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Description:
Backwoods, boundary waters, blue highways � the GPS 60 is your trusted guide to the great outdoors. The GPS 60 along with the GPSMAP 60 are packed with several of the features found in the 60 series color units, but sport an affordable, high-resolution, monochrome display for outdoor enthusiasts on a budget. The rugged, waterproof GPS 60 is the perfect, low-cost, navigator for wherever your spirit of adventure takes you: Large, sunlight-readable, four-level grayscale display with bright LED backlight makes it easy to find your way � day or night. 28 hours of battery life for more hours of outdoor enjoyment. Both serial and USB connections for fast and versatile download transfer. 1 MB of internal memory for storing points of interest from the MapSource� Points of Interest CD. The GPS 60 is a non-mapping unit that comes factory pre-loaded with a 1 MB marine point database that includes worldwide cities. Like the other products in the 60 series, this trusty handheld is compact and lightweight, with a user-friendly interface. It's reliable and extra-precise as WAAS can make it. The unit also offers a dedicated geocaching mode, indoor/outdoor games, an alarm clock, sunrise/sunset and moon phase tables, optimal hunting and fishing times � plus much more. The GPS 60 makes it easy to navigate the great outdoors on a budget.
Functional & Practical, but basic
Rating: 3 out of 5
Weight: 4.2 out of 10
Created: Jan 10, 2006
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The GARMIN 60 GPS is a nice GPS that is "base" no-frills model. I was able to plug it in, load the software, and start entering waypoints within 5 minutes. The plug and play USB port worked without a hitch.
The unit itself is very accurate -- although it took me 5 minutes to realize that I didn't have to wait and watch it synch with satellites each time I turned it on. The Unit's GUI is somewhat counter-intuitive - with 9 buttons -- some of which you hit all the time, others which are never used.
Entering coordinates does not appear to be possible (except onto the GARMIN software on your computer and transferring to the GPS unit), but this method works reasonably well.
The screen is fine, but not overly large (you should have 20/20 vision) and is black and white -- no color. This is not a complaint as the screen is perfectly read-able.
Battery life was approx 4 hours on 2 AAs. The belt clip and attachable hand-leash were nothing special, but utilitarian.
INSTALL: A
EASE OF USE: A
GUI on GPS: B-
POWER/BATTERIES: C
SCREEN: B
