Thank you all for the great feedback. I have not made a purchase yet, but
I did a little more research and been to a local West Marine to check out
some of the Gramin units.. but as of now, I've not decided what to go with
yet, but here are some of my thoughts.

Garmin: Most units were huge except for the Vista Cx. If I go
with garmin, I may consider it.

Magellan: I'm still thinking about Explorist 600


While doing the research, I've bumped into Earthmate PN-20
http://www.delorme.com/pn20/

has anybody used this before?

Can someone compare Garmin and Magellan from personal experience?

I think I've narrowed it down to the above three (unless someone has
a handheld unit [NO PDAs] that I can sync with google earth and/or maps)
and As i've mentioned earlier.. I do not care about the turn-by-turn
directions.


thanks!