I have been very concerned about purchasing a Garmin 60CSX, for the money it should come with trail smoothing like the Lowrance Hunt Unit, so your trails don't creep around on you. I know that Garmin Acquisition time is much better than its older models but signal strength is only competitive now with Lowrance and Magellan, The basemap on the Lowrance Hunt is better and one can purchase a Lowrance Hunt C with very detailed software for under 400.00 The Lowrance Menus are "Dos" compared to the Garmin "Window" Format but ultimately one reads the menu text before choosing a picture icon for the most part. Lowrance Hunt does not have Autorouting but the Navigation feature is very clean and accurate. I like the feel of the Lowrance with the rubber felt liner around the entire unit which makes it easier to hold in one hand, the Garmin plastic is slippery and if you don't hold onto the bottow rubber portion of the unit you might just see the unit fall. The Lowrance Hunt has comparable features like the 60CSX has such as a Barometer with History data, It has a very good Electronic Compass, and Hunter exclusive icons if you like that. I have read of many problems with the 500.00 Garmin 60CSX which problems don't exist with the Lowrance Hunt. I haven't had a Lowrance Color unit with 16 channels yet, but was impressed with the Lowrance Hunt over Magellan Explorist units 500-XL. The ability to adjust features on the Lowrance is great. As a Buyer by profession, Customer Support for a product is vital, and these are my results, If you are able to get a hold of a Garmin rep during business hours, it will be after being on hold for 10-30 minutes, and the rush to get you off the phone by the rep is severe and you feel rushed to ask all your questions. The Garmin email is ok if you just expect a response in 24-48 hours. Magellan, forget it, I had on multiple times sent emails and they wouldn't respond in over a week. Lowrance Customer Service is the best. with email response in 24-48 hours and I have received phone calls from Lowrance Reps to discuss in detail my questions, and they are friendly and represent their products very well. I really don't know which unit I will purchase: The Lowrance Hunt C or the Garmin 60csx. But these are my experiences so far.. I am open to more experienced input by both types of GPS Users. Thank you.