> After years of putting off a GPS purchase, I've decided to hop into the 21st > century. It appears the the newly redone 76CSX and 60SCX are using the new > SIRF chipset and perform equally well. I will be using it for both paddling > and hiking. Given the curent rebate on the 60, they cost about the same. > > The 60CXS smaller and so seems more "hand friendly", but sinks, but will be > in a dry bag that will float.... > The 76CXS is a bigger (floats) so feels clunky, but evdently has boater > oriented features. Are they useful to kayakers or just powerboaters? Well, I've decided just to crawl from the late 20th century into early 21st, getting rid of my black-and white Garmin Legend and buying colour 60CS or 60CSX instead (the only difference of X is expandable memory, as I understand). And both have compass (unlike my Legend, or 60C model). Yeas, they are VERY useful for kayakers. You'll get spoiled to a degree when the very thought of going out without a GPS will feel scary. But I doubt that you'll like using it in a clear drybag, even with a colour screen - I tried this with Legend, and could barely read small numbers on black-and-white screen through the plastic, especially with crystallized salt on the surface, or in low-light conditions, or in too bright light (glare). Had to take it out of the bag every time. 60 and 76 models are reportedly more waterproof than Legend and Vista and don't need a drybag. It is interesting that many online stores adverstise more expensive 60CSX model as 60CS (which they don't even have, as it's been discontinued a while ago). May be this is what confuses ebay byers, paying sometimes $300 for a used 60CS, while for $340 they could get a new 60CSX (after the Garmin rebate). Or it's just a Christmas shopping frenzy. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 03:06 PM 12/28/2006, alex wrote: >It is interesting that many online stores adverstise more expensive 60CSX >model as 60CS (which they don't even have, as it's been discontinued a while >ago). May be this is what confuses ebay byers, paying sometimes $300 for a >used 60CS, while for $340 they could get a new 60CSX (after the Garmin >rebate). Or it's just a Christmas shopping frenzy. So yesterday my wife was doing some net surfing and came across a site on geocaching. She thought it looked like a lot of fun and asked my about it. She said, "You've got a birthday coming up in a couple of weeks...and I remember you talking about getting a GPS awhile back". So now I'm looking at getting a new toy for my birthday. I'm also a bit torn about the 60C versus the CSX. It seems that the pluggable SD cards is a good way to switch maps but I guess I'm unclear about how switching maps works. I'm essentially looking at three different usages for the GPS. I'd like to use for street maps when traveling, topo maps when doing geocaching, and using a bluechart when paddling. Is it possible to load multiple maps (assuming the unit has enough memory) and switch maps using the unit? Do the removable SD cards provide *additional* memory such that I could have a street map in the unit and then plugin either a topo map or bluechart map? I don't really see a problem keeping all the maps I might need on a laptop and downloading what I need to the GPS when I need it but I wonder which method is more cost effective? It seems to me that I would need a blank SD card (at $50 a pop for a 32MB card) for each map type I want (probably a minimum of 3 cards) if I went with the X model. The prices I'm looking at are about $245 for a 60C or $299 for a CSX (the garmin $50 rebate expired Dec. 30). Any suggestions? John Fereira jaf30_at_cornell.edu Ithaca, NY *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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