Garmin GPSMAP 60 Review

When you venture out into the wilderness, having the Garmin GPSMAP 60 portable navigator along with you, you'll be sure to get to your desired location without a hitch and getting back to your car or base camp is a breeze when you take along this powerful navigator. The robust, rugged and waterproof GPSMAP 60 is a low cost navigator, highly reliable that guides you along no matter where your next adventure takes you.

You are offered turn-by-turn directions with tone prompts to guide you along to your destination with the GPSMAP 60 and you're offered up to 28 hours of battery life, so no worries about having to cut your adventure short.

The Garmin GPSMAP 60 comes to you with 24 megabytes of internal memory for storing topographical, and marine and city street maps from the optional MapSource mapping software. Just locate the place that you want to visit, and the GPSMAP 60 will guide you there, whether on-road or off. This unit also offers indoor and outdoor games, geocaching features, an alarm clock, sunrise and sunset times, moon phase tables, the best times for fishing and hunting, plus a whole lot more.

The grayscale display on the Garmin GPSMAP 60 with a bright LED backlight is easy to read in sunlight and in the dark. Like the other Garmin navigators in the 60 series, this reliable navigator is very compact and lightweight with a very easy to use interface. It weighs a mere 5.4 ounces and is just 2.4 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches in size.

The GPSMAP 60 allows for fast map transfer, with support for both serial port interfaces and USB. The detailed basemap includes highways, major roads, lakes, rivers and borders.

You also get a great trip computer on the Garmin GPSMAP 60 that offers an odometer, stopped time, moving average, overall average, max speed, total time and more.

So the next time you head out into the great outdoors, be sure to take along the rugged, highly dependable and reliable Garmin GPSMAP 60. You'll be glad you did.