It’s buggy as hell

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Once loaded with the same Birdseye imagery that my 64st has, the 66st just powers off all the time when browsing the map, where the 64st does fine.

I’ve also found some simple ways to make it switch off, like go into the menu, select recording, press left or right to cycle the options,
exit the menu, and it powers off.

These aren’t the only glitches I’ve found, but they all seem to either power off the unit, or crash it so the batteries have to be removed to power it off.

Not recommended by me as an upgrade, until they at least give the firmware a pretty thorough overhaul.
I’ve never bought a new GPS unit of Garmin’s so hot off the press, so not sure if they are all like this to begin with.
If I were to go on a trip right now, I’d leave the 66st at home, and take the much more reliable 64st instead!

Searching addresses does not work at all, so you can’t make a route when provided with a destination address. You have to find it on the map.

No patches support it yet BTW.. but that I already knew of, and am just using it’s built in topo map.
Cheers!

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xArtx Reviewed by xArtx on 8th November 2018. GPSMAP 66st First Impressions It’s buggy as hell :D Once loaded with the same Birdseye imagery that my 64st has, the 66st just powers off all the time when browsing the map, where the 64st does fine. I’ve also found some simple ways to make it switch off, like go into the menu, select recording, press left or right to cycle the options, exit the menu, and it powers off. These aren’t the only glitches I’ve found, but they all seem to either power off the unit, or crash it so the batteries have to be removed to Rating: 5