joebiwan

Greetings, fellow geocachers—my first post! After reading these forums for quite awhile, this past summer I purchased a Garmin 60csx, intending to use it for hiking, geocaching and auto navigating. After using it for awhile in my car with the suction windshield mount, I soon realized that at times it was difficult or impossible for me to read the small screen, due to sunlight, glare and/or my 50something eyes. Wearing sunglasses, I would often have to raise them in order to read the screen, even with the backlight at 100%. (We have a lot of sunny days here in Colorado!) When I read Jenischmeni’s post I related completely. For me, it was too distracting to try to read a small, sometimes impossible to see screen and drive on unfamiliar streets. The beeps don’t help if you can’t read the direction of the upcoming turn! I then bought a Nuvi 350 and the Garmin beanbag dash mount, and it is fantastic! A larger, brighter screen, simplified graphics and especially the voice prompts with text-to-speech make me feel like a much more confident and safer driver because I can now keep my eyes on the road almost all the time. I still absolutely love my 60csx and don’t regret buying it. It is rugged and has many features the simpler Nuvi doesn’t have. I would use a handheld occasionally for auto navigation if I had to, but wouldn't want to on a regular basis. I very much prefer the specialized Nuvi for that task now. Thanks for all the great posts, help and advice on these forums!