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396 vs Anywhere EFB
Anyone care to help me with the pros and cons of these two portable systems.
I would like to purchase one soon. I think I have it narrowed down to these two but feel free to chime in if you think there is a better system. I mainly want the XM WX, but will use the GPS as a backup to my Garmin 430. Thanks in advance for comments John |
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396 vs Anywhere EFB
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"John" wrote: Anyone care to help me with the pros and cons of these two portable systems. I would like to purchase one soon. I think I have it narrowed down to these two but feel free to chime in if you think there is a better system. I mainly want the XM WX, but will use the GPS as a backup to my Garmin 430. Thanks in advance for comments John John, There are many comments that can be viewed by using a Google Groups search in the rec.aviation.* groups. Also, I would recommend searching the AOPA forums (forums.aopa.org) and sifting through comments on Control Vision's forums (forum.anywheremap.com). I've owned both AnywhereWx and the Garmin 396. I presently fly with the 396. The bottom line is that either will display weather fairly well, though Garmin's implementation is more complete if you're looking at the features of the $50/month XM subscription. Garmin's nav and obstacle data are better, and their quality control is infinitely better than Control Vision's. However, AnywhereMap does have some features missing from the Garmin 396, such as taxi diagrams, approach plate capability, etc. The WindowsXP tablet systems offer flexibility for uses outside of the cockpit. I sold my AnywhereMap system because I was tired of the perpetual bugs and the poor quality of the AnywhereMap navigation, airport, and obstacle data. It probably isn't a bad choice as a strictly supplemental system, but I do not have a panel-mount GPS. One other consideration: the Garmin portable units will interface with the panel mount units to exchange flight plan information, which makes the portable a convenient backup. JKG |
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396 vs Anywhere EFB
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"John" wrote: Anyone care to help me with the pros and cons of these two portable systems. I would like to purchase one soon. I think I have it narrowed down to these two but feel free to chime in if you think there is a better system. I mainly want the XM WX, but will use the GPS as a backup to my Garmin 430. Thanks in advance for comments John Garmin==HUGE company selling a huge number of units of the 396 which equals continued support for quite a while.... Anywheremap and Airgator (I have an Airgator)=small companies that are in the process (in my opinion) of dying a slow death as people switch to the 396. I got a GREAT deal on my Airgator/XM package otherwise I'd have a 396. It is incredibly painful as you fly with my Airgator to look ahead at your destination ATIS info..It is there, but you can't easily just scroll over and look, I always find I have to manually enter the identifier and hit WX. NOT easy on the little PDA screen. -- Chris Schmelzer, MD |
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