Every body thanks for the relplays. I havent heard anybody about the Garmin g3x.
Sombody experiance with the Garmin? Stef > Op 23 november 2016 om 15:31 schreef Jeff Scott via KRnet > <krnet at list.krnet.org>: > > > > ? > Wow. I fixed the iFly glare issue for less than $5 and 10 minutes of my time > to trim a generic anti screen cover. > > FWIW, I thought the iFly 720 was painfully slow booting. The touch screen had > chronic mapping issues depending on the temperature. And mine finally lost > it's mind needing the boot PROM to be re-flashed. iFly had chronic problems > with the vendor they were buying the touch screens from, then had to change > vendors once they found the ones they were selling were so unreliable. Yeah, > they took a pretty good black eye for it. But they got it right with the iFly > 740. I beat on iFly a bit about an upgrade until they gave me a decent trade > up for my 720 towards an iFly 740. I did have to spend another 10 minutes and > a few centavos to buy and cut another anti-glare screen cover, but the iFly > 740 has a much brighter screen (significantly brighter than my android), boots > up much faster, and has been rock solid. I have had my Android go belly up a > few times with the sun through the canopy. The iFly 740 has never had a > hiccup. > > As I stated in a previous post, the Androids/iPads have some advantages over > the Aviation GPS hardware, but they have some distinct disadvantages as well. > I almost always fly with one of each in the KR. I've only got space for one > in the SuperCub, so the iFly 740 is the one I choose to rely on. > > But, as was also previously stated by Larry. This is all feel-good fuzzy > stuff you don't need to fly. I had a lot of fun 40 years ago flying > coast-to-coast in a non-electric plane navigating by WAC chart and my MK 1 > eyeballs. > > -Jeff Scott > > > ------------------------------- > > "Two years later, at about 200 hours of use, the touch screen went south, to > the extent that the unit was unusable, requiring another repair, which cost > me about $140. This is not an uncommon issue either, as I know several folks > who've had the same problem. When I got it back, my non-glare screen > protector was missing (it went with the touch screen) and the screen was so > highly reflective I could barely see it. So then I had to order another > non-glare sheet and cut it to fit, since iFly doesn't even sell one to fit > their unit! Yes, whine, whine, whine!" > > > > Why I dumped the IFLY. When it first came out, it boasted of a non glare > screen, and, indeed, it was. I had a problem ( Locking up ) and sent it > back for a replacement. When it came back, the non glare was gone. I had > many conversations with them about this, to no satisfactory conclusion for > me. > > > > I don't like Ipad for the same glare issue, but they never said they were > non glare either. > > > > I love my SkyView and with the options available right now, I would not > trade it for any of them. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org
