Garmin 196 or 296?

[Bob Jenneson]

I have just sold my Garmin Pilot 3 and want to upgrade to another
Garmin, possible a 196 or a 296.
I have a mate with a 196 and it does a great job. Has anybody had any first
hand experience with the new colour 296?
What is the colour screen like to read especially in a sunny cockpit?
Is it worth the extra cash?
You can only get so much info of a web site!

Thanks, Bob.

[Peter Seddon]

"Bob Jenneson" > wrote in message
...
> I have just sold my Garmin Pilot 3 and want to upgrade to another
> Garmin, possible a 196 or a 296.
> I have a mate with a 196 and it does a great job. Has anybody had any
> first
> hand experience with the new colour 296?
> What is the colour screen like to read especially in a sunny cockpit?
> Is it worth the extra cash?
> You can only get so much info of a web site!
>
> Thanks, Bob.
>
>
>
What about the new 96 or 96C, costs a little less, seems to do the same job.

Peter.

[Ed Byars]

Bob: I have a 296 I use as a back up in my power plane. I up graded from a
295. I don't think the color of the 296 is as good as the 295 in sunlight. I
got the 296 after I disposed of my last glider (little incident made the
insurance co. decide to buy it), so I have not tried it in a glider, but my
few thousand hours of glider time says that you would not be satisfied with
the 296 in direct sunlight. B&W 196 would be better. Both are bulky and will
be hard to mount in a glider.
My2 cents. Good luck,
ED Byars
"Bob Jenneson" > wrote in message
...
> I have just sold my Garmin Pilot 3 and want to upgrade to another
> Garmin, possible a 196 or a 296.
> I have a mate with a 196 and it does a great job. Has anybody had any
> first
> hand experience with the new colour 296?
> What is the colour screen like to read especially in a sunny cockpit?
> Is it worth the extra cash?
> You can only get so much info of a web site!
>
> Thanks, Bob.
>
>
>

[Steven Huiskes]

hi bob,

I could ask my dad. he is a dealer in Garmin products en he has
experience with the 296.

Kind Regards, Steven Huiskes


On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:05:13 +0000, Glider Pilot Network
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> Subject: Garmin 196 or 296?
> Author: Bob Jenneson >
> Date/Time: 22:00 19 March 2005
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> I have just sold my Garmin Pilot 3 and want to upgrade to another
> Garmin, possible a 196 or a 296.
> I have a mate with a 196 and it does a great job. Has anybody had any first
> hand experience with the new colour 296?
> What is the colour screen like to read especially in a sunny cockpit?
> Is it worth the extra cash?
> You can only get so much info of a web site!
>
> Thanks, Bob.
>
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[Bob Jenneson]

Thanks Steven,
Any assistance would be appreciated. From other posts, the colour of the
296 is in question!

Thanks, Bob...


"Steven Huiskes" > wrote in message
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> hi bob,
>
> I could ask my dad. he is a dealer in Garmin products en he has
> experience with the 296.
>
> Kind Regards, Steven Huiskes
>
>
> On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:05:13 +0000, Glider Pilot Network
> > wrote:
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>> Newsgroup: rec.aviation.soaring
>> Subject: Garmin 196 or 296?
>> Author: Bob Jenneson >
>> Date/Time: 22:00 19 March 2005
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>> I have just sold my Garmin Pilot 3 and want to upgrade to another
>> Garmin, possible a 196 or a 296.
>> I have a mate with a 196 and it does a great job. Has anybody had any
>> first
>> hand experience with the new colour 296?
>> What is the colour screen like to read especially in a sunny cockpit?
>> Is it worth the extra cash?
>> You can only get so much info of a web site!
>>
>> Thanks, Bob.
>>
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>>
>> http://redirect.banners.gliderpilot.net/?id=21
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