Re: Suggestions for first GPS unit

wt6uh-ng7@xxxxxxxxx (Phil Wheeler) wrote in
news:467f0a7d$0$4935$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Bert Hyman wrote:
In news:bikerbob5500-08C299.18575624062007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Bob G
<bikerbob5500@xxxxxxx> wrote:

It would be greatly appreciated if any of your folks who read
this
would care to steer me in the right direction with suggestions
for units I should consider.

Sounds like you want a hand-held mapping unit that is adaptable
for mounting on your bicycle and on your car's dashboard, and for
which you can get maps of the areas in which you plan to travel.

I'm currently using a Garmin GPSMAP 76CSx, which can do that, but
there are others.

I just took mine on a two week trip to Norway and found it useful
for knowing where I was, and for navigating in some of the towns
we visted. When I got back, I was able to load all my tracks into
Garmin's MapSource Windows software and replay all my travels.


Did you find the screen adequately bright in
sunlight? With my 60Cx (same screen, I believe)
and a dash mount, I've found visibility an issue
on sunny days here in Calif. No problem an night,
or on a darkish day, but ...

Direct sunlight actually makes the 76CSx screen more readable. The
only time I have problems is when it's on the car's dash and the sun
is striking the screen at a very shallow angle; then the display will
wash out completely.

I wonder if some of the car units (e.g., c550
class or Nuvi models) with rechargeable batteries
might work better for biking? Of course such
goodies as bluetooth and MP3 would be a bit pointless.

The form factor looks good for mounting on the handlebars (if a
suitable mount is available), but those models all use touch screens
and don't have real buttons, which might present a problem for me.

Are the car models as weather resistant as the hand-helds?

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Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@xxxxxxxxxxx
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