Friday, April 1, 2011

Garmin GPS 76CSX Handheld GPS with Barometric Altimeter and Electronic Compass (Electronics)


This review is from: Garmin GPS 76CSX Handheld GPS with Barometric Altimeter and Electronic Compass (Electronics)


I'm new to using a GPS receiver unit, and frankly I'm impressed with the accuracy, quality and general overall ease of use with this hand held gps unit.



some of the features it has that surprised me,



parachute jump calculator, tells you where you might land based on altitude ect.. very neat feature, I'm sure an advanced parachutist would love this tool that's integrated into the gps functions of :

compass

altimeter (barometric)

speed indication

highly precision GPS location tracking

waypoints, and automatic routing.



In short. VERY COOL, as cool as a car mounted system.



The only issue I had was the maps were kinda useless, all the feature are present for obviously something it doesnt come with, highly updated maps.



THOSE are seperate, and about 200$ extra - but you get the car charger, and mounting system for in car navigation .. it doesnt talk, but it really doesnt need to. the map s are scrollable. and you can quickly find things like gas stations, resturants ect.. specially good if your traveling quite a bit. or even a little to a new area.



I use this for GEOCACHING, it fits in my cargo pockets with ease. it's lightweight, durable, lasts a long time on 2 AA Batteries, and even has options to switch to ni-mh batteries which I happen to have layinga round the house w/ a charger unit for an old camera I used to use.



the screen is color, bright. and what's neat about this unit is.. it has a day/night color change feature, .. so when it flips to nighttime, you can look around the window and say 'yep there goes the sun"



it's accurate too with dates and calender info - such as moon phases.. it has that built in.



there's even tide prediction as well .



For marine use, it's got SOME features. but for general overall everyday use. WOW this thing is packed with features, built in applications. search system to find stuff. and it works great with geocaching.com online .loc uploads.



this has 128 meg Micro SD card built in, larger memory cards are available for very low prices.. I saw 512meg microsd for about 29$



the microsd cards are used to store tracks, waypoints that you add, and additional maps.



I recomend this one over the 60csx, only because it's waterproof submergable, and doesnt ahve a funky antenna sticking up. that will tell people aroudn you you got a gps unit in your hand.



as far as design and buttons, it's easy to use. smooth scrolling. and hihgly configurable to change sensativity ect..




Garmin GPS 76CSX Handheld GPS with Barometric Altimeter and Electronic Compass (Electronics) at amazon.com
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