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Old 16th Dec 2007, 07:57
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Advice on buying GPS units?

G'day guys,

Wondering if anybody can give me some advice on buying a hand held GPS unit. I'll be using it for cross country VFR navigation.

One of the most popular seems to be the Garmin 296. I've got two questions;

1. Are there any other cheaper variations here in Australia that are still of a decent quality?

2. Are there problems/complications buying them from the US? I'm tempted to buy one off ebay but not sure if all the map and airspace details for Australia will be programmed into them..

Any insight or advice....

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