having just read another thread on GPS Recommendations that seemed to be on a similar vein to this one, i thought i would just state that i eventually made up my mind and bought a Garmin III Pilot.
i took it flying yesterday for the first time and found the route log it stores to be fantastically interesting when sat on my sofa later in the evening.
my only problem with it is that when you have all the jeppeson database bits turned on (such as restricted areas, control zones, tower zones and all the land data) it does become very cluttered on the small screen.
i tend to use it as a confidence check more than anything, and all the info i need is on my half mil anyway so i did think for a while that maybe the extra £200 on top of a standard III may have been wasted - until i saw my track down boscombe runway which i could zoom in to really closely!! i'm afraid i have been sold on the gizmos it gives me and really feel it is money well spent.