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PS: It also connects seamless to my laptop and using "nRoute" I’ve got voice prompt and a 15" colour screen. It also interfaces through the marine nav software so you can superimpose the nav chart and radar, autopilot, and the search and rescue software for Man Over Board. It's water-resistant to 1.5m if I can remember correctly so attached to a float and lanyard it will not zap out if I drop it in the water accidentally. I've tested it's performance in acquisition, positioning and overall use against a few of the other brands and I'm not at all disappointed. Maybe I should be a Garmin rep. (and get a spell checker….lol) R2

Rono, I've had a GPSMap60CSx for a few years, mainly for bushwalking and hunting. It's a great unit. For the car, using City Navigator, it is small and it doesn't have voice prompt, but it does the job. A little bit of time needs to put into setting it up for when you want overview or zoom in to work automatically. I've loaded it up with City Navigator, OZ Topo, Tracks 4 Australia, Speed Cameras etc and BlueChart Pacific (yes boating too) In other words every topo map (20m and in some locations 10m contour interval) of Australia, all the roads and nearly every 4WD track in Australia plus all the marine charts from Tasmania to PNG and east to New Zealand, and I've still got room for all my tracks, waypoints etc with room to spare. It's small, compact, lightweight, colour screen and can run off every day batteries, rechargable, aux power, and if you want to jump out of a perfectly good aircraft it has a "jump profile" with altimeter and best chute release. Yep, I like my Garmin GPSMap 60SCx. R2

Great bit of kit we attach ours to our hunting vests and use surveillance kits so you don’t spook the animals. In car, ‘cause of being 5w which limits the range, they do OK when travelling as a group. We get a weekend hunt out of the batteries. You can also tone then out to only listen to the radios in your group which helps when on a busy channel. Yep for the cost they are great bit of kit.

The GPSMap60CSx compass works on magnetic north. However given your changes in location as calculated by the GPS it will make corrections as you go. As stated by others, prior to getting a GPS it is better to learn how to navigate with a map, compass and protractor. Once you've got that under control then if you "need" a GPS then you will need to make some sacrifices on the options that are available 'cause a great "in-car" unit sux as a hunting unit and visa-vers. The thing I liked about the GPSMap60CSx is it's ability for colour mapping. With the 2Gig of memory I've loaded every 1:25,000 topo map of Australia, so I don't have to carry a truck load of maps wherever I go. I don't rely on it's accuracy as batteries do go flat and with the dither added into the signal their accuracy is not as good as most think. They make a great backup device or in my case a great map storage case. R2

I have a Garmin GPSMap60CSx with a 2Gig memory card. Loaded on it is every road and 4WD track in Australia, 1:25000 maps with 20m contour interval Australia wide and every navigational chart from Tasmania to Borneo and as far east as New Zealand. Doesn't have voice prompting however it is colour is a great unit. Although you can buy them cheap on eBay it would be better to go through a dealer such as GPSOZ for the after sales service you will probably need if you've never had a GPS before. Good Luck R2

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