This is the best GPS unit I've ever owned, and I've owned a few over the years starting back in 1994 with the Magellan Trailblazer. Last year I decided to step up to a mapping unit with the Magellan Triton 500. It was a piece of garbage. The compass spun around like I was in the Bermuda Triangle. That and the fact that it kept crashing and giving me the Windows screen of death. Total garbage for an instrument that is supposed to help keep you alive in the great outdoors.
I went back to using a Garmin GPS III. It didn't crash but it was a bit rudimentary compared to the color mapping units.
Last week I decided to invest in the Garmin 60CSx. I received it in the mail this morning and it works great! I've already downloaded free topo and street maps for my state ([...]) and installed it in the unit on the included 256 MB card via the Mac software that was free from their web site. I've also loaded about 20 geocaches via one click of a button while the unit was plugged into my MacBook connected to the internet. I've also laid out our favorite hiking route in the beautiful Opal Creek Wilderness.
This unit is amazing! (and no spinning compass, it's locked in true). It's a bit foreboding at first because it's got a lot going on in it, but once you get the hang of it, it's intuitive. Within two hours of opening the box, I installed full topo maps and street maps and it loaded with no worries.
This is well worth the money. I'll never buy another Magellan product. There is no question about it. If you disagree, you've never used the two side by side. This is the best unit hands down.
The reception is amazing also. I'm getting 11 satellites all with WAAS and I'm sitting downstairs in our home in a valley surrounded by huge trees and forest here in Oregon. I can't imagine any better reception and I've used a lot of units. It starts up and locks on to our position in under 5 seconds. Amazing!
The unit has been on since I put the batteries in this morning at 11AM. Now it's 9:30PM and there still 3/4 remaining on the batteries which weren't new when I installed them (I needed batteries so I took the ones out of one of my 3 year olds RC remote control).
We're Oregon guides and we've never depended on anything other than maps, a compass and our knowledge base. Now I feel confident adding this to our gear to assist with navigation. Remember a GPS is not a replacement to a map and compass and knowing how to use them.
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