Suggest GPS like GPSMAP 276C please

378 and 478 are still available from Garmin.
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=148

I switched to a 640 and wish I had not, its not the same interface at all. A real step backwards in the manner in which I use the gps.

Friends:

Which of the new units are similar to the GPSMAP 276C? I want a unit for my car for use in off road situations where I can add WorldMap maps and set up routes on my laptop and download them to the unit, modify waypoints etc. with a screen about the size the 276C had. I also liked the trip computer in the 276C. Which ones are like that?

The people at Garmin suggest the Nuvi 500 series but the screen is really small.

The GPSMAP 378 is an option but is discontinued most places.

Thanks amigos!

Migs

I wonder what my 276 can do that it can't. Probably won't be waterproof, though.

Probably fully customizable data fields on multiple screens for one.

--- Hmm...not sure how much I'll miss that. It will depend upon how easy it is to draw up the various points of info. that are found on the different 276 screens.

If you do the math, I think you'll find the 276/376/478 screen have a finer resolution.

--- The 3790 screen is bigger, though.

Quick change brightness and volume settings?

-- Can't change b. and v. quickly on the 3790?

I'm not a touch screen fan so that's an issue with the new stuff.

--- I never had a touch screen - but the little buttons on the 176-276C do tend to get a bit creaky. Busted once too. They're not the best.

Track management seems to be lacking in most of the new units.

--- I find track management very bad on the 276C. I can hardly see the track.

Only 1000 waypoints? I guess that's an improvement over the 3000 my 478 holds. :D

--- Right, but at least it's an improvement over the 500 on the Nuvi 500. 1,000 should be enough for me. I've only accumulated 528 over the years.

Routes? Should be at least 50 with a generous via point allowance.

--- I very rarely use routes. How many routes will the 3790 hold anyway?

XM weather, not the NavWeather, but the full meal deal NEXRAD.... OK that's 376/478 territory. :)
Information availability by zoom level? Can't be without it.

--- You mean on the 3790 no more info is shown as you zoom in? The same info on large scale as small scale?

---A relatively minor complaint I did have with the 176/276 is that font size didn't increase at all as I zoomed in .

The ability to turn the "Auto Zoom" on or off, must have......

--- No problem for me. I don 't use that feature.

I could go on but there's a reason the GPSmap 2676/376/478s that come up on eBay don't last long and fetch near full retail..... They're that good.[/QUOTE

--- Well, for now my 276 is still chugging along. I still have my older 176 as a spare too. And my even older Garmin 2+, too.

--- There's a refurbished 478 for sale on Ebay right now in case you're interested. $600.

--- There's a refurbished 478 for sale on Ebay right now in case you're interested. $600.

Thanks, but I've got 2 already in addition to my venerable old 376C....... They should last me as long as I need a GPS. :) My Nuvi is in the glove box of my wife's car... It's safe there. All the features I mentioned (and more), I use. I'm just not interested in the new MBA interface. Different strokes.... :)

How about the new Garmin Nuvi 3790t that will be hitting the stores in July? It has a 4.3" diagonal screen with 800X480 pixels. Holds 1,000 waypoints. Seems to be much more advanced than the 276C, and certainly the old V, in a lot of ways. I wonder what my 276 can do that it can't. Probably won't be waterproof, though.