Customer Reviews:
 Garmin 60 Csx November 3, 2008
Very pleased with product. Very accurate. Locks on GPS satellites quickly. Compass and altimeter are very useful features.
 Garmin 60CSx November 2, 2008
This unit is easy to use and the controls are user friendly. The face is easy to read and includes a backlight which can be adjusted. It includes a data chip which stores mapping data, although you have to purchase an additional chip which has enough memory to utilize the Pacific area. This could have been easily avoided by dividing all the regions into smaller sections. It's unfortunate that Garmin was not more forthright with their advertising concerning this feature.
Best GPS for the field October 31, 2008
this is the 3rd one purchased so far in the past 2 years. No, they didn't break, we just needed more units and it was the obvious choice.
Great for geocaching October 30, 2008
Decided on this unit after wearing out a 60C geocaching over several years. The electronic compass on the 60CSx takes a bit of getting used to after years with a satellite-based compass, but I've been quite pleased with the unit overall. The memory card feature for storing maps is a huge improvement over previous GPS models that I've used; I bought a 2 GB card to go with this, and now have street maps for the eastern half of the US, with plenty room for more.
Interestingly, my unit came with a 128 MB card rather than the 64 MB card listed in the product description.
Best GPS unit I have owned or used! October 30, 2008
I have the Garmin GPS MAP 60CSx. I am a scoutmaster in the boy socuts, so I use a GPS a lot. I also enjoy geocaching quite a bit. I used to have a Magellan, which, while a satifactory unit, ate batteries enormously.
.....The Garmin has MUCH bettery battery life, lasting on the order of 10 times longer on a set of batteries.
.....I also am much happier with the 60CSx's screen layouts, and colors. It is very easy to tailor the screen data information to what I want to have on each screen. It holds at least 500 waypoints, and is very compatible with geocaching downloads from the website.
.....I waffled between the 60Cx and the 60CSx at first. The only differencs is that the CSx has an altimeter, and an electronic compass. I went for the CSx with both features. Having used the GPS a lot, I feel that for the extra $50 it is not that great an advantage.
.....Since I usually carry a compass anyway, I find it much easier to just pull it out and take a reading. To use the electronic compass, you must calibrate it by doing several turns whild holding it level. I rarely use the electronic compass (which is supposed to help when not moving, as opposed to regular GPSs shich show a direction only when moving). Therefore, I say go for the one without this feature and save the $50.
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