Scorch07

I just got the 60CXs, and I absolutely love it. It's amazingly accurate and a great choice!

Originally I would have said no, but I just got my 60CSx yesterday, and it just worked out better that I got it in a bundle with Topo 2008, and I am darn glad it did. There is an amazing amount of data in it. It has a creek that runs behind my house on it that I have NEVER seen on any other map. It also has a lot of POIs and such in it that I was not expecting. I didn't think much of Topo, but now that I have it, I'm amazed, probably couldn't go back to a GPS without it.

I guess the scariest thing that's happened to me was nearly stepping on a live yellow jacket nest. I haven't been caching long though, so who knows what's to come.

Just curious why you aren't interested in the PN-40 that comes out in October? Delorme is suppose to have better mapping but even the PN-40 uses a smaller screen. I got a Colorado and have had decent luck with it though I love to bitch and moan and groan about its problems. If the 60 CSx wasn't already mature I would seriously stay away from Garmin products because I've been so disappointed and shocked at Garmin's technical support with the Colorado and Oregon. Maybe some persaonnel changed in the company and someone decided good beta testing and support for new GPSr's was no longer needed? Unless I just had to get a new GPS I think now I'd just forget about the hobby and look again six or eight months from now. And I certainly would explore around with what good mapping detail might really be like on a small screen compared to mediocre mapping on a larger screen. I still don't have this resolved but I still bought a Colorado. It actually partly is the screen size, and size in general. The PN-40 just looks to small for my taste, and my dad (who will actually be using it a good bit) can't see so well up close, and judging by the pictures of the PN-40 he could barely use it, if at all.

Well it looks like I'll be getting the 60CSx tomorrow or Monday. I'm getting pretty excited about actually being able to get signal! haha Just out of curiosity though, does it do routing out of the box or does that require additional maps? This is not a feature I'll use heavily anyway, but just wondering.

Ok so I'm wanting to get a new GPS, as my current one (Garmin Map 76) is rather old and, well, inaccurate. I really like the Oregon, but I've seen very mixed reviews on it. One review mentioned 30' drift in heavy woods, describing it as not so great. Now compared to what I get with mine, that sounds incredible. When I first started looking I was dead set on the Oregon, but now I"m starting to wonder a little bit. The 60CSx being half the price and apparently more accurate sounds appealing, but maybe I'm missing something. I'm just really getting tired of the low-res screen and my GPS only being able to get me within 50ft or more of a cache. On a related note, is there any chance my GPS could just have something configured wrong or something? I'm dead serious when I say it is NEVER right about the location of a cache. Once I get in any sort of woods it goes haywire, saying it's 100ft that way, no 40ft THAT way, no wait 70ft the other way. I know that's bound to happen every now and then, but on every single cache I've ever done? Also, according to the few that have found the cache I placed the other day, the coords are about 100ft off. Anyway, thanks in advance for any help on either topic!