[GeoStL] Re: Garmin 60CS
- From: Eric & Dayna East <believer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 18:36:35 -0500
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Sounds awesome, wish I could afford one!
Eric
Jim Bensman wrote:
> -
> For those thinking of the 60CS, now that I have had it for almost a week, I
> can highly recommend it. (However, the one I got is defective-the enter
> button does not work sometimes-I will have to deal with that tomorrow and
> hope I can get one shipped to replace it.)
>
> The antenna is really amazing. Yesterday and today I was hiking in deep
> valleys, near 350 foot cliffs, under tree cover, etc. I never lost a fix!
> Most of the time I just had it hooked to my pack's shoulder strap.
>
> The color screen is outstanding. It is so easy to see even in bright
> sunlight.
>
> The autorouting feature is real nice, but using a laptop to get from cache
> to cache is still greatly superior. It usually does a pretty good job
> routing you, but you cannot get a "big picture" of what is going on or
> change the route. If I was only going to one or two caches, I would not
> bring my laptop anymore. Other than that, I still plan to use my laptop for
> getting me from cache to cache. It is real good on showing turns and
> recalculating if you miss a turn. But it was a bit of a pain when you get
> close and go a different way. It keeps rerouting you.
>
> However, you need to buy City Select (Over $100) to do street level
> autorouting (other than the base map). MetroGuide will load, but it will
> not autoroute on it.
>
> On the topo maps, it is hard to see the contour lines. Hopefully there will
> be a software fix for that.
>
> The geocaching screen is nice.
>
> One problem is most software will not interface with the USB. So I am going
> to have to buy a $30 serial cable.
>
> The processor is much faster than the vista and the batteries last about
> twice as long. The mark waypoint now has average.
>
> Its got lots more really nice features. I really like it.
>
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