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Garmin 196 or 296?
I have just sold my Garmin Pilot 3 and want to upgrade to another
Garmin, possible a 196 or a 296. I have a mate with a 196 and it does a great job. Has anybody had any first hand experience with the new colour 296? What is the colour screen like to read especially in a sunny cockpit? Is it worth the extra cash? You can only get so much info of a web site! Thanks, Bob. |
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"Bob Jenneson" wrote in message ... I have just sold my Garmin Pilot 3 and want to upgrade to another Garmin, possible a 196 or a 296. I have a mate with a 196 and it does a great job. Has anybody had any first hand experience with the new colour 296? What is the colour screen like to read especially in a sunny cockpit? Is it worth the extra cash? You can only get so much info of a web site! Thanks, Bob. What about the new 96 or 96C, costs a little less, seems to do the same job. Peter. |
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Bob: I have a 296 I use as a back up in my power plane. I up graded from a
295. I don't think the color of the 296 is as good as the 295 in sunlight. I got the 296 after I disposed of my last glider (little incident made the insurance co. decide to buy it), so I have not tried it in a glider, but my few thousand hours of glider time says that you would not be satisfied with the 296 in direct sunlight. B&W 196 would be better. Both are bulky and will be hard to mount in a glider. My2 cents. Good luck, ED Byars "Bob Jenneson" wrote in message ... I have just sold my Garmin Pilot 3 and want to upgrade to another Garmin, possible a 196 or a 296. I have a mate with a 196 and it does a great job. Has anybody had any first hand experience with the new colour 296? What is the colour screen like to read especially in a sunny cockpit? Is it worth the extra cash? You can only get so much info of a web site! Thanks, Bob. |
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hi bob,
I could ask my dad. he is a dealer in Garmin products en he has experience with the 296. Kind Regards, Steven Huiskes On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:05:13 +0000, Glider Pilot Network wrote: ------------------------------------------------------------ Newsgroup: rec.aviation.soaring Subject: Garmin 196 or 296? Author: Bob Jenneson Date/Time: 22:00 19 March 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------ I have just sold my Garmin Pilot 3 and want to upgrade to another Garmin, possible a 196 or a 296. I have a mate with a 196 and it does a great job. Has anybody had any first hand experience with the new colour 296? What is the colour screen like to read especially in a sunny cockpit? Is it worth the extra cash? You can only get so much info of a web site! Thanks, Bob. ------------------------------------------------------------ http://redirect.banners.gliderpilot.net/?id=21 ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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Thanks Steven,
Any assistance would be appreciated. From other posts, the colour of the 296 is in question! Thanks, Bob... "Steven Huiskes" wrote in message ... hi bob, I could ask my dad. he is a dealer in Garmin products en he has experience with the 296. Kind Regards, Steven Huiskes On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:05:13 +0000, Glider Pilot Network wrote: ------------------------------------------------------------ Newsgroup: rec.aviation.soaring Subject: Garmin 196 or 296? Author: Bob Jenneson Date/Time: 22:00 19 March 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------ I have just sold my Garmin Pilot 3 and want to upgrade to another Garmin, possible a 196 or a 296. I have a mate with a 196 and it does a great job. Has anybody had any first hand experience with the new colour 296? What is the colour screen like to read especially in a sunny cockpit? Is it worth the extra cash? You can only get so much info of a web site! Thanks, Bob. ------------------------------------------------------------ http://redirect.banners.gliderpilot.net/?id=21 ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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