I own the 60cx, with is the exact same thing as the 60csx except for no electronic compass or barometric altimeter. I don’t mind the 60cx needs to be moving fo the compass to work(I also carry a real one), or that my altimeter isn’t exact(it’s usually within 50ft or better of actual elevation).

The reason I didn’t get the 60csx besides saving me $50 was I used the 60csx and wasn’t impressed with the electronic compass. the unit has to be held VERY level for the compass to work and all, and requires recalibration quite often.
I really like having the microSD/transflash card for maps, and if you use garmins free POI loader software you can store unlimited waypoints on the card separated by category’s if you do it right. waypoints loaded with the POI software are listed under custom points of interest, so you will still have 1000 regular waypoints to use.

@hogrod wrote:

I really like having the microSD/transflash card for maps, and if you use garmins free POI loader software you can store unlimited waypoints on the card separated by category’s if you do it right. waypoints loaded with the POI software are listed under custom points of interest, so you will still have 1000 regular waypoints to use.

I really miss unlimited waypoints since my CF GPS card went out on my PocketPC so I’ve contemplated upgrading to the x series. This solution sounds somewhat complicated – is this the only way? Would be nice if they could be treated as regular waypoints instead of POIs, e.g. load them using GSAK. Or is it not really that difficult? I talked with someone at the picnic who said that you could load waypoints on the microSD card, and then transfer them into main memory as needed. Again, doesn’t seem ideal. Anyone know how easy/difficult that is? Can you load waypoints onto the microSD card using GSAK?

I have a 60C now (not the x). Since there are only 1000 waypoints I always have to be mindful of how many waypoints are in use. Is there any way to tell how many waypoints are currently loaded in the 60CSx? (no way to do this with the 60C regular as far as I know). Also, would be nice to be able to delete subsets of waypoints. I know you can delete by icon type, but would be nice to be able to load waypoints for a weekend trip (using my normal icons), and then delete just those when I get back. Doable in either the 60 C or Cx?

I should also say there are many topics on the groundspeak forum about using the POI loader, Most are in the GPS Units and Software section.

@Team Deejay wrote:

Hogrod, I only seem to be able to use 20 character waypoint names for Waypoints. Do POIs allow for longer names?

http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=149214&hl=poi+loader

Taken from that thread(don’t know how accurate this info is).

Waypoints:
– Amount limited by firmware
– Sorted by icon only.
– 14 characters in name and 30 in comment field.
– Can be viewed at any zoom level
– Can be deleted and added from the unit.
– Can use the “Geoaching” feature.

Custom POIs:
– Amount limitted by card space only.
– Sorted by file name.
– 44 character in name and 88 in comment
– Can be viewed up to 200 meter (or is it 300 meter?) zoom level only (at the moment).
– Can not be deleted from the unit. Waypoints, however, can be individually created from a POI on the unit.
– Can have proximity alarms built into each POI from the computer files.

Hmmm, I’m guessing that info is out of date, since I use 20 characters for my waypoint names (determined the limit by trial and error). I don’t have my GPS with me to count how many are in the comments, but I think its 40 (will post later).

Just how permanent are the POIs? Can you delete them with the POI loader or not at all? I suppose you could always reformat the chip, but thats a little drastic I think.