Garmin Oregon 400T 3-Inch Touchscreen Handheld GPS Unit with Preloaded Topographic Maps | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 865
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Native Resolution: 240 x 400
Display Size: 3
Includes MP3 Player: 0
Size: Garmin Part #010-00697-02
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4 x 7
MPN: OREGON 400t
Model: OREGON 400t
UPC: 753759078577
EAN: 0753759078577
ASIN: B001B17O60
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| Features:
| • | High Sensitivity GPS Receiver | | • | Features A 2.6-InchH X 1.5-InchW Color Tft Display With 240 X 400 Pixel Resolution | | • | Rugged Touch-Screen Technology | | • | Features Built-In Worldwide Basemap With Shaded Relief | | • | Wireless Sharing Of User Tracks, Waypoints, Routes & Geocaches Between Units |
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Product Description
Get in touch with your wild side with the Garmin Oregon 400t. This next-generation handheld features a rugged, touchscreen along with preloaded topographic maps, 3-D map view, a high-sensitivity receiver, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, microSD card slot, picture viewer and more. Even exchange tracks, waypoints, routes and geocaches wirelessly between similar units.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Excellent November 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just returned my Nuvi 500 to Amazon because the opportunity came up to purchase the Oregon 400t and the Nuvi 500 is poorly suited for off-road compared to trail-devices. Now my only questions are, what's the limit to what I can do with this thing? People looking into the Oregon may want to look at Delorme's PN-40, released yesterday. The compass has a prompt to hold it level until it can read well and then the prompt dissapears, it would be nice to have a 3 axis compass, but it's not a big deal. The internal compass is, however, a great asset to the device allowing for alot easier navigation then trying to walk around and find your bearing. The touch screen works with fingers, PDA styluses, and winter gloves! It performs well in below freezing temperatures for extended periods and is fairly rugged. For off-road it's amazing however on-road it offers routing, auto re-routing if you miss a turn, but not voice announcements only beeps to announce turns. Mac and Windows user have the option of uploading and downloading and saving tracklogs using GPS Babel and converting them into .kml files to be seen over-layed on google earth. Conversely, you can create tracks on google earth and upload them to the 400t. Great device!
The best Hand held GPS on the market October 12, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought Oregon 400C. I have Topo 2008 and many other Garmin maps on micro SD cards. No matter which Garmin Oregon you pick this model offers all you need in a mapping hand held GPS device. Fast, convenient with its touch screen interface and it is very compact. The only con is the relatively low battery life but with charged 2700+ mAh NiMH or Lithium batteries in particular you can use it for 2-3 days. Compared to the Garmin Colorado this device has much better battery life, smaller profile, and much, much better user interface. If you need a reliable, easy to use and powerful hand held GPS don't look further. Buy it!
The best yet October 10, 2008
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I've owned about 6 GPSr's since my first loaf-sized Lowrance Eagle. Almost all of them have been Magellans, but since my XP PC fatally crashed and Magellan doesn't offer a driver for Vista Home Premium (why not? I suppose that since the Triton series is so bad they're giving up) I went ahead and bought an Oregon 400t. It is by far the best GPS that I have ever used! The size is good, the graphics magnificent, and the operation is intuitive (if you're familiar with GPS operation). (I can't speak about a learning curve -- sorry.) The touchscreen is responsive, fun to use, and much less error-prone than buttons. The maps are clean and easy to read. Pan and zoom is very easy, and different features appear at appropriate scales.
The PC interface is error-free, and the firmware upgrade process is a no-brainer. The GPSr and micro-SD card both show up as drives, so you can do anything that you want with them. (There is a warning not to delete the maps.)
Cons: the minor roads are blue (contrary to cartographic convention), but it's easy to adjust to seeing them. Hard to read in sunlight? It's a silly point raised by pampered people.
Summary: The Oregon 400t sets the new standard; it is way ahead of the previous generation of GPSRs. It's quite expensive, but you get what you pay for.
 Not Sail Friendly September 30, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I just broke this unit in on an ocean sailboat race from Miami to Fort Lauderdale and back.
I never attempted to use the unit like Mr. Warriner. That would be kind of like watching a movie on a cell phone. I don't get that either. Instead, I charted my course using Nobeltec Visual Navigation Suite on my PC and transferred the waypoints into the Oregon 400c. To Mr. Warriner's credit however, you have to specify "On the Trail" to find support for the 400c on Garmin's website. It's nowhere to be found under "On the Water".
I liked the user interface, loved the touch screen, and tolerated the often hard to read display. Battery performance was good yielding eight hours on a pair of NiMH batteries with backlight maxed and WAAS on. I liked the carabineer, the robust battery compartment locking mechanism and much larger than usual rubber seal. The unit looks tough . . . like you could use it for a hockey puck. Didn't try that. I am in Miami after all. However, it did get sea splashed and rained on for two days with no ill effects.
What I did not like was the speed readout. We were on a 32 foot Evelyn averaging seven knots in about three foot confused seas. The speed readout was all over the lot easily ranging a knot higher or lower than actual from one second to the next. To form and educated guess of actual speed over the ground, you had to watch the readout for ten or twenty seconds and guestimate an average in your head.
If there was any way to "damp" or short-term average these readings in the GPS's own brain, it was not apparent in the skimpy instruction manual nor on Garmin's website which has always been quite user hostile. I can't say that I have ever noticed this feature on a Garmin but none of my other three Garmin GPS's have ever exhibited this extreme twitchiness. My Simrad chartplotter allows you to exactly specify the short-term averaging that goes into the displayed speed output.
Until Garmin supplies a fix that is more intelligent than, for instance, "turn off WAAS" I would probably buy a different handheld chart plotter for sailboat racing.
By the way, we took top honors in the race. Little or no credit to Garmin this time out. It's tough trying to be all things to all people.
 Mariners Don't be Fooled September 21, 2008
4 out of 12 found this review helpful
This unit might be OK for short trips where you already know where you are going, the touch screen is cool and handy and the chart details are fine.
However, if you want Marine features, read on.
My first clue was the word "Chart" does not appear anywhere in the menu system. That is because this unit is really an outdoor map unit that was adapted for marine use.
Sadly, that means that there are missing features for mariners the most important being chartplotting. Chartplotting is where you drop a series of waypoints on to a chart, make sure there are no obstructions in the way, collectively they are strung together to create a route. It is all done on the chart so you can see details of your route. You can't create a route in one step on the chart with the Oregon or Colorado series of Garmin Handheld GPS Units.
With the Oregon, first you need to create a series of waypoints, each which should be named so they make sense as to their location. Then go to your menu system and choose another page that contains the list of waypoints, but not where they are on your chart. Choose a series of waypoints to string together as a route and then you can go back to the Map (their name not mine) and inspect your route on the chart to make sure you don't hit anything.
If that is not enough to convince you, go ahead and buy it. It is a nice toy.
Here is what I suggest instead: NOTE: not as fun as a touch screen but functional and almost 1/2 the price: Lowrance iFinder H20 C GPS (Blue) and NP-USA NAUTIC PATH MAP CHART
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