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Garmin C60 versus csx

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Ive just been offered a Garmin C60 for very little money - I know its not a CSX but will it do?? Im lookng at doing some offroading in morocco, I do some greenlaning here in france on - does it track log and is the battery life good - i ride an xr400 so difficult to connect charger (i presume as no battery). I have read a reoprt that says the reception isnt to clever HERE - is this really a big problem???

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Garmin's web site will tell you about track logs and other features. One thing I can tell you: if you plan on keeping all the logs you need a model with memory card, i.e. a 60 Cx or CSx. The internal memory is not big enough and you will loose tracks, unless you download them once or even twice a day.

Reception? Does it make a difference whether the accuracy is 5m or 15m? I think this is more important in concrete jungles.
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I think the difference between the cs and csx models ir that the csx has an inbuitl altimeter. this is a nice touch and interesting but not essential for our purposes. I bought the csx about a year ago, and i'm a bit bored with the altimeter now. A very good unit though. If you cant use the 12 v charger it's not too bad on batteries either. A new set of duarcells will last all day. When weighed up against the cost of garmins 12 volt lea ($25), and how cheap a big pack of batts is now from tesco....get the cs60

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No, Sir: the S means it's got barometric altimeter and a magnetic compass, neither of which I find use nor ornament on the road.

The x means it has a micro-SD card slot and that is necessary if you want to load large maps or keep track logs.
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