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Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx - SIRF High Sensitivity GPS Receiver
- £177.86ex vat
- £208.99inc vat
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- manufacturer #: 010-00422-01
- quickfind code: 127956
- 5 in stock for next day delivery.
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GARMIN 60CSx
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Windows XPPros-
Big clear colour screen
Long Battery Life (18hrs) I use rechargeables.
Reception is extraordinary - unit can still pick up a signal in dense woodland and even deep into tunnels.
Very user friendly menus - I've never read the manual - its straight forward.
Huge range of Data can be gathered, speed, altimeter, magnetic compass, av speed while moving, av speed including stops, max speed, time moving, time stopped and loads more. This data can be displayed during the ride in any combination you wish, even with the map in the background.
Rugged - left mine on the roof of my car - it came off at some speed but is still in perfect working order and unmarked.
Mounting system for bike (extra) is very secure
Memory maps OS maps are expensive but are essential to get full use from this unit.
Removable SD card
Cons-
Mapping -
Garmin's mapsource mapping is expensive for the versions with auto routing. However there is a clever little program on the internet that converts the cheaper maps into auto routing ones.
Garmins Topo maps are incomplete and not worth the £120
SD card supplied is too small. Takes upto 2Gb - cheap enough.
I use one of these for mountain biking. Initially when I wasn't sure what I was doing I just used it to record my rides. I then download the route data onto the pc.
The next stage was to plot routes from the pc onto the GPS. I use memory map to create a "breadcrumb trail". Once mastered its possible to load a route in a matter of minutes. This is then easy to follow and the unit records your performance as you progress.
This unit is simply fabulous. I can now do routes without having to refer to a map. This means that I can ride more miles in a shorter time - no more stopping every 200m to check directions.
Since buying the unit I have been to the peaks twice a week redoing all the routes I did 15 years ago in about half the time. My enthusiasm has been rejuvenated so much so that I have ordered all the guide books in the VG Guidebooks series.
Top stuff
Great GPS
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Not ApplicableBought this to replace an old Garmin GPSIII+ device. It's brilliant. Very fast to aquire satellites and even works indoors in my house.
Shame e-buyer doesn't sell the maps, but gps wharehouse do. Base map is good with major roads, which it will navigate as best it can without needing additional map overlays. Once the extra map info is added it will find most things very quickly. ATM's Hotels, Petrol Stations are all found on the additional map data. You can find houses by address and postcode, just like an automotive gps. Though it doesn't speak, it tells you clearly on the display when to turn off a road and where you should be heading.
The electronic compass is great too. Normal GPS units don't know where north is unless you are moving. This one does, which makes it ideal for walking. The altimeter seems to work fine too, though other than when skiing I have no immediate use for that. Sky diving functions also appear so this really does seem to do it all.
For the money it's brilliant. If you travel in the great outdoors you'll wonder how you ever managed without one.
Overpriced
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Windows XPGarmin is now overpriced for what you get.
Apple and Blackberry now have GPS on their phones. The phones are half this price. Apple also has TONS of free GPS apps that can be downloaded to the phone. The Apple Iphone and Blackberry have displays that are sharper than this, and Apple's GPS interface use Google Maps for terrain, street, and air photos.
Shop around and try all devices. The Garmin prices are now to high. They are getting passed by with newer units.
