about arm length depth for a good 5 minutes (great fun). It just had a tiny drop of water in the battery compartment when I got it out. It still worked fine. It's very intuitive and easy to use. It lacks the optional map modules that the newer models have. And when I use it under a heavy canopy tree canopy, it sometimes understates the logged distance traveled. Generally though, I've been very happy with it. I love it and never paddle without it and I consider it a critical item for navigation and safety. Al Vazquez KayakGuide.com - Places to Paddle - On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 10:39 AM, Ally Pike wrote: > I would love to hear about the GPS units that some of you use and what > you > love and hate about it. > > Thanks, > *Ally > KayakGuide.com - Places to Paddle - *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jul 24 2003 - 06:53:45 PDT
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