[OSM-talk] Good deal on Garmin GPS unit

[Floris]

> Andy Armstrong wrote:
>> On 5 Jul 2006, at 10:24, Dan Karran wrote:
>>> - it's rather large compared to my eTrex (though it's relatively light)
>>
>> Huge, innit? :)
>
> Yeah. Definitely a bit on the large side, but surprisingly light for its 
> size.

This might have to do with the fact it can float on water. perhaps it's
just 50% air inside :)

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> Also, my unit came with firmware 3.50 - current version is 4.10, available 
> at http://www.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=551 - looks like 
> lots of worthwhile changes. Haven't tried it yet. YMMV.

I updated it but didn't test the old version that much so i can't really
tell
the difference. No problems though...

greetings,
floris (i'll post a review to my website, mail me if you want to see it)