Just bought an eTrex Venture HC (got this one because its the cheapest that has an HSI) and it works well. Cost $310, manually entered my waypoints which took a couple of hours, but since I fly out of a remote community I'd have to have done that with any GPS. My only problem is that I need something to mount it with so will be buying a suction cup mount this arvo.
The pilot III was awesome, the GPS96 just isn't the same, but both do their jobs well.