Garmin 60CSx Handheld GPS Receiver

Pros: Excellent sensitivity, feature rich, automotive and hiking navigation, solid construction

Cons: Limited basemap, smallish screen, low alert tone volume

The 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.

Review: 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. ...

Pros: New antenna/receiver is highly accurate, fast, and has great coverage.

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: This unit is the first of the next generation of handheld outdoor GPS units. The accuracy, satellite reception, and features make this unit a must-have.

Review: My workplace purchased this unit at my request about three months ago. It is a step above every other similar unit that I've ever used (I am a scientist and work with GPS, GIS, and remote sensing technologies on a daily basis). We bought this unit for ...

Pros: Battery life, color, screen brightness, functionality

Cons: Sometimes TOO sensitive, directions it calculates are sometimes odd.

The Bottom Line: I love this GPS receiver and use it for both car navigation and for hiking and geocaching. It's great both in the car and in the field.

Review: I couldn't wait for this model to come out in January 2006, and I bought one as soon as it was available. The reasons I bought it were: - It has a base map (my old Garmin 12XL had NO map), AND you can purchase the road atlas CDs and download them to ...

Pros: Excellent technology, well designed, lots of features and very robust.

Cons: Some software clumsiness and map data that needs work.

The Bottom Line: If you want a great piece of technology, then this unit is worth looking into.

Review: The Garmin 60 CSx is a great GPS. There are plenty of reviews that attest to this and I love it too! The unit is very well designed and the weak points would not be noticed by typical users. That said, below are some of the less appealing details of ...

Pros: Very sensitive receiver - cannot envision it loosing reception outdoors.

Cons: Extremely weak speaker.

The Bottom Line: Would buy again and would recommend to anybody in need of an excellent all-around general purpose nav device.

Review: This is by far the best receiver I've had (the third) Under normal outdoor use, one should never get "satellite reception lost". Even indoors in many places it works just fine. I got this for a secondary nav unit and for geocaching. It is adequate for ...

Pros: portable; versatile for car, motorcycle, personal; IPX7 standards

Cons: no voice directions provided unless you connect to laptop

The Bottom Line: Extremely versatile in the car, motorcycle and on foot through the woods!

Review: About a year ago I had purchased and reviewed two automobile GPS units (Garmin StreetPilot 2620 and Magellan RoadMate 700). But they were ...

Pros: Excellent reception, intuitive, lots of extra features, durable, water resistant

Cons: Software had to be reloaded, have to purchase maps separately

The Bottom Line: I recommend the Garmin 60CSx because of its excellent reception, usb connectivity, extra features and durability.

Review: After exhaustive research, browsing in stores and borrowing from friends, I decided to splurge and spend more than I had planned and purchase the Garmin 60CSx handheld receiver. My primary planned use was to take the kids GeoCaching. A friend allowed ...

Pros: Highly recommended GPS unit

Cons: Sorry, none yet (possibly cheaper two-way sticky)

The Bottom Line: This is my second Garmin. The first one was 5 years old used every day and still works. This one is even better. HIGHLY recommended.

Review: This is the second GPS reciever I bought. The first one was also a Garmin, the Emap. The Emap was a monochrome setup and lasted me 5 years of EVERYDAY use. As a technician, I have several pieces of dedicated equipment in my truck. I used the GPS unit as ...

Pros: Much faster and more powerful satellite tracking...

Cons: It EATS up the AA batteries and the screen's hard-to-view in direct sunlight...

The Bottom Line: It's fast, powerful and versatile. I use it for driving, hunting and geocaching, and it's the second Garmin GPSMap60 model I've owned. Find a good price and get one!

Review: I bought this model after I dropped my GPSMap 60CS out the window of our minivan while driving about 60mph...oops! The improved satellite tracking computer is waaaaaaaay faster than the one in the 60CS. I've had this model tracking in 3D in less than 8 ...

Pros: waterproof, fast route calculations, satellite reception, upgradable memory, highly visible screen even in daylight conditions

Cons: overall cost, basic map that comes with the unit is very limited

The Bottom Line: The Garmin 60CSx is a well designed unit. It can use rechargeable AA batteries and it rids you of the stress of getting lost thus making your trip more enjoyable.

Review: I purchased my Garmin 60CSx in June 2006. I upgraded the memory to a 512 MB Micro SD memory card and I purchased the MapSource City Navigator Version 8 software (you can navigate anywhere in all of North America without having to purchase any other ...