Anyone played w/ the new Garmin GPS 296?

[Dustin H]

Anyone? I'd love to hear any comments or opinions on this thing.

I have the 196 and just love it. The only down fall is the black and white display, other than that it's been great! It's nice that Garmin not only decided to add color to this bad boy, but they went that extra mile and added terrain avoidance too. I think I'll be selling my 196 and upgrading very soon.

http://www.garmin.com/products/gpsmap296/

 

[JediNein]

Greetings,

I played with the 296 at the AEA trade show and bought one. I owned the 195 previously.

The one reason to buy the 296 even if you have the 196 or 295:

The terrain database.

For more info:
Avionics West's Review

After the Sun-n-Fun rush, expect delivery about mid-May, well worth the wait.

Fly SAFE!
Jedi Nein

 

[Dustin H]

Thanks for the link!

Man, I'm so buying one of these things.