Just did a bunch of research on this and got the Garmin GPSmap 60C a couple months ago. Lots of these units are the same, but what I like about this one:
- larger screen than others, while not much bigger (size of a Motorola talkabout)
- color screen that you can see under sunlight, or in dark
- longer battery life than others - 30 hours
- supposedly better reception than others with internal antenna
- easy to use, can even figure it out w/o manual
- lots of accessories you can buy, like an handlebar mount for bikes, dash mount, etc.
- all the basic stuff, like waterproof, autorouting, etc.
You can get it for under $400, but you do have to buy map software, which is about $100 for road and $100 for topo
I use mine for hiking, mountain biking, wheeling, and for general city/road navigation. Such a better option at least for me than having it built in to my H2. Wish I had gotten one of these sooner.
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H2 '04 Black
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