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03/25/2008 at 10:42 pm #1881964
I know this is an old topic but thought others might be interested in the Garmin Colorado Wiki I stumbled onto through the geocaching forums. They have a great comparison between the 60csx and the Colorado features.
03/26/2008 at 4:04 pm #1881965Wow! That webpage convinced me that this unit would not be an improvement over my current setup. Thanks for the link!
03/26/2008 at 5:54 pm #1881966@Team Deejay wrote:
Wow! That webpage convinced me that this unit would not be an improvement over my current setup. Thanks for the link!
Ya thats exactly what I thought when I read it, thats why I shared it.
03/26/2008 at 6:12 pm #1881967I’m really surprised that Garmin didn’t beta-test these units better. My in-car Garmin works flawlessly.
03/26/2008 at 9:25 pm #1881968I’m not. In today’s high speed economy, everything gets rushed to market. If you choose to be an early adopter for any kind of technology product, you are basically volunteering to be a beta tester. Additionally, you can be sure that when your buddy buys the same item 6 months later, the price will be at least 25% lower with most of the bugs worked out. For every Iphone launch, there are 100 Windows Vista launches.
And by the way, my issue was not with the bugs (as I would wait until they were fixed), but the fact that for most of the stuff I do with my GPSr, it is not as good as the unit I have now. To me, the only advantages are the more advanced maps displays and Wherigo functionality, neither of which is worth slower routing, a dimmer display, the inability to delete waypoints in the field, or the inability to show multiple waypoints on the maps. I’ll stick with my old reliable 60CX with all the scratches.
03/26/2008 at 10:06 pm #1881969I also had no issue with the bugs, since those will be fixed for the most part with future software updates. The problem I had was all the things my 60Cx can do that the Colorado can’t(as of now). The comparison could also include the VistaHCx and 76CSx since they have very similar features as the 60 series.
If I were shopping for a GPS right now I probably would just buy a 60csx from walmart.com, they are only going for $280 right now.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=456461003/27/2008 at 2:21 pm #1881970I’m still stickin’ with my Meridian Color until it dies. It may be as big as Rogheff’s Philco, and it may be getting slower in it’s old age (or from all the stunts it’s survived), but it’s still accurate, easy to use, and paid for.
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