GPS which one?

Jon,

I can't fault the van it has done nearly 250 000 km of mainly highway work, used (abused) more like a trailer loaded with close to a tonne of gear most of the time. They are extremely heavy but that also makes them extremely tough. I have had to reinforce the coupling plate on the aframe due to the large loads carried but apart from that have not touched anything else.
You can't go wrong with one of these units.

Cheers Trevor.

PS yes it is a supreme getaway 16ft.

Jon,

side door. The small amount of dirt road work this one has seen, not enough dust to worry us. hatch in roof is opened on dirt roads to pressurise van to minimise dust, seems to work.
Trevor.

Thanks Bill,

This one is also on the list, what about favoured camping spots ? Can topo maps be loaded and waypoints stored ? Not that I seem to get off the beaten track that much, but it would be useful when I do.

Thanks Trevor.

My brother-in-law hired a car with one fitted. It drove him made because he did not know how to use it and it had been programmed to return to base. It kept telling him at the first opportunity to turn aaround and go back. He said after a while it sounded quite angry with him because he ignored its instructions. His mates in the car were giving him directions where to go and the Navman kept telling him to go back. They nearly had an accident because they were in stiches laughing.

Thanks Gee Tee.

Will follow up at GPSOZ, have heard of these guys and been told to do my homework on which unit I want them talk to them for the best deal.

Regards Trevor.

G'day Trevor & Gee Tee

Apologies for dropping in on this thread so late but I thought you might appreciate the research I have done lately.

I'm also about to purchase a new GPS (upgrading to a mapping unit from a Garmin Etrex Summit) and have chosen the 276c. The only reason I haven't got it yet is to get the TRS when I fly out at the end of September.

The Your use of the GPS for street finding makes me think that the GPSMAP 276c is actually overkill for this purpose. The dual navigation modes will let you use the autoroute navigation for metro use but it can also be used in a manual Nautical mode for navigation with waypoints, routes and Tracks. I want this mode for offroad navigation where autoroute falls down.

If you only want the turn by turn navigation in metro areas and major roads then you can save quite a bit by going for a Garmin Quest or c320.

Hope this helps.

Pluto,

Thanks for your reasearch results, I also want the benefit of navigation by waypoints which is why I haven't gone down the road of a simple navigator. Having said that the navigator side of the GPS unit would be the one most used by me.
Am still doing homework on this subject and appreciate your comments.

Regards Trevor.

Fair enough. That being the case, the 276c will be hard to top. I'm interested if you find something you think is better.

Thanks guys,

did not know OE had a demo program. Will definately do this before I buy.

Cheers Trevor.