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Originally Posted by deserth3
Take a look at the Garmin 60csx. I just bought one and haven't figured out all it will do yet. You will have to buy the topo and street chips or software depending on you preference.
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That's the one to get, along with the Mapsource Topographic software. Best GPS I have ever owned, and it replaced a Magellan Sportopo that literally fell apart after three years. (I was a Magellan fan for years, having a few different Magellan's, but after the guts of the Topo came out with the battery tray, along with the fact Magellan has no customer service, I jumped to Garmin. You might wait twenty minutes if you have a question with Garmin, but dang, they answer and help, and from what I have read, from other people if there is a problem, Garmin exchanges fast.)
The 60csx has the Sirf III chip, and locks onto sats faster than I have ever seen for a consumer GPSr. Great upload/download via the computer. Plot your trip on the computer and download to the GPSr, then link to Google Earth and see you route. Mark a route you are driving and download that route to the laptop to keep for future reference.
If the Garmin is too expensive, the Lowrance iFinder Expedition Series is highly rated.
Good website where you can ask questions and get some great informative answers.
http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/