Date:         Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:00:51 -0800
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: GPS for farsighted eyes?
Comments: To: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
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Hi Mike.

Don't know if I qualify as "older folk" (I'm 44) but....

From what I've read, the Garmin 60CSx (and possibly others in this
category) has a display that is visible in sunlight.

This from Amazon:

".....Plus, you get a bright, sunlight-readable color TFT display "

The user reviews look good too though after reading a few of them, did
not see mention either way (pro/con) about screen in sunlight. And
speaking of user reviews....

One user rated it 1/5 for use on the road, though he "asked" it to set
a route from the road directly to the trail he wanted to hike. It gave
him a straight line basically IIRC.

As for people with glasses, who knows? I'll see (har har) if I can't
judge how it works for me. At this point I need glasses for
computer/music, but not yet for driving.

Cheers,

Neil.

On 1/17/08, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> Any older folk out there with farsighted eyes (I use 2.25 or 2.50 for
> reading) tried using any of these little TomTom/Magellan/Garmin GPS units?
> Screens look to be too small to be useful for me. Look like they would be
> really washed out in direct sunlight, too.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>


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