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i bought a pn-40 and loved it! Right until I was burning through a brand new set of duracells in 45 minutes. I liked it so much more than my garmin but the battery life ruined it for me. I returned it after 1 outing becasue of the battery issue. if the pn-60 fixes the battery issues i would buy one in a heartbeat! the maps are phenominal compared to the garmin topo. just my .02

i had a pn-40 for a week. I loved it and it was way better than the 60csx that i have but the battery life killed me. I was out riding dirt bikes for a week and regular duracells lasted 45 minutes in the device.. now if you spend money on lithium enigizers i was getting 3-4 hours of run time. obvioulsy everyone is going to say rechargables but that still does not negate the fact you will have to carry a lot of batteries around with you if you dont have a power source. Bummer. the unit is one awesome little devie but carrying aroung 5 times more batteries for the features isnt worth it. I am thinking about getting a pn-20 though as i hear the battery life is much better. little slower but still ahs the same mapping systems availalbe and they are only 130 on walmart.com. like abouce said the caching notes are awesome and blow away the 60csx. so does the maps. just battery is the only thing i did not like. it was a love hate thing.

we really need a mod to close this thread. i have been reading pages of people blasting each other. i bought both a 60csx and a pn-40 yesterday and today and i will try them both out to see which i prefer. i like the maps on the pn-40 right out of the box better than the 1:100k garmin topo. i like the garmin screen better. I had serious troubles with the pn-40 right out of the box and didn't on the garmin but I am going to give them both a fair run. its funny how off track this went when he originally was talking about a 60csx vs pn-40. cant people just say yeah i like it and move on or no i dont like it. so many of you have so many posts that you all forgot this is about having a good time. and yes, i could have spell checked my post but i dont care I started reading this thread for an open review and not a smash fest. how sad.

seems to be working alright today. bought some lithium batteries and for some strange reason it is working well... but iwas so frustrated i went to rei and bought a 60csx as well to compare alongside each other. one of them will be going back... we will see... I had a 60csx before so i know it is nice

finally.. updated and finally xering maps to unit

pulled batts 3 times now it is updating firmware cross my fingers..

cool. i put the exe on the card but it didnt upgrade when i reset it... all i saw on the forum was 2.5 i;ll look closer thanks I'm re-reading the forum post where the upgrade was posted, and the HOWTO included in the download, and now I'm not seeing where you can put it on the SD card. I thought for sure that I'd seen you could do that though. yeah i got it on the card now.. now dang thing wont power up... batteries are good. the power is flaky ... I hope the firmware fixes these problems or i have to take it back!

On the desktop, did you plug into a USB port on the front of the case, or the back (preferred)? on the back. two laptops and my desktop now same deal. i cant upgrade the firmware from 2.2 either without it being connected to pc correct? No, if you have a standalone SD card reader, you can put the firmware on the card, put the card in the unit, and next time you power it up it'll upgrade. Instructions are included with the firmware update. If you're updating, go all the way to 2.5b3. cool. i put the exe on the card but it didnt upgrade when i reset it... l got the 2.5 3. thanks

On the desktop, did you plug into a USB port on the front of the case, or the back (preferred)? on the back. two laptops and my desktop now same deal. i cant upgrade the firmware from 2.2 either without it being connected to pc correct?

i tried both ways. off then plug in then power on. on then plug in. both worked the same. may be a bad cable i am thinking . Tried my desktop and my laptop same problems

oops double post

i am just trying to get the device recognized by my PC. connecting via usb it wont recognize it and the unit flashes continuously

stand by... downloading firmware 2.4 see if that helps..

Hello, just bought a new pn-40 and i am having troubles with it! Device is not being recognized in xp. anyone else have this trouble? i looked for a driver on delorme but i didn't see one. anyone that can point me in the right direction that would be very appreciated!

Anyone using magellan Crossover for lakes? it looks like on the website lake powell is not fully there. cuts off the arizona portion. if anyone has mapsend lakes WEST could you look and verify if lake powell is complete? thanks

this has been sold thx for all the replys!

still up for sale as a fyi

registered? i don't know about that... i doubt it. didn't know you could register the hardware. under warranty i doubt that either as i am unsure never really thought about it

Looking to offload my toy. need to pay some bills.. garmin 60csx in great condition. has a few scratces on the screen but when powered on they are not even noticed. have the belt clip and usb cable and original box. thanks, Billy

Trying to use ng topo with a pharos 525. anyone use this combo? I am set on com 3 but it seems to not want to get a fix. I had used ngtopo before on my old ipaq and it worked. any ideas out there would be appreciated. Thanks

yeah i read that on the gsak forums last night after i posted this. thx.

thats alot of batteries to carry....

how do you transfer waypoints using gsak?? I am set to usb but when i go to transfer it just stays at 0%. any help would be appreciated.. first time using this program.

i like that...

it seems like it gives a charge but the power drops off quikly after that. which is to bad because this would be an excellent feature. It was a showing a charge on the batteries after you unplug. After testing many times I think it isn't something that is working like i had originally thought. could have been the one of my favorite features.... I already use to many batteries on my digital camera!