Devthor

I just received my 400t about a week ago and have had a bit of time to cache with it. For those concerned about touch screens and cold weather, the unit performed great in -20F weather (found 3 caches over lunch) operated with ski gloves on. It fared much better than my hands when I had to take the gloves off to write in the journal . So far I am quite happy with the unit. I do love the automotive routing to drive to the next cache location that I have found quite useful. Thank you for all your comments in helping with the decision. There are many things I like about both the PN-40 and Oregon units after trying them both, but for my personal use, the Oregon seemed to fit better.

Thanks Jim, I just purchased on from Amazon today though. Got it for the $461 price that seems to fade in and out for the site (Oregon 400t). Thanks everyone for your help. Good luck caching!

Sounds like a good deal except they appear to be less than reputable: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/cameras/prestige_camera.html The only sites I've found so far with good prices are: Amazon (~510) GPSNow (~500) Anyone had experience with GPSNow? They seem to have a very strict return policy (read you WILL pay restocking no matter what), but decent prices and ratings.

I am looking to purchase an Oregon 300 or 400t from either another Geocacher or a website. If anyone has any recommendations for either, I would greatly appreciate it.

It looks like I will probably go with the Garmin Oregon 300 and topo maps. I like a lot of the features of the Delorme, but the paperless geocaching features on the Oregon seem a step above and beyond what is offered by the competition (makes sense since they have been doing it for so long). Since that is my main use for the unit, I am willing to sacrifice a bit in other areas for it. Though maybe Delorme will push Garmin to price their maps a bit better... Here's hoping.

Curse you. The more I look at the Delorme PN-40 the more I like the features. Especially the cheaper maps. Now, if only their menu system and UI was built as well as the Oregon. The touch screen interface is very tempting for geocaching... You've left me with more to think about, thank you.

Here is my situation. I currently own the Magellan Triton 400, but have the opportunity to sell it for a fair chunk of my money back. I am trying to decide whether I should spend the extra money and go with the Garmin Oregon. Features I want: - Paperless Geocaching (I don't have a PDA, nor would I really use one) - Decent Accuracy - Good Track Management - Electronic Compass (nice, but not necessary, I use a standard compass w/ my GPS currently) Really my uses are: 60% geocaching 20% hiking 20% skiing Currently in Minnesota so Terrain: Mostly Tree Cover (ranging from heavy to light) Some canyons (north shore), but nothing that major I have been heavily considered going with the Oregon 300 series and picking up the topographic maps separately (I would love to get them pre-loaded, but having a viewer to examine maps and such on my computer really outweighs that, what was Garmin thinking?) My only major concern is whether the Oregon has accuracy problems in geocacheing that people have noticed, or if they seem to have been somewhat resovled. (By accuracy problems I mean major drift issues where you get outside of the typical 30' search area) I know this has been brought up a fair amount, but I am just curious if anyone has additional input on this particular situation.