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Originally Posted by SoCalHeadhunter
For hiking, backpacking and off-roading, I used a Garmin 60CSX for years and loved it. It's super accurate, but has no color screen and it does not have a touch screen. This is still my backup unit.
I replaced that with a Garmin Montana 680T and also love that one. It's nice to have a larger color touch screen and it's just as accurate as the old one.
I also use a tablet with Backcountry Navigator Pro in the Jeep for the large screen, but it is nowhere near as reliable as the Garmins are. That may have more to do with the old Samsung tablet than the app, because I know a lot of people who love Backcountry Navigator. I just find that I have to restart it from time to time and that sometimes it restarts itself and I have to re-enter coordinates. I always write everything I find down on paper for when electronics fail, so it's not a big deal.
I'm using this all in an '85 Jeep Scrambler, but when I finally find a 1999 4R with a V6 and manual trans, I think I'm going to get a Garmin Overlander. Everyone I've spoken with who has one likes it.
Christian
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Totally agree the Garmin 60CSX were great. With the prices nowadays for GPS I would probably pay the little extra for a new warrantied Garmin.