I am very interested in this discussion myself since I am planning on doing quite a bit of bicycle touring over the next few years. I originally was looking at the typical Garmin Edge Touring that most sites recommend but then I found out about Etrex and GPSMAP® 64st. It seems places that review these units don't even mention Etrex or GPSMAP® 64st so I didn't even know about them for cycling use till by accident! And I have also heard A LOT of complaints about the Edge series of devices that have been slow to respond, misguided navigation, and high degree of unit failures, so after reading about the Etrex and the GPSMAP® 64st I got to thinking about perhaps something other than Edge products may be better? Most of my touring will be done on paved roads, while dirt and gravel will be avoided if possible but I have no problems riding on those surfaces if absolutely necessary, but I want to stay on paved roads. It would also be nice if the map system had bike shops, campsites, restaurants, stores (like Walmart or a grocery store), points of interest, etc would be very nice to have on the mapping system. Of course since I would be camping having replaceable batteries could be a benefit I hadn't thought of till I read this thread, I may not always be around an outlet! so independence from an outlet might be a plus.
Does Adventure Cycling have downloadable maps for these Etrex or GPSMAP® 64st units? More than likely I will follow Adventure Cycling routes most of the time but may stray off to see something.
Apparently from this thread the Etrex seems like the better choice. Any advice would be great.
Thanks