Garmin 60CSX Advice Required

[Neil-H]

Ok this December - January im off to AUS/NZ with the family for the trip of a lifetime. Im looking for Handheld GPS & Maps to cover us for

1. Boat Charter around the whitsunday islands (require full NAV Charts)
2. Car navigation from Brisban - Sydney
3. Car Navigation in NZ

Looking for any advice on what charts/maps to purchase for a Garmin 60CSX which ive decided is the unit for the Job. Also i will be taking a Sony Vaio to hook upto.

Also require advice on buying the Garmin 60CSX.

Looked on the net and various options open for purchase of 60CSX, can get from UK (expensive), US (cheap,but USbase mapsloaded) or Aus(cheap, AUS base maps,cheap, but may take a while to come).

Any recomendations on where to buy from?

1. Do i need to buy from Aus for the unit to work down under?
2. Are the basemaps important if im buying others to use?
3. does anyone bother to much about the basemaps?
4. if i buy non UK model do i still get support over here

Sorry for all the Q's, any advice much welcomed.
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Thanks

Neil

[AllyCat]

Hi Neil,

Please don't triple post (or are there more?) on this site, as here and here.

You need to identify a source of suitable maps before choosing the hardware. Garmin is almost the only source of map data for their GPSs, but I'm not an expert on their mapping products. Particularly for the sea charts, you might need different hardware, and a PDA-type navigation system may be preferable for "car navigation" (e.g for spoken route instructions).

But to answer your specific questions on the CSX (although I'm not an expert on these either):
1: No, a handheld GPS should work anywhere in the World.
2: No, I don't think so; basemaps are usually of very low detail.
3: Well, I don't, I can't speak for others.
4: Garmin used to be good with warranty support, but your consumer rights with a UK retailer can be valuable, e.g. see the (current) last post here.

Cheers, Alan.
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[Oldboy]

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