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Here's some recent Garmin Colorado 300 reviews:
Da military Frenchie December 29, 2009	Some of the boys I work with (military ones) bought some of these and they aren't too pleased with this unit. It has a BIG screen indeed, but that feature alone chews batteries in no time. Plus, you just can't see anything from it in broad day light. The screen is dark compared to some other units we've owned and tested in the field. And just so you all know, if you ever clip the thumb wheel out of its socket and you get any grit, sand, water or anything else in there, your GPS is toast!! We've seen it twice already. The poorly design allows you to pop the thumb wheel way too easy (if you own one, try it and you'll see), allowing anything contaminants to enter the GPS and turning it into a very cool expensive door stopper or a rear view mirror bling-bling. If you want the best of the best from Garmin, for outdoor use, in any terrain and weather, with the best features and military worthy, go with the GPSMAP 60Cx or 60CSx. You won't be disappointed!
oneye November 26, 2009	used on my four wheeler, I have the adaptor to plug it in and as bright as my car GPS. Finding my tree stand in the dark is a breeze.
Jason R. August 17, 2009	The Garmin Oregon 300 (using firmware 3.10) is the 3rd Garmin GPS in our household. The first being a GPS II+, and the second being a GPS V. The GPS V is a map capable unit that works extremely well, however it is constrained by it's display, available memory and overall interface responsiveness and time to calculate routes. I have found the GPS V receiver to be fast and accurate. The Oregon 300 is a huge improvement over the GPS V with it's display, memory capacity and interface responsiveness however while the Oregon GPS receiver seems very sensitive, it does not seem to be as accurate as the older GPS V. For example with the GPS V and Oregon mounted on the centre of the dashboard while driving, with "lock to road" turned off and using the same map scale, the GPS V and the Oregon do not agree with the vehicles proximity to the road. The GPS V usually displays it's position much closer or on the road compared to the Oregon. With "lock to road" turned on, the Oregon 300 will frequently appear to "jump" to adjacent roads! It is also odd that the Oregon will frequently indicate speed, while the GPS is actually stationary. This diminishes the users confidence regarding the results of actual speed and time calculations. To date I have never seen WAAS work on the Oregon, while it usually becomes active after 1-2 minutes with the GPS V in the same situation. However, enabling WAAS really slows down the GPS V map refresh and route calculations. Obviously I haven’t seen WAAS working on the Oregon to know what impact the feature may have on overall device performance. Apparently the Oregon receiver has far more channels (20) than the GPS V (12), so potentially, enabling WAAS on the Oregon may have minimal impact on other GPS functions. Another issue with the Oregon appears to be elevation accuracy. While driving through mountain summits with elevation posted at the side of the road, the GPS V elevation field is usually +/-2 metres of the posted elevation. The Oregon elevation indicator, even after calibrating the barometer, is frequently +/-20 to 30 metres, and that's on a good day. I have the Oregon set to calibrate the barometer at power up, but it would be nice to just use the GPS signal to calculate elevation, as this method has proved very accurate with the GPS V. In many respects the Oregon touch screen is a step backwards. For example, to cancel a routing activity, while staying on the map, requires the following user actions: GPS V: 1) Press “Menu” Key. 2) Press “Enter” Key for “Stop Navigation”. Oregon: 1) Press “X” for Menu. 2) Press “Where to” for navigation controls. 3) Press “Stop Navigation”. 4) Press “Map” to get back to the map. Plus, now there are more finger prints all over the screen, and more attention has been required to perform the sequence on the Oregon, which is distracting while driving. Having said all that, the Oregon calculates routes very quickly. A route that takes 2 minutes to calculate on the GPS V, takes no more than several seconds (<5) on the Oregon. However, if a route re-calculation is required, sometimes the Oregon will get completely confused, requiring the route calculations be stopped, and the routing process restarted from scratch. The vehicle navigation map view is a nice feature. The Geocaching features of the Oregon look very promising, but it’s too bad that a subscription to the Geocaching.com website is required to get the cache description details directly downloadable to the unit. Considering all the information is accessible on the website, it is a very contrived circumstance to drive subscriptions. I haven’t done a lot of Geocaching with the Oregon, but it appears that once a cache has been found, it is moved to a “found” list, and I haven’t figured out how to revert a cache to “unfound” status. (This is would be really useful for training exercises with Scouting and Guiding groups - which I do.) Garmin GPS units have a reputation for being a bit rough around the edges when they are introduced, but are known to mature as customer feedback for feature improvements and additional time is put into “tuning” the receiver performance with firmware updates. I feel comfortable that the majority of the issues I have mentioned above with the Oregon will be resolved or minimized with future firmware updates, at least, I sure hope so :-) This is a great resource for any Oregon owners: http://garminoregon.wikispaces.com/
Barb August 15, 2009	Bought the Corado 300 a month ago and took it with me to France to do some Geocaching. It worked well. No glitches so far. Still need to play with it to figure out all the options.
Jason July 5, 2009	Overall I like the Colorado 300 and would definitely recommend it for geocaching. It has all of the features that we use while out on the trails. The screen is dimmer than the 60CSx, but has a much higher level of detail. We've found that the screen is very good in bright light, but needs to be brightened when in the car between caches. The loading of GPX files from GSAK works very well, and all of the geocaching logs and hints are moved over. We've found this completely eliminates our need to take paper with us out on the trails. We are getting very good life out of new NiMH rechargeable batteries (~4-5 hours of continuous use). The roller wheel allows for one hand use, and with a little customization of the menus, everything is within a few clicks of the button. We would prefer to have had a lanyard instead of the carbiner. We're very happy with the unit. We'll see if get the same live out of this one as our 10 year old Garmin Legend!

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