If you are going to use it to supplement your navigation VFR,
spend the bucks and get at the very least, the Garmin GPSMAP196, the ‘96 has a screen about as big as the one on a typical cell phone,( Display size, 1.5″W x 2.2″H ) not much good in the cockpit if you ask me (and you did!) The 196 is good in the air, land, and on the road w/turn /turn directions. I Dont go any where with out mine .even tho I have the 396 as well and plan on upgrading to the 496 with XM weather soon!
I lean toward the Garmin, but it’s based on having used them before, and liking the way it works for me.
I’d recommend reading the following page from AOPA, and thinking about how you would use one…http://www.aopa.org/pilot/gps.html
If you are going to use it to supplement your navigation VFR,
spend the bucks and get at the very least, the Garmin GPSMAP196, the ‘96 has a screen about as big as the one on a typical cell phone,( Display size, 1.5″W x 2.2″H ) not much good in the cockpit if you ask me (and you did!) The 196 is good in the air, land, and on the road w/turn /turn directions. I Dont go any where with out mine .even tho I have the 396 as well and plan on upgrading to the 496 with XM weather soon!
I lean toward the Garmin, but it’s based on having used them before, and liking the way it works for me.
I’d recommend reading the following page from AOPA, and thinking about how you would use one…http://www.aopa.org/pilot/gps.html