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 Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 11:14 pm |
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Oregon 300 is good GPS; very portable and intuitive, very rapid acquisition of satellites (Hotfix excelent). Cons: function automotive does not have "detour"...(Colorado series have detour function) I recommend, when garmin generates the function "detour", I have had nuvi series 200, 200w, 255w and 850 and they all bring the function detour in automotive mode
The Oregon 300 is a great paper saving machine. Love this for geocaching, giving on road as well as off road directions, seeing all of the description, hints & logs. It does seem that Garmin could have made it easier to go from page to page without always going back. The backlight quits working quckly even though the batteriers still have a lot of life in them. I'll try lithium to see if that helps. OverallI would recommend it.
I waited for months to be able to afford to buy this unit, I have been geocacing for several years and have been anxious to upgrade my Garmin GPS60 and do paperless caching with one device. The Oregon navigates fine, generally as accurate as the 60. The screen is not as bright, but certainly readable in normal outside light. As for the biggest feature of the Oregon, the touchscreen, I found it terrible. I have an iphone, so use a touchscreen, and maybe my expectations were too high, but the Oregon was awful. One minute the slightest touch was needed, the next it doesn't respond at all. I like the way the menu was set up, but there are too many steps when going from automotive to geocaching profiles. And you can only get turn by turn directions in automotive mode. I sold the Oregon and got a Colorado 400T and love it!
Had a Garmin 60CSx, but wanted a unit to find Wherigo geocaches. Very happy with this GPS! Took a little getting use to since I was so familar with the 60, but now I like it better. Still learning all of the features, but this is a great unit and like the touch screen. Can't go wrong with this unit or any in the family.p.s. Add the Street maps card from Garmin and you can use the unit to route on the road to the next geocache! *** highly recommended ***
We originally purchased this as a second GPS. It is fantastic. Just as easy to use as our 400t. All the features we really need for our use are here. We will probably buy them in the future as gifts.
handheld GPS navigator for use outdoors, in a car, or on a boat * 3" LCD touchscreen display (240 x 400 pixels) with built-in picture viewer * WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) capability improves GPS accuracy to within 3 meters * electronic compass and barometric altimeter * short-range wireless transfer of data to other Garmin Oregon and Colorado navigators *
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