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Garmin MAP 60 CSx

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Subject: Garmin MAP 60 CSx
From: "Lawrie Conole" <>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:42:30 +1100
Depends what you need it to do ...

I've had the somewhat cheaper/gadgetless Garmin MAP 60 for a few years now,
and I couldn't recommend it highly enough.  It's robust, is sensitive (work
well under cover), has a mono screen (loooong battery life) visible in most
conditions, and though I can't recall exactly how much on-board flash memory
it has, I currently have all of Victoria and Tasmania maps from both Garmin
MapSource and Shonky Maps loaded in to it.  When it comes to a compass, I
use one of the old fashioned Silva orienteering ones (with a fluid buffered
needle & clear plastic back plate for map reading stuff ...).  Stick the
GPSMAP60 on a windscreen mounted bracket and you have a mobile road map (not
as swish as the various colour/speaking units now proliferating across the
world) - works well with a laptop for real time mapping too.  I don't need
much else from it.

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