For the money I spent, the Nuvi has worked well. It recalculates the route when it is loaded, but if you use enough trackpoints when defining the original track the route will follow your track exactly. I wrote a small program to convert a gpx track file to a route, and then the Nuvi can use it. It doesn't understand tracks at all, but it does keep a tracklog. In a waterproof bag (as the unit is NOT waterproof) it routed us reliably on the trail. I just used the Nuvi on the eastern part of the TAT and it worked very well. Exactly how many times do they expect me to buy the same maps? I got around that problem, but I'm voting with my $ and Garmin lost the election. I'm getting tired of the roadblocks Garmin puts in the way of using the maps that I've paid for - and it REALLY irritates me that they would suggest that I need to buy the maps AGAIN to use them on my PC to create routes for the GPS. I have a fair amount of experience with Garmin GPS units, over the years I've had a 2610, 2730, 478, and a Nuvi 760. That is $100 less than I have seen elsewhere so I jumped on it. ![]() ![]() I just purchased a PN-60w + SPOT from Amazon for $457.
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