Garmin 296 vs 196

glyn · Post by **glyn** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:14 am

Ok. Does color really make a 400 dollar difference between the 2 gps's. ? Anyone used both of the? I've used the 296 mounted in tecnams and remos but have never used the 196. I am wanting to get a personal gps and like the 296 but I don't think I want to pay the extra just for color it seems.

Thanks,
Glyn

wildbil7 · Post by **wildbil7** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:10 am

Glyn;

I have a 196 in my Quad city Challenger 2. that came in the plane when i purchased it and there is a difference between the 2 other then color. the 296 stores private airports where the 196 does not. I have to enter all the private airports manually.

There are other gps's that you can look at that are within the same price of a new garmin 196. some are the anywhere map, avmap,lowrance and bendix/king. you can find them at a place like aircraft spruce etc.

flyboy2007 · Post by **flyboy2007** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:51 pm

For the money I would get the lowrance 2000c I have it and am very happy with it. You can buy them new now for just under 500 bucks I think. I have one in a challenger 1

wildbil7 · Post by **wildbil7** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 3:01 pm

Flyboy

you belong to the fly challenger yahoo group?

glyn · Post by **glyn** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:06 pm

yea, been looking around and really like the bendix/king AV8OR

http://www.sportys.com/acb/showdetl.cfm ... 7&CATID=93

flyboy2007 · Post by **flyboy2007** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:45 pm

Ya wildbil I do. I am queefmeister_2002 on there.

SkySteve · Post by **SkySteve** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:03 pm

I really liked both the AV8OR and the Lowrance 2000c. I was able to look at them side by side and decided on the Lowrance 2000c, which I really like now that it is in my plane.

When I compaired them side by side I did not like the touch screen of the AV8OR, which I thought I would really like. But it takes away a lot of space from the screen. Plus, it looked like it would be difficult to work the touch screen when flying, especially in bumpy air.

I decided on the Lowrance 2000c because of the larger screen, and the ruberized buttons located off-screen. The rubberized buttons are very easy to feel and work even in bumpy air.

glyn · Post by **glyn** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:31 am

ive been reading up on the lowrance and think i may go with it. only thing i hate is there are some bad reviews on it as far as button failure and such. but sportys has it for 599. best deal i can find out there.

flyboy2007 · Post by **flyboy2007** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:12 am

Oh ya guess I was wrong they are just under 600. I think I saw them somewhere for 580 I will look and let ya know. I have not ever had any button problems with mine at all but maybe some have. I just like the idea of the bigger screen and it is really easy to operate and see when in flight.