8 to 15 hours is a problem? Are you sure that he was talking about the 296?
It was just unveiled today.

Mike
MU-2


"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
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I attended a Garmin sales pitch, inaccurately advertised as a training
session, and the rep admitted that battery life is a problem with the 296
color display.

Bob Gardner

"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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http://www.garmin.com/products/gpsmap296/#

Pretty cool!

Mike
MU-2