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Review on 🌊 Waterproof Hiking GPS: Garmin GPSMAP 76CSx—Discontinued by Manufacturer by Adithep Kampanat ᠌

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Didn't quite buy it well, had a little trouble using it.

Garmin is a good company in many ways, I have been using their products for a long time. But the "crooked" back cover, 95% similar to the cover from Montana, instead of the original design, suggests that the company produces the navigator according to the residual principle. The lid does not fit with the dimensions in the case, the edges clumsily protrude beyond its limits, the gaps hurt the eye . Then I looked at another navigator in the store - the same picture. In my old Montana, for example, everything was very neat. Or is it just a batch of lids like this, "substandard" .? After all, in advertising photos, she sits normally. In any case, it's annoying. Yes, a car suction cup from Montana is suitable, but due to a significant difference in the weight of navigators, most likely the 276x can fall off on bumps when driving off-road (I haven’t tested it yet). Perhaps the rendering of maps slows down due to the slow SD card on which topos are uploaded in the store (read speed 20, write speed 7). In the device itself, apart from the base card, there are no cards. The card license is not tied to the instrument, only to the memory card. Previously, it was possible to upload maps to the navigator and their activation was picked up automatically. - WiFi and Bluetooth in such a navigator, I believe, are not so in demand and look like an attempt to match the fashion to shove these things wherever your heart desires, kettles and multicookers are an example of this.

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Pros
  • - Screen! He is awesome! Bright, clear, big. In the old 276 series, he was already not small, but this one conquered immediately. - The legendary, time-tested 276th series. - Familiar (for connoisseurs) menu with deep customization options. - Capacious battery. - The case is made of dense and apparently very strong plastic with protection against water penetration. True, any scratch on it will be immediately visible. Well . probably that's all .))
Cons
  • Forgive me the manufacturer and office. distributor.)) The general "brakes" of the device when working with topo maps supplied with Navikom reduces enthusiastic impressions to NO. Even with minimally comfortable detail settings, drawing and ating the map on the screen when moving the cursor or changing the scale leaves much to be desired, from my point of view. Perhaps a weak CPU is used at the performance level of 5-7 years ago to save production costs, insufficient RAM, "raw" firmware of the device, or poor optimization of hardware, firmware and our 2022 topographic maps. Let someone explain to me why this navigator "slows down", I'm a Chinese smartphone from a well-known manufacturer with an equally pleasing screen, high-quality assembly, costing only $ 150 (and even cheaper on AliEx), in general, it works smartly, keeps the battery charge perfectly and carries a decently optimized axis on the bot, not to mention the top models of smartphones from other well-known manufacturers, comparable in cost to this navigator.