 GARMIN GPSMAP 60CSx GPS RECEIVER 18 of 18 people found this review helpful.
Bought my 1st GPS way back in 1985, a Trimble unit which was a little clumsy, slow to aquire (up to half an hour initiating and 4 to 5 mins from cold). It was marketed then at £800 and I got mine on offer at £500, ate AA batteries 4 at a time in a couple of hours but was reasonably accurate when not controlled by the American dilution of position limitations. All you got were figures of northings and eastings which you transferred to OS maps. I must have been dead keen, if not intrigued by this new device.
My 2nd unit was a Garmin Etrex Vista. The technical advances were amazing but now common place.I got a roads and recreational downloadable map display ( the unit has a 20 meg memory) and could now store routes and tracks. It had an electronic compass and altitude indication together with all the usual ETA/av speed data which we are now accustomed to.
I have just purchased my GARMIN 60CSx with removeable 64 meg replaceable micro SD card. I have replaced it with a 2 gig card and loaded the Garmin Topo mapping of Great Britain complete ( 1,8 gig). I accept that the OS detail is somewhat limited but I am thrilled to bits with the whole performance of this unit. The advertised specs for this unit are accurate including the incredible battery life from just 2 AA cells.The sensitivity is so much improved it should be one of the key features when purchasing. I search and find 8 sattelite fixes indoors in a matter of seconds and walking in woods or valleys do not impede this reception significanfly. When you walk off road,you now have contour mapping which gives me enough confidence to leave the map in my sack. The full colour screen is excellent and I really cannot fault any of the features on this device although I have not discovered all of the attributes.
I can only look forward with antcipation now to when fully detailed and compatible OS mapping becomes available,and to me this will herald the disposal of my soggy, worn out maps.
Heartily reccommend this unit to any who like technical gadgets and want the safety and assurance backup, afforded by this equipment, for their orienteering projects.
Bryn Owens
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As GPS receivers go, this has to be one of the more fancy in the marketplace. It's got excellent (truly!) reception, and has a simple and easy to use menu interface. The unit it pretty light, and yet feels robust - the 30 mins of waterproofing will surely come in useful too..
Battery life is about 20 hours, but will drop with backligh usage.. It's probably seriously worth considering investing in some rechargeable AA batteries.
The basemaps it comes with are region specific, so if, like me, you buy one from the US, you'll need to invest in some maps.. It's worth bearing in mind though that there are some excellent maps available which don't get supplied with the UK version either.. The UK Topo V2 mapset is worth investing in, and the unit will make full use of the detail.
I wanted the unit as a multi-purpose GPS unit, for walking and cycling.. It'll do this standing on it's head!
As with most things - you get what you pay for.. :)
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