Garmin 196 GPS - what do you guys think?

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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"Paul Tomblin" wrote:
I have a 195, and it's great. I tried a 295, and it sucks.

I hated my 195, loved my 295.

That may be why they make both, and keep them different.

Pete

Paul Tomblin wrote:
the only thing that would make the 396 perfect to me would be if
they'd add approach plates.

Why?

Hilton

The 296 is a wonderful device. I enjoy it hugely, though I'm not sure
that I would have bought it if I had known that:

1) it would interfere with my radio transmissions (handheld Vertex)

2) on one occasion it would relocate one of my "saved" waypoints to
South America (imagine my surprise when I noticed that my home airport
was several thousand miles away and that it would take me 84 hours to
get home).

I fly low, so the terrain avoidance is indeed useful (radio towers on
hills). The moving map is the screen I most often use. It's brilliant.



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On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 21:16:01 -0700, "tom pettit"
tompetatpeakdotorg wrote:

Visibility is great in sun,

Good point. The 296 screen often washes out in sunlight, and you get a
lot of sunlight in an L-4-glazed Piper Cub.

By the way, I had to buy a G Force suction cup mount for the 296. None
of the other lashups including the yoke mount supplied by Garmin
worked in the back seat of a Cub. That added fifty bucks to the cost
of the project. I mount it on the port window, about even with the top
of the front seat.


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Mike,

look at the Lowrance Airmap 1000, too.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

In a previous article, "Hilton" said:
Paul Tomblin wrote:
the only thing that would make the 396 perfect to me would be if
they'd add approach plates.

Why?

Because once I'm being vectored to the ILS, I don't need the GPS any more
for course guidance, just situational awareness, and so it would be nice
to switch the display to something I can use.
Because it would be nice to see a little "you are here" on the course
line.
Because those flimsy approach plate books are always tearing and I'm
likely to lose the plate I need.
Because if I have to divert, it would be nice to hit "GOTO" and then have
the approach plate come up rather than hunt through my book. Especially
if the diversion is to another state or province.

--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
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opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a bestseller
that could have been prevented by a good teacher. -- Flannery O'Connor

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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The 296 is a wonderful device. I enjoy it hugely, though I'm not sure
that I would have bought it if I had known that:

1) it would interfere with my radio transmissions (handheld Vertex)

2) on one occasion it would relocate one of my "saved" waypoints to
South America (imagine my surprise when I noticed that my home airport
was several thousand miles away and that it would take me 84 hours to
get home).

I fly low, so the terrain avoidance is indeed useful (radio towers on
hills). The moving map is the screen I most often use. It's brilliant.



I believe you can now download obstacles on the 196.

"Paul Tomblin" wrote:
I have a 195, and it's great. I tried a 295, and it sucks.

"Dan Luke" wrote:
That blows my mind!
I hated my 195, loved my 295.

I prefer the portrait presentation of the 195 to the landscape mode of
the successive models. Also, the screen on the 195 is the biggest of all
these models.

Cub Driver wrote:

I fly low, so the terrain avoidance is indeed useful (radio towers on
hills). The moving map is the screen I most often use. It's brilliant.

Dan, you are flying a Cub!
How much time do you need to miss something sticking up in front of you?
:-))

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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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I believe you can now download obstacles on the 196.
You can get the Jeppson obstacle database for $35 download from the garmin
site. No terrain avoidance on the 196, but it is nice to get a reminder
when a tower is ahead in the haze.
tom