I hear Garmin sold 3000 of these at Osh.

Until Garmin addresses the poor resolution of the 396's color screen, I
wouldn't consider buying it.

I did, however, purchase the Lowrance 2000C color GPS to replace our
old Airmap 300. It's not as nice as our AvMap (which still occupies
the pilot's yoke), but Lowrance FINALLY saw the error of their ways and
issued us a $225 instant rebate for our old unit.

(For those who don't know, Lowrance stopped supporting the 300 just two
years after we bought it. When it stopped recognizing the airport
database, and reverted to a "raw" GPS, Lowrance refused to fix it, and
refused to give us anything toward the purchase of a different unit.
At OSH '05 they finally "made it right"...)

Applying that rebate against a show-special price of $695 ($300 under
list), we just couldn't pass the 2000C by.

It's got a much bigger and higher resolution screen than the Garmin,
and would be perfect for XM weather. (And the even better AvMap would
be awesome with weather.) Unfortunately, Garmin has beat 'em both to
it...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56992
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"