garmin ique 3600a [Archive]

speedtapeking

28th Feb 2006, 15:16

hi chaps

anybody own one of these beasts? time for a GPS update - mine has been unsurported for 10 years now so no updates since 95 !! was looking at these as you can use them in the car for nav also any one got any views on them good or bad ?

ta !

MBX35

28th Feb 2006, 18:11

I have the non aviation version. A few observations:-
The european road mapping is superb down to individual house number.
The battery life is Very poor Less than 60 mins
The screen visability is poor in any high ambient light level.
The system Crashes at not infrequent intervals
I think there are better units for aviation use.
I use a Sky force which I find great.

Heliport

28th Feb 2006, 19:49

Is that 60 mins when used as a GPS, or even when used as a PDA?

Just about to replace a Palm PDA so I'm tempted.

MBX35

1st Mar 2006, 09:30

I find the battery life as a straight PDA is about 2.5 hrs.
It Also uses the palm os which I like