All handheld are VFR only. The Garmin 296 does not have a higher learning
curve than any other.

Karl
"Hankal" wrote in message
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I just bought one this summer. I found it very non-intuitive to use.
After flying behind it for about 100 hours I think I'll dump it. I'm
most annoyed by the fact that it doesn't show airways on the map.

Have look at the AvMap, it is big and it has a lot of features, even
approaches, but VFR only.