Garmin Oregon 400t

[doojer]

Man, I am just drooling over this thing! Looks like I may need to sell my 60 CSX once they've got all the kinks worked out.... :drool:

Anyone got one yet?

www8.garmin.com/buzz/oregon/

[Macavity]

Yeah, I've been going back and forth trying to decide between the Oregon and the Colorado.

[doojer]

I love that the Colorado has a touch screen (which the Oregon doesn't)... but I hear the display could be a bit brighter on both models.

I played with one at REI and I gotta say, the functionality was awesome! (especially the paperless geocaching and 3d maps :yup:)

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[dr.dirty]

i bought it and took it right back im glad i didnt sell my 60csx itwas very slow and laggy dont get me wront i love the look of the new maps but way to slow for my tatse and took about 20 mins to find all the satilites my 60 csx finds them all in like 2 mins

[Piginajeep]

is this strictly hand held or can it be used on a motorcycle?

[dr.dirty]

i dont think it tracks fast enough when i mounted it in my jeep i was about 1/2 mile ahead of where the gps said i was doing about 55mph

[doojer]

i bought it and took it right back im glad i didnt sell my 60csx itwas very slow and laggy dont get me wront i love the look of the new maps but way to slow for my tatse and took about 20 mins to find all the satilites my 60 csx finds them all in like 2 minsWhoa-- that's not good. I did notice that there was no mention of sirf technology in these units. The CSx is amazing in terms of getting/keeping a lock, and that has a lot to do with the sirf iii chip. I wonder if the problem with the Oregon has more to do with the chipset or the software. I remember one firmware version that they released for the CSx that slowed it down to a crawl.... the next firmware update got it back up to speed.

Thanks for the info, though-- that's definitely the kind of thing that will help me hold off and see how things progress.

[doojer]

is this strictly hand held or can it be used on a motorcycle?I know it can be mounted to a motorcycle. I would hope it could track a moving vehicle, considering the fact that it touts its marine features... but, again, it sounds like they have some kinks to work through....

[dr.dirty]

im sure garmin will work it out and it will ba a stellar unit but im gonna wait for a while and stick with my 60csx for now