Hi Loren, a street database that includes forestry roads and campgrounds,
now that's a different matter. I only use glasses for reading/computer,
etc. My eyes are fine for distance although a +1.00 strength does sharpen
things in the middle to far distance. I have a history of losing or
breaking all glasses so I buy cheap rack glasses for reading. If I could
find rack glasses that had +1.00 on the top and +2.25 on the bottom then
I'd feel confident that there isn't a GPS on the market that I couldn't
focus on. But since I can't, well, thus my inquiry to other farsighted
folk re the standalone GPS units.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

On 1/17/2008 9:00 AM Loren Busch wrote:

> Mike, the solution I'm using for just the problem you are talking about,
> being able to see things in the cab while driving, is a pair of glasses
> with progressive lenses.  Makes the dash and things on it come into
> sharp focus.  But, if you don't already wear eyeglasses then that idea
> won't help.  I do have a GPS with the 4" screen, a Pioneer, and I can
> see it fine when mounted on the dash.  BTW, I haven't mentioned the
> Pioneer unit in the current GPS thread because I'm totally unimpressed
> with it, especially the software.  Fine in town but the database for
> minor things like parks and camp grounds is pathetic.  But the price was
> good!
>
> On Jan 17, 2008 7:47 AM, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com
> <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Any older folk out there with farsighted eyes (I use 2.25 or 2.50 for
>     reading) tried using any of these little TomTom/Magellan/Garmin GPS
>     units?
>     Screens look to be too small to be useful for me. Look like they
>     would be
>     really washed out in direct sunlight, too.
>
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