Re: Garmin Oregon. Anybody got one?

I suggest you look on the geocachers' websites at the discussions of the Oregon. You will get all the details of all the warts, as well as the good points, of the Oregon (and other units as well). On any of the sites, go to the "Hardware and Software" forums. http://www.geocaching.com/ or for the real techheads in Silicon Valley, The Geocachers of the Bay Area at http://www.thegba.com On GBA, there has been a running discussion of the Oregon (and the rumored new "California") at http://thegba.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3773&start=0. One of the major criticisms has been that the Oregon is "dumbed down", a trend in GPSRs that has been going on for several years now. That is, since "most users don't understand", a number of useful features have been removed from the Oregon. There is a wide agreement that the 60-series is still Garmin's best unit family (GPSMap 60Cx and 60CSx, though many find the sensors in the CSx to be problematic - much too much battery drain, need to frequently recalibrate the flux-gate compass, fact that the altitude normally displayed is the barometric altimeter, not the GPS-derived altitude, some other quibbles). The 400T Oregon looks snazzy, but some people have been returning them.