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Well for those of you who are interested in the 60C I can give a small report now that I have done around 700KM with it. Firstly I'll start with an honest assesment of the reason I wanted a GPS, and that is coz it’s a nice electronic toy which allows me to see where I am and where I'm going. Then after the ride look at all the statistics and tracking log to see the trip on the screen.
The 60C is a smart piece of kit which does not come with mapsource so you have to have that as well. Which actualy makes it as expensive as an SPIII. The unit has 56 meg of memory and a colour screen and is very cool to look at. The "lack" of memory for me is not a problem as I never go on long multi day trips with my bike and therefore have always enough memory for what I want to do. With City Navigator 6 I can get the whole of England from around about the midlands to the south coast if I choose carefully.
The screen is excellent and I have used it in sunny weather and pissing rain. It is always easy for me to read. Even with water on both sides of my visor (thanks to schubert) The unit really does calculate very quickly and if you ignore its directions it will rework a new route in just a few seconds. From memory as quick as the 2610 that I used. In fact as far as I can see it does seem to do about as much as that unit but without the voice or the extra memory. Having now used both I know I have the right unit for my needs.
Wearing summer gloves I can do most of the normal options whilst riding (find, zoom etc) but I'm pretty sure I won't be able to with my winter gloves. I have it mounted on the crossbar where it will stay as its easy to reach. The only thing I can't see fully being the petrol warning light and neutral. I can see them but not fully.
Indeed I am very happy with this toy, or I would say 100% happy till after 6 hours in the rain and about 16 hours worth of use the screen just disapeared. Restarted OK and from then on turned off another 8 times in the last 100KM even with new batteries. So I have now used some silicon grease to make sure the waterproof seals are doing their job properly and put a small bit of packing with the batteries so they don't move around. I have read other people with the same problem with other battery powered models. And believe that with a power cable it is remedied. I will of course let you know if I solve this annoying problem. I think it will be OK.
Anybody with any other questions feel free to ask and If I can I will send the answer.
The 60C is a smart piece of kit which does not come with mapsource so you have to have that as well. Which actualy makes it as expensive as an SPIII. The unit has 56 meg of memory and a colour screen and is very cool to look at. The "lack" of memory for me is not a problem as I never go on long multi day trips with my bike and therefore have always enough memory for what I want to do. With City Navigator 6 I can get the whole of England from around about the midlands to the south coast if I choose carefully.
The screen is excellent and I have used it in sunny weather and pissing rain. It is always easy for me to read. Even with water on both sides of my visor (thanks to schubert) The unit really does calculate very quickly and if you ignore its directions it will rework a new route in just a few seconds. From memory as quick as the 2610 that I used. In fact as far as I can see it does seem to do about as much as that unit but without the voice or the extra memory. Having now used both I know I have the right unit for my needs.
Wearing summer gloves I can do most of the normal options whilst riding (find, zoom etc) but I'm pretty sure I won't be able to with my winter gloves. I have it mounted on the crossbar where it will stay as its easy to reach. The only thing I can't see fully being the petrol warning light and neutral. I can see them but not fully.
Indeed I am very happy with this toy, or I would say 100% happy till after 6 hours in the rain and about 16 hours worth of use the screen just disapeared. Restarted OK and from then on turned off another 8 times in the last 100KM even with new batteries. So I have now used some silicon grease to make sure the waterproof seals are doing their job properly and put a small bit of packing with the batteries so they don't move around. I have read other people with the same problem with other battery powered models. And believe that with a power cable it is remedied. I will of course let you know if I solve this annoying problem. I think it will be OK.
Anybody with any other questions feel free to ask and If I can I will send the answer.