Garmin Oregon 450 Handheld GPS Navigator
I think this is wonderful, It was recommended to my friends and fulfills all my expectations, then and I also recommend
Garmin Oregon 450 Handheld GPS Navigator
I have owned the Oregon 550t for three years. I have used it for hiking
and horseback trips. I also purchased European maps and used it on a
trip to Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean. I found the unit difficult
to use and unintuitive. It is almost impossible to read on horseback and
difficult to read in sunlight.
Garmin Oregon 450 Handheld GPS Navigator
The unit takes about 5 minutes to download its built in map into the
Basecamp software on my Mac Powerbook. Many of the maps are innacurate.
For example, they don't show the Pacific Crest Trail near Etna mountain
in Siskiyou co, Ca, even though the trail is among the largest and most
heavily traveled in the world. The unit is extremely frustrating and a
big disappointment.
Garmin Oregon 450 Handheld GPS Navigator
I've been told that Garmin has the best systems out & with this
being said, then I must have the best. I have been practicing with my
Garmin & find it to be less user friendly then my iPhone. I believe
that the technology is advanced enough to make these navigators more
usable. The topo maps that come with it are only 100K & they just
don't give enough detail for what I need.
Garmin Oregon 450 Handheld GPS Navigator
I will either have to purchase the 24,000K topos or carry maps of the
area I am hiking in. I don't believe that anyone else's is better, it's
just that I think that Garmin could make their products much easier to
use. so by the time someone purchases one they have spent about $300 or
so & they still need topo downloads plus accessories. I also have a
Bushnell, which is great, however, no maps in it.
Garmin Oregon 450 Handheld GPS Navigator
I have to connect it to my Mac when I am home & it automatically
draws the trek I just did which is easy to see on a Google map. For me
there are times when I need detailed topo information as there are no
marked trails & the Bushnell doesn't have maps. Well, I will have
to upgrade to the detailed maps & download maps to where I may be
going before I go to remote wilderness areas.
Garmin Oregon 450 Handheld GPS Navigator
Superb! The touch screen feature is the ultimate highlight for ease of
use. The menus are great & simple The optional Topo SD cards for
select Sections of the USA expand the versatility when traveling,
hiking, etc. The SD cards easily swap out and no programing needed.
Highly pleased with the Oregon 450 over my older Summit model which was
top of the line back when.
Garmin Oregon 450 Handheld GPS Navigator
