After five (very happy) years with a Garmin GPS 90, I decided to blow some building society demutualisation loot on a new GPS, so I flew down to Shoreham to Transair with a view to getting a Pilot 3.
Spent a very helpful hour or two with the smmoth talking sales guy and tried 'em all out.
Eventually came away with a Garmin GPSmap295.
It does have a fat manual and takes a bit opf getting used to and it's essentian to have a ciggy lighter for power in the A/.c as it gobbles batteries.
However the go-to function is a dream, just follow the little pink line and you're there.
Also I've not yet had a *poor GPS coverage* signal, a common feature on the GPS 90 esp. in the wilds of north Norfolk.
Also useful function for joy riding with non-flyers is the map function database which names even the p*ss*est little villages and towns. Impresses the pax no end to give, without referring to the old half mil, a running commentary of villages being flown over.
Only slight drawback is that because of its weight and the rather stalky yoke mount, it does suffer from vibration and sometimes needs two hands on the yoke to stabilise it for the finer print. (Must get the prop balanced sometime !)
Still keep the GPS 90 however, fired up and in a waterproof bag with the Icom and mobile phone for water crossings.
Happy flying and may all your aterissages be greasers