Handheld GPS Reviews - Customer reviews - Garmin GPSMap 60CSx Handheld GPS Navigator

Manufacturer: Garmin

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Name: Nicholas J. Steblay
Location: Ramsey, MN United States
Date: 2006-07-13
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Awesome for car navigation and geocaching
Comment: I have had my GPXMap 60CSX for about 3 months now. It is an absolutely fantastic GPS. Reception is incredible (I pickup 12 satellite in the middle of my two story house). Routing is fantastic. The geocaching features are awesome. With the new WAAS satellites in position I am getting WAAS error correction 100% of the time (this was not the case previously, not the fault of the GPS like stated in previous reviews). Garmin has updated the firmware and software 3 times since purchase with great improvements. You can't go wrong with this unit. Maps are extra money, but the whole package is still worth it.

Name: G
Location: Houston, TX
Date: 2007-09-14
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Superior GPS Unit
Comment: This unit completely outperforms the Garmin ETrex Hcx and Garmin Vista Hcx. The quick access buttons for find, menu, quit, etc speed up your use of the unit. The SirfStar chip, external antenna and larger screen also create an advantage. I recently completed a two week trek near Yellowstone park. I had the GPSMap 60 Csx while the other two members had the ETrex and Vista. My unit held a signal in dense trees, valleys and thundestorms while theirs lost signal and became confused at times. I stored my unit deep in my pocket and held signal while my team had to attach their units to their shoulders. There is no substitute for a reliable GPS when you are hiking through a pitch dark rainstorm in grizzly country. The only drawback was some lighting issues when the unit became soaking wet from rain. The backlight flickered in and out a few times when wet.

Name: David A. Kiel
Location: Janesville, CA
Date: 2006-08-28
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Great upgrade from etrex Legend
Comment: I recently upgraded from a Garmin etrex Legend the the 60CSx. The differences of the two are like day and night. This was a great upgrade!

The first thing I noticed is that the reception of the CSx is far superior with the new receiver that is found in this unit. I was completely unable to receive a signal in my house with the etrex, but the CSx works almost anywhere in my house. That in itself is great, but there are many more features that I like.

The first is the larger color screen. It is not much larger, but the space management is better. An example is when you are in 'track up' mode, the CSx places your position toward the bottom of the screen, which enables you to see more area in front of you instead of what is behind you. Another cool feature of the color screen are the color schemes. You can have bright colored screens during the day, and dark background screens at night, which are easy to see. The best part is that after you set it up, they change automaticly at sunset and sunrise.

The Geocaching screen is also very handy. When you input geocaches they are defined by the icon used. All you have to do is search for the ones you haven't found yet, and it brings them up, ignoring other waypoints. When you find the geocache, all you do is enter on the 'found' button and it changes the icon and date stamps when you found the cache! Very cool!

Another thing that I like is that it is compatible with Mapsource Metroguide which I purchased a couple years ago when I got the etrex. It also works with Maptech Terrain Navigator. Both of those programs offer software updates to make them work with the new GPS units.

One last thing that I will mention is that when you connect the CSx to your computer via the supplied cable, it will run off the power of the computer instead of the batteries. That is really handy if you are out and about using a laptop for navigation.

There are many other features that I did not list which are also just as impressive. Hunting/fishing hot times, calendar, stopwatch, calculator, barometer, altimiter, and compass to name a few. The built in games look like fun, although I haven't tried any of them yet.

Name: Ryan B. Hanks
Location: Bellingham WA, USA
Date: 2007-02-15
Customer Rating: -

Summary: HOLD IT UP!
Comment: I have had this unit for about two weeks. At first it tended to drift, get a bad signal and drift. I discovered something very interesting about the use of this unit. Hold this unit at a 45-90 degree angel and the reception improves greatly. Now it gets nine foot accuracy all the time, when I average a position I can get it to improve instead of jumping around. Apparently (according to my father who was an Electronic Warfare specialist) antennae can be polorized based on the expected use, some for holding level others like this one get a better reading pointed up. In the Garmin manual it actually says this. My father says you should get somewhere around 50% better accuracy then when it is missaligned. I have found this to be true. Now I get excellent fast locks and dead on bearing. Personaly I think this unit can get better then +/- 3 meters in good conditions. I have never had this unit get worse then 45 feet +/- when I could get a lock. I think most bad reviews are based the understandable habit of holding it horizontal and looking down at the unit. Hold it straight up and it works better then advertized.

Name: Deerhound
Location: Oakland California
Date: 2006-06-26
Customer Rating: -

Summary: For geocaching
Comment: I purchased this item specificaly for geocaching, and for that purpose it is excellent. I think that the dedicated "talk to you units" are better for driving directions, and I have no idea about marine use. For geocaching the unit starts up very quickly, has excellent error margins of typically 15 to 20 feet or so, and down loads the coordinates for the caches, keeping them separate from other way-points. It even lists the caches you have found separately from the ones you have yet to find. Note that you do NOT need to purchase the Map Source and Waypoint Manager, as this is included with the GPS unit.

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