Garmin GPS MAP 60 cs

Hi madcow,

I have had the Garmin GPS Map60CS for almost 3 years now.

I use it in the 4wd and the motorbike in the bush with Tracks4Australia loaded.
I use it when travelling throughout Oz with Metroguide.
I use it in the yacht with Bluecharts loaded.

It is absolutely fantastic. Some of the others with a big screen might be handy in the car but they are not waterproof for the other activities I use it for.

I haven't got anything negative to say about iot and it certainly has a lot of extra features that other GPS units don't have that I use regularly like tide calculator etc.

I like having all of the buttons at the bottom of the unit where your fingers aren't in the way of the screen like some other models.

The 56 MB memory is plenty big enough to have all of the marine charts from Sydney to the Whitsunday's, Metroguide and Tracks4Australia for the Eastern half of Oz all loaded at the same time.

Yell out if you have any other questions.

Brett

Hi madcow

Brett has pretty much covered everything. Garmin have really done their homework with the 60C. I've had one for about 6 months. You have to look really hard to find something you don't like about it - I'm still looking.

Jeff

Shoparound a bit as I originally paid $900.00 for mine and I am sure Whitworths marine have the same 60c for $680.00 at present.(I also agree this is a good gps.)

Terry

I have had a 60cs for about 18 months loaded with tracks 4 aust, metroguide and city nav 6. Awsome bit of gear. I use it in the car as a turn by turn street navigator and in the bush in both the car and on my dirtbike. Had a small issue with the on/off switch a few months ago. Returned it to Garmin and they replaced the whole unit under warranty, even though it had expired. Awesome service. There is a new model coming out shortly that has expandeable memory and new mapping is not far away as well.

Some people have found that it is rather hard to mount them safely on a bicycle so that they are not damaged if the bike falls over.

Check out the price on Amazon.com but they will only deliver to an address in the USA. I have just ordered a 76CS but only because of the larger memory. As prev mentioned new models with expanded memory should be out soon so the price should be dropping on the older models (thats way they are so cheap at Amazon).

Thanks for that guys, I was quoted $820 here yesterday. I am intending to buy one in the next couple of months waiting for new models to come out and hopefully a price drop. I'll check out whitworths today.

Ta