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    Colorado makes sense with 24K maps

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    Posted · Edited by dictum9

    http://gpsinformation.info/penrod/24Kmaps/twofourmaps.html

     

    I've had a 60CSx for a while and other than poor resolution, haven't had many issues.

     

    Now I see Colorado offers bigger display with great resolution but it seems that to take advantage of that you really need 24K maps.

     

    Now given the fact that 24K maps are not available for Eastern US, it doesn't make sense to get a Colorado, since you cannot really take full advantage of its capabilities.

     

    And what's up with weird Garmin policy that the maps will only be available on the card? I would like to view them on the PC, like I do now, check waypoints, etc.

    If they don't change this policy, I probably won't upgrade from 60CSx.

    Rutime: Colorado vs. 60CSx

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    http://www.gpsfix.net/?p=199#comment-117

     

    Most interesting review.

     

     

    The results of the tests were different than I had expected. I had assumed that the 60CSx would be far better than the Oregon which, in turn, would be marginally better than the Colorado. This turned out to be true for cases where the backlight was turned off, the 60CSx came in with 28 hour run times compared to 21 hours and 17.5 hours on the Oregon and Colorado respectively. Keep in mind the 60CSx is actually readable with the backlight turned off, I don’t think I’ve ever used my Colorado or Oregon with the backlight entirely off.

     

    Surprisingly with the backlight turned up to 100% the 60CSx was worse than both the Oregon and Colorado. The 60CSx managed only about 11.5 hours of run time whereas the Oregon was close to 13 hours and the Colorado was over 14 hours. The fact that the Oregon didn’t run as long can be attributed to the backlight being somewhat brighter than the Colorado’s under the max setting. The bad news for Oregon and Colorado owners is that this will probably be more typical of your battery life. If you are willing to use the automatic backlight shutoff feature you will see somewhat better results.

     

    At the 50% backlight setting the Oregon did a little better than both the 60CSx and Colorado but the results are similar for all three units.

    60CSX wont turn on

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    I had a similar thing happen with 60CSX. Except I didn't even get a blank screen, rather the power switch or something in the circuit failed. So I would have to turn it on about 50 times before it came on.

    Same thing with turning it off.

    Ended up exchanging it for another 60csx.

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