Garmin GPS 60 Non-Mapping Personal Navigation Unit by Garmin
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Digital camera reviews of Garmin GPS 60 Non-Mapping Personal Navigation Unit
Digital camera Review: Good, basic unit
Summary: 4 Stars
When I first got this unit I was disappointed. It just didn't function the way I thought it should (i.e., page context seemed wrong, functions seemed out of place, etc.). But after about an hour actually reading the manual and manipulating the unit, I came to like it. (Recommendation: RTM!)
The unit appears well made, fits comfortably in the hand, and the keys are functionally arranged. For the $$ I think this unit is a good value. It matches well with what I need a GPS for; simply navigating from point to point to point.
The software packaged with the unit appears to work well - USB connection is simple and the software is very intuitive - no complaints.
9/30/10 - I've had this unit in the field several times. It does exactly what I needed a GPS for -- marking waypoints so I could spot them on a topo map. Battery life is good. I recommend this unit for anyone needing/wanting only basic GPS functionality.
Digital camera Review: Great Unit
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great gps... very easy to use. I didn't want a complicated interface, and this one is about as simple as it gets. The page key navigates you thru the different functions, and you can mark a spot with two keystrokes. It automatically leaves a trail of where you've been, so as long as it's on you can't get lost, (unless the batteries run down, but one set lasts for five or six trips, at least). I use it on my kayak and it handles getting wet and salty pretty well- I just dunk it in fresh water after every trip.
My only regret is that I didn't buy the next one up- the one with the maps and marine charts. But this is a great unit for the money.
Digital camera Review: Great for Geocaching!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This little unit is awsome. Husband and I started geocaching and after reading lots of reviews and getting suggestions from friends we settled on the Garmin 60. It is great. We have had great luck finding caches since we got the unit. It takes us to within a few feet of the hidden cache. Also it has been rained on and dropped several times. It is kind of like a Timex watch, it takes a licking and keeps on ticking. I would recommend this unit to anyone.Digital camera Review: Hard to use
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this specifically for geocaching. The instructions are insufficient to figure out how to punch in coordinates that you already know. Maybe I need a 13 year old to figure this out, because the 12 year old I know couldn't, and neither could I!Digital camera Review: Repeatable locations to one inch, if you average for days!
Summary: 4 Stars
This will be an oddball review. I own four GPS60 units and use them in amateur surveying. I bought them because they do waypoint averaging and accept an external antenna and external power. I leave all four averaging their waypoints for minutes or hours or even days at a time, typically with external antennas (from Garmin or Gilson). When I'm not out surveying I usually leave one or two doing waypoint averaging using a couple of external antennas on my roof. After a few days the estimated accuracy shown on the display is usually down to 0.3 or 0.2 feet, sometimes down to 0.1. I've analyzed months of data collected this way and found that the accuracy estimate is a good estimate of one standard deviation, and most of the measurements are closer to my overall average antenna position than the estimate on the screen. Most of the ones that say "0.1 feet" are closer than one inch to the overall average. Note, though, Garmin's software insists on rounding the coordinates off to lower resolution than this - I have to use mapping software by Fugawi to get enough digits reported in the coordinates.
Any product that can report your position to an inch, based on satellites, is pretty impressive - even if you have to leave it running a week!
Not sure, but I think all Garmin's 12 channel products, which must be almost all of them, use the same GPS engine.
And another reviewer was wrong to say these can't output NMEA data. They can - you just have to menu over to Setup > Interface and select NMEA instead of the proprietary Garmin. I just checked to make sure!