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We recently used it on a trip to Denver, CO and it was perfect for car travel. The product was as expected and a very useful tool.
double check that. the package is priced right considering the software which i believe can be downloaded to two units. this is the real deal. a necesity whether on the dash, in the boat, or whereever.
The downside to this particular item is the Mapping is a couple of years old and will cost you $75 for the update. The permanent mount is fairly solid and the friction mount lets you move the unit from car to car.And the mapping DVD has opened up a whole new side to the handheld unit as an in-car turn-by-turn. All but the newest roads and points of interest are on it - though - if you travel to or live by a lot of new retail construction, you may want to look into the update or regional mapping software. If you have the 60CSx (or its predecessors) - and you don't want to buy a separate nav unit for the car - I think this is a necessary piece to the GPS puzzle. The hardware is great.
It is very easy to adjust the angle of it, both tilt and rotate. I probably won't ever use the car mount, it's just a simple flat base with 2-sided sticky tape and I think it may leave a sticky mark if I was going to stick it to my dash, which I'm not.However, the friction mount works GREAT, better than expected. Others solve this by grinding away part of the shoulder of the cradle.The maps seem standard and about what you would expect from mapquest or anyone else - no complaints there. My only beef is the cradle and power cord interfere with each other. It is very secure with normal driving and has never slipped on me. It will slip with violent moves or rough 4x4 off-road driving, but so what.
I took 3 hours to load, but it works just fine. It comes with City Navigator North America v8, including all of the USA and Canada, as well as the automotive power cable, dash mount, and bean bag mounting base.I also bought a 2GB memory card to install the entire 1633.8 MB of map data. I bought this kit for my GPSMap 60CSx. Amazon's description is dated.
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