The Garmin 60CSx Is an Excellent State-of-the-Art Handheld GPS Receiver
Rating
Written By vivona
Date Written Mar 03 2007
Summary
My needs were for a handheld GPS receiver that could be used for both hiking and automobile navigation. I had been using a Garmin eMap in this way for five years but found having to enter in each navigation route waypoint-by-waypoint to be quite a chore...
Strength
Excellent sensitivity, feature rich, automotive and hiking navigation, solid construction
Weakness
Limited basemap, smallish screen, low alert tone volume
Bottom Line
The Garmin 60CSx is an excellent state of the art handheld GPS receiver that satisfies the needs of the driver, hiker, geocacher and jumpmaster.
What is it? The Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx is a full-featured, consumer model, hand-held, Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. Operating anywhere in the world, it is capable of using signals from up to twelve of a constellation of twenty-four...
Strength
Excellent reception, full-featured, well-designed, and easy to use.
Weakness
Costly and limited "MapSource" data and restrictive software licensing.
Bottom Line
The Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx is fast, accurate, full-featured, and has excellent signal reception. But you won't find enlightenment atop Fujisan using Garmin's MapSource software.
