Garmin aera 760 GPS Trial

[@FlyingNDriving]

I too want a twice as heavy, 3x the price, 4x the thickness iPad with half the resolution!

[@michaelcaudill1412]

Flying'N'Driving my thoughts exactly

[@TimToussaint]

No risk over overheating

[@DiMoraDiamond]

I have one as well as an Aera 660. Pros over an iPad: much brighter screen, doesn’t overheat, same touchscreen interface as Garmin GTN navigators. Fails: Only one BT connection. Doesn’t get ADS-B data from Foreflight Sentry. Resolution not as good as iPad. Database updates brutally slow.

[@andrewtoth7674]

I appreciate her grimace when she has to say its $1599.

[@nofxslc]

Haha! Noticed that myself. Even she had a hard time saying that price with a straight face.

[@davidshakespeare9767]

I bet it was “available now” and will continue to stay that way since nobody will buy this

[@supejc]

But does it come with an entire U2 album?

[@nocturnusmake-up8581]

I remember that, i cant believe some people were pissed. literally like "how dare they assume I want their album", LMAO!

[@smacmoyle]

its sunlight readable and it doesnt overheat. those are the only pros

[@5xls]

Holy hell, get that yoke refurbished! 08:30

[@vamsikrishna8765]

Hi, I recently purchased Garmin aera 760 and mounted on my windshield. The AHRS is not stable. Slowly it is either showing a climb or decend. How to fix this. Thank you

[@StealthElectronVIP]

The great thing about Garmin in my opinion is that they tend to just work and stay working, but they're somewhat behind the times compared to a modern ipad.

[@Rancho-Relaxo]

Had every single iPad model produced , in my RV4 even, the 12.9, IPad Pro. No good in having great resolution if they are hopeless in sunlight. Bring out an iPad that can be seen in sunlight and doesn’t dim, when I’m 100 miles out to sea, will be a sure winner.

[@stlflyguy]

Want to make it better? Include Garmin Pilot with the 660/760 free with the database subscription.

[@benjaminhug5271]

She couldn’t really give a solid reason why it’s better than an iPad other than durability... and if you already have a gps on the panel, idk why you would need the aera on your yoke 🤷‍♂️

[@flexairz]

I had the same feeling. I can do way more with my iPad mini for way less dollars. And with care, that heating is not a problem, plus with a good cover the iPad is protected enough.

[@FryChicken]

Just because she couldn’t give one doesn’t mean there aren’t any. iPads are fickle, large, and clunky to hold. They’re also not dedicated devices, putting you at the whim of apple’s software updates and other crap. I quite like the idea of a dedicated device, both hardware- and software-wise.

[@FryChicken]

@@mayshack I appreciate the reply, but I still feel a dedicated device could be better than a fickle iPad.

[@in2flying]

The only thing lower than the resolution on this device was the enthusiasm by the Gorman rep.

[@jgpyne]

I agree with everyone else here. If the largest selling point is durability/ruggedness etc, I think I'll buy 4 iPad mini's and let my kids play with 3 of them while I use the one that "could" fail and confiscate one of the kids iPad's if that happens, lol.

[@Sittingduck30]

If I had a round gage plane, this would be great...

[@jppalm3944]

Resolution could be better

[@jlshoem]

It fell off the wing of a Mooney .... with a flat tire.

[@jeffreyjones7529]

If Apple starts making glass panels, Garmin is in trouble. I mean what are thinking with that price amongst the other points people are making.

[@DavidDavid-jb1cy]

AAPL is about as likely to make a glass panel as Boeing is to making a cell phone.

[@mattj65816]

@4:50, they could have given it a good anti-glare screen with paper feel under a stylus. The iPad sucks in flight on both accounts. By the looks of the footage here, the Aera is no better.

[@andrewmorris3479]

The iPad Pro and Mini are world class when it comes to low reflectivity at 1.8%.

[@mattj65816]

@@andrewmorris3479 Great, but the glare off of an iPad mini sucks in a sunny cockpit, I fly with one at least a few times a week. I bet Garmin could do better in an aviation focused product. They could also come up with a product that is less prone to overheating. I don't expect Apple to do these things with the iPad because they are not important to the general public. But in an aviation focused product, there are improvements that somebody like Garmin could make to create a more compelling product versus the general purpose iPad.

[@andrewmorris3479]

Matt Jensen I agree, but the current iPads pack as much power as a desktop PC in a thin and light aluminum enclosure with no cooling fans to speak of. The iPad’s CPU is probably 5x faster than any Garmin portable in the market so what you can you expect in a 100 degree cockpit with direct sunlight? They are really two completely different products.

[@andrewmorris3479]

Matt Jensen Which iPad Mini are you using? Mini 4 and the new Mini have 1.8% reflectivity and 400 nits of brightness which is great for a portable device.

[@mattj65816]

@@andrewmorris3479 for a portable general purpose device, yes. The iPads are great. For an aviation oriented device, as the Aera is, I bet improvements could be made to make it a more compelling device *in the aviation environment.* My primary iPad mini is the current model ("5.") My backup is a mini 4, which was my primary before the new one came out six months ago or whatever it was. They're great devices, I'm not saying they aren't, they just aren't aviation focused devices and they never will be. That leaves the door open for somebody like Garmin to produce something even better. They talk about how rugged the Aera is. I don't care about that. I've never dropped my iPad in (or out of?) a plane.

[@kazansky22]

I mean its a cool product, but for that price.... I mean, I'd want the thing to be able to talk to a GNX 375, GNC 355, and GPS 175

[@ramjet4025]

This was a glowing plug to keep Garmin happy. I liked the discrete references and comparisons to an Ipad. As much as a dislike Apple, I will be dumping my android tablet for an Ipad or perhaps two of them. Nice product but its a reminder of just how good an Ipad can be.

[@kazansky22]

There is an android device made for rugged application that is really good in the cockpit called TRIPLTEK, as far as I know its the brightest tablet in the world. If only foreflight supported android....

[@bryanmaxwell7332]

What’s it cost...???

[@connorgrigg1783]

6:36 They said $1599 I think

[@AV8R_1]

Three times as much as an iPad mini that does everything the Aera does, plus a million other things. SMH

[@flexairz]

Please review the video

[@DanFrederiksen]

A dedicated unit could be better than a tablet that might have other ideas but size, resolution, price works against it here and really, the instrument should be in the dash, not joining the rebels that are rebelling against their ridiculous certified prices. Can the bs distinction between certified and experimental and sell it at the experimental prices. Or lower. And get their heads in the game with screen resolution and size. Only in bizarre GA land is 10 inches a big screen that costs a lot of money. And if it helps certification, make a small backup unit part of the package such that it's predicated on a fall back, not deadly critical. A set of 2 or 3 units. And I get the impression that Garmin doesn't go through all that much for certification of these units because they are so complex and constantly changing with software that if they held them to any similar bureaucracy as the plane itself it would never get certified and cost a million. they might actually sell a lot more if the prices weren't so ridiculous.

[@bp968]

I'm not a pilot at the moment, but I agree with you. I couldn't help but notice that this was 1600$ and the Garmin G3X touch 7" is like 2995$. Then I saw that the experimental was 3k but the certified was *8K$*! 10k for the 10.6". So in the experimental you could almost setup a dual display and the autopilot for less then the price of a single certified display?! No wonder we have planes and engines designed in the 60s still being made and sold for 300k!

[@steviedandashleyc]

Anyone who buys this please tell me why? And just can’t imagine the people at Garmin were sitting around a table and agreeing this was a good idea.

[@skyking2202]

Because people in this thread are pitting the 760 against an iPad Mini. But this device doesn't compete against the iPad Mini. The target market for a 760 is the pilot looking to buy an iPad Mini + AHRS + ADSB. Like many products, it only competes favorably in its intended market, and doesn't make sense in another.

[@doncatchpole7370]

Good content, music no.

[@Draconisrex1]

My iPad has a built-in cell (and can be used as a smartphone if I use a head-set) system never mind wi-fi. And it was a $1,000 cheaper.

[@IceNein763]

For the price of an aera 760, you could buy another iPad if you drop it off the wing of a Mooney that has a flat tire. Sorry, not buying it (literally).

[@jeffe6467]

Ipad and new tires, money better purposed

[@allhailalona]

Perhaps I missed something. It has no ADB IN, can't read traffic or weather by it's own. It's very heavy and thick, very unesthetic... Why should I pay 1000 bucks more on a device twice ore more worse than an ipad. I'M GENIUNELY ASKING! why the price is so high??? Garmin have some very intelligent engineers... What did they put in this device that a tablet doesn't have, and don't give this certified bullshit. SERIOUSLY!!

[@superduper1917]

I was going to buy a “dedicated” iPad for the aircraft. I think this fits that roll well. Can’t corrupt the Operating System from looking at sketchy porn on a hotel wifi as easy either, ha! Marketing can’t say that but well….. LMAO!

[@Gregs_World]

great video great product but.... please do yourself a favor and remember... FUNCTION OVER FORM when it comes to masks forget the fact that you aren't wearing right... (THE UPPER BAND GOES ABOVE YOUR EARS)... but that mask has NO effect off my soapbox.... but these are important issues thanks for the info about the 760

[@theralfinator]

There's 3 people sharing a few cubic yards of air. Those masks are basically useless after a little while anyway in that environment.

[@in2flying]

Greg Savel My guess is the masks were taken off the camera stopped recording.

[@92tube88]

Four years later looking back at your finger wagging it’s such a relief we no longer have to deal with mask zealotry and scolding hysteria 🙄

[@Gregs_World]

@@92tube88 Glad you could take the time 4 years later to make a ridiculous comment. It's much appreciated. Having a father who died from COVID I really want to appreciate how much you didn't give a damn about his life either. Oh yeah, 4 years later it's still pisses me off when people would take the time to make a stupid reply like that.