Customer Reviews:
 Great for Geocaching August 9, 2008
I love this Garmin GPS. I am happy that I bought this instead of the other one I was looking at. I have had a lot of fun using it for Geocaching. I was using the built in GPS in my phone and found this to be much more reliable.
Great GPS August 2, 2008
Garmin makes the best GPS, so this is highly recommended. Replacement map cards are a bit expensive.
Versatil and accurate August 2, 2008
I use my 60CSx for both mapping my deer and turkey hunting areas as well as for autobile trips. I bought the automobile kit because of the small screen. The dash mounts in the kit allow me to position the GPS where it be easily seen.
It meets all of my needs and is very accurate in mapping.
Easy to use, even for a technopobe like me July 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just got the CSx thru Amazon and absolutely love it. Its not as hard to get the software downloaded as I thought. I read most of the good and bad reviews and was worried I would have issues with getting all of the maps on the unit and that I would have trouble getting the unit to work for me. The instructions that Garmin includes (while vague), get you to the places you need to go on the Mapsource software in order to get the unit working. Don't forget to watch the tutorials and give yourself some time to get the Mapsource setup. I have a 7 year old laptop that has issues and I was able to get my unit working, I just took me a while.
One problem I had, which I discovered was a common problem, is that the day after I loaded all of my maps and caliberated the compass, I no longer could "acquire satellites". Kinda bad timing as I was heading for the great outdoors for a weekend of camping. I googled the problem online and found the solution. I had to re-install the GPS software and the "Chipset G". Once I did this thru webupdater I was set and the unit has worked flawlessly.
I did all of this and I think a computer is an expensive typewriter.
 lots of fun July 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We are new to geocaching with a GPS but we were finding caches the first day. I still haven't downloaded the maps, and have no problem finding our way around. I look forward to trying it on the water and I especially like the elevation feature even though it needs calibration. The controls are on the face and very easy to use. The book explains everything very well, in language that the kids can understand. They are the primary users at 9-14 years old. excellent machine! One trip several had their GPS's and with a little patience, ours took us to our goal more accurately than any of the others.
Remember, for your own safety, it is a tool that is man made and you need to know how to read and use maps and compass on your own -just in case something goes wrong.
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