Re: Handheld GPS for Alaska?


shopsis@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> There have been rumors of Garmin announcing the Etrex Vista Cx soon; a
> Sirf III device.
>
> I have an old monochrome Etrex Vista. I flipped while kayaking last
> month in the Caribbean and thought that I lost the Vista, but when I
> got to shore a mile and a half later, I found that it had been dangling
> under the kayak in seawater all that time.
>
> It still worked well.
>
> My Vista has annoyingly poor sensitivity in the woods, but the Sirf III
> chip is supposed to be much much more sensitive and a low power
> consumer. You might want to look into those rumors, and, if true, wait
> until that unit comes out.
>
> Charlie

I see on some websites that they think that the Cx and CSx versions
should be available around Jan 10th - whether this turns out to be true
or not I wonder, but still if the Vista Cx has expandable memory and
the attenna has improved sufficiently it would be ideal because of its
size and weight (for me for hiking at least) - apart from a larger
display what does the 60 series have that makes it worthwhile to
purchase if the Etrex Legends and Vista have improved attenna and
expandable memory?

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