Goodbye, AvMap...

Well, we've now flown behind the Garmin 496 for 10 weeks, and around 20
flights, and we've decided that -- despite having an awful screen and a
slow processor -- we'll keep it. The fantastic benefits of having
on-board weather simply outweigh the painful truth that the 496
represents a bad compromise in an aviation GPS display.

We thought about keeping our favorite GPS -- the AvMap EKP-IIIC Gold --
on the copilot's yoke, but we've already got the Lowrance 2000c planted
there. The 2000c represents the best value in GPS today, with a screen
nearly as large as the AvMap's, at a fraction of the price. It's also
current technology and a current model, which means that it will be
supported (I hope!) by Lowrance for a while longer.

Thus, sadly, we've decided to sell the AvMap. If only those stupid
*******s at AvMap had come out with XM weather, like they promised at
OSH '05, we'd have kept the unit forever. It is still hand's down,
head & shoulders the finest moving map display I've seen in a portable
GPS -- it's a far better display than either the 2000c or the 496 --
and we hate to part with it. Buy I've simply got no use for it, now.

It's on Ebay right now. See it here, if you're interested:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?W186264FD
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

Well, we've now flown behind the Garmin 496 for 10 weeks, and around 20
flights, and we've decided that -- despite having an awful screen and a
slow processor -- we'll keep it. The fantastic benefits of having
on-board weather simply outweigh the painful truth that the 496
represents a bad compromise in an aviation GPS display.

We thought about keeping our favorite GPS -- the AvMap EKP-IIIC Gold --
on the copilot's yoke, but we've already got the Lowrance 2000c planted
there. The 2000c represents the best value in GPS today, with a screen
nearly as large as the AvMap's, at a fraction of the price. It's also
current technology and a current model, which means that it will be
supported (I hope!) by Lowrance for a while longer.

Thus, sadly, we've decided to sell the AvMap. If only those stupid
*******s at AvMap had come out with XM weather, like they promised at
OSH '05, we'd have kept the unit forever. It is still hand's down,
head & shoulders the finest moving map display I've seen in a portable
GPS -- it's a far better display than either the 2000c or the 496 --
and we hate to part with it. Buy I've simply got no use for it, now.

It's on Ebay right now. See it here, if you're interested:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?W186264FD
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

What do you think the reoccuring cost for the 496 is going to be to keep
the weather, database, etc?

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Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI

Ross Richardson wrote:

What do you think the reoccuring cost for the 496 is going to be to keep
the weather, database, etc?

Google for my contribution to the thread "Garmin 396 vs 496" just a few
days ago.

Dave

What do you think the reoccuring cost for the 496 is going to be to keep
the weather, database, etc?

$50 per month for weather, unless we downgrade to the $30/month version
over the winter.

We'll probably update the other databases at OSH every year.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"