When it comes to aviation GPS one brand which comes in all minds is the Garmin Avionics. They are the leading manufacturer and sellers of the aviation GPS and top brand in the world. Especially they have a wide range to choose from when it comes to portable GPS.
They have come up with two brands under the portable GPS category namely Garmin 496 and 396. Although each of them have their own advantages and disadvantages you can choose between them with the features they offer and whether they indeed would be useful for you not.
Firstly Garmin 396 comes with the color mapping and the satellite weather alerting system. This also comes with an updated database on U.S. obstacles and terrain database.
This Garmin 396 also comes with high resolution screen which can be read even under direct sunlight and comes with lithium-ion battery. And also many similar features to that of Garmin 296.
While the Garmin 496 packs all the features that Garmin 396 has but is even bundled with mini-MFD which is available only with 496. It also has more sophisticated software and more features making it an ideal choice for the pilots. Hence, between them Garmin 496 scores more and comes out with flying colors.