MnGCA

[Aix sponsa]

I'm seriously considering buying a 60CSx with the holiday prices that I see. I haven't been looking until recently, are prices around $270-$290 exceptional? Has anyone heard of any major updates or design changes for the 60CSx? If there are changes in the works will the present 60CSx be selling even cheaper? I can limp by with what I have for now, but when I can get a excellent price for a good gps, I'd like to purchase a new one. I like the size, apparent durability, and capabilities of the Garmin 60CSx (by what I have read) since I have not actually used one or had one in hand. Suffering from "hole in the pocket syndrome" and a little too much fighting with present GPSr.
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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. ~Robert Frost

[LucidOndine]

There is no doubt that the 60CSx is an excellent GPSr unit. It is as accurate (and depending on who you ask, maybe even a little more accurate) than the top of the line Garmin Oregons (for reasons of having a quad helix & coordinate averaging for cache placement hiding).

With that being said, holiday prices that low are exceptional! Be sure to make use of the 40% off coupon before the end of the year.
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[speedysk1]

[minnesotabrad]

You can get an Oregon or Colorado to do averaging if you really want to. But why do that when you get such a perfect reading from them the first time. You were there after BB finding the ones IMP hid with his Oregon, seems the one he did with the Oregon had no issues.

[two of hearts]

I have purchased 6 of the 60csx units for family members and they all like the unit. Ease of operation, very dependable, great signal and takes a beating. In fact I just bought my wife a new one for Christmas, you will not be disappointed.

[andrewmcc]

[Bunganator]

[minnesotabrad]

I believe the coupon is for in store purchases only and can not be used on-line.

[Red_Devil35]

[Pear Head]

[Aix sponsa]

I'm going to go for it. It sounds like Best Buy could use the coupon even if they ordered it for me; the sales associate wasn't positive. By the time that I paid for the taxes, which has to be on the pre-sale amount, and the gas to get to the store; I can get it cheaper from Amazon which now has their handheld Garmins on sale, I won't pay taxes, and shipping will be free.

I'll fess up with why I am looking for another GPS. When the toggle switch on my Explorist 500 broke so it would no longer toggle to the right I bought a used Explorist 600 from the Groundspeak garage sale. Because of a glitch in the software for it, I called Magellan about the problem I was having and they sent me a new Triton 500. I just needed to send in the 600 to them. The Triton has its issues. To keep my BP down it would be better used as a backup. For anyone with a Triton, tritonforum.com is an absolute necessity.

My 500 is still my favorite GPS. I need to use a card reader and computer to load waypoints on it but I think I have about 3000 waypoints broken down by category for quick access plus a very user friendly topo/street map on my 2 GB SD card. Thankfully the 500 still toggles down.
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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. ~Robert Frost

[jerpete]

The woodbury Best Buy had a couple of 60CSX's there when I bought my Colorado (which still seems to work fine and doesn't wander of on it's own)

[minnesotabrad]

[joboo]

[divercth]

Does anyone know if you can pre-purchase with the coupon and then pick up in store?

I'm going to be in Tennessee in a week, but I'd like to be able to lock in an upgrade from my eTrex Legend before then.