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  1. Why would they try to alienate what's probably their largest demographic, i.e. Garmin users?
  2. I keep hoping that Garmin will figure out that the 1:100,000 scale of the topos on their T models is insufficient for hikers. I would happily pay the extra $100 for the T model if they included the Garmin 1:24K regional maps, which include routable streets. Someone else mentioned gpsfiledepot.com. That really is a good site. They have extremely detailed TOPO maps of just about every state. The Arizona and Florida ones are very good and I spend a lot of time in both states. Free, too! And legal, as mentioned earlier.
  3. I'm sure when you speak of "alternate source" you mean www.GPSfiledepot.com where tons of free maps are available for download. And it's legal. Uh, yeah...that's the ticket...
  4. why would they sell T model then ? Because, if they didn't, you'd still have to buy the Garmin TOPO DVD. Or find it from an, ahem, "alternate source".
  5. I wonder if they'll still have some ridiculous map tile limit like only 4000 tiles on the Montana. You'd think Garmin would release a unit that would let you load ALL of their TOPO US map and have it available for use instead of forcing you to buy a "T" model.
  6. Buy it from L.L. Bean. Lifetime warranty for repair, exchange or refund at any time for any reason. do tell more Go do research above and beyond the warranty I pretty much quoted right here. Or R.E.I I like L.L Bean. I'm on the, ahem, "same" pair of hiking boots from the '90s. I bought my Montana 600 from Bean to try it out and returned it because I really didn't want to spend that much. I did it because I could absolutely not find one around here to play with in person. Got a full refund no problem and then bought it right back from them a while later after they dropped the price and they'd sent me a 20% off email coupon. I wonder if that works for mail orders too, we don't one in Colorado. Although I have owned several garmin units in my life and not a single one ever broke so I'm not too worried about that. Of course it works for mail orders. There isn't an L.L Bean around here, either. Everything I buy from them is on-line.
  7. Buy it from L.L. Bean. Lifetime warranty for repair, exchange or refund at any time for any reason. do tell more Go do research above and beyond the warranty I pretty much quoted right here. Or R.E.I I like L.L Bean. I'm on the, ahem, "same" pair of hiking boots from the '90s. I bought my Montana 600 from Bean to try it out and returned it because I really didn't want to spend that much. I did it because I could absolutely not find one around here to play with in person. Got a full refund no problem and then bought it right back from them a while later after they dropped the price and they'd sent me a 20% off email coupon.
  8. Buy it from L.L. Bean. Lifetime warranty for repair, exchange or refund at any time for any reason. do tell more Go do research above and beyond the warranty I pretty much quoted right here.
  9. Buy it from L.L. Bean. Lifetime warranty for repair, exchange or refund at any time for any reason.
  10. I agree the Montana doesn't charge rechargeables but does its own pack. The connectors for the pack are separate from where you put batteries. Plus, a spare charged pack is smaller, lighter and more convenient than three extra AAs rolling around in your pocket.
  11. You must not own a Montana, the unit from which the Oregon 600 got it's software layout. If we're comparing anything to the new Oregon it would be the Montana. I have a Montana 600 and it's never frozen up on me. I built a Win7 PC that I've been using daily since the summer of 2011 and it's never locked up once, either.
  12. Not so sure that's a good thing. The screen on my Montana is very, very good and highly responsive. The capacitive touchscreen on my Nuvi 3790T looks good, but it's not nearly as responsive. I sometimes have to touch things several times to get it to "take" and the screen seems very slow and laggy at times. Plus, like you said, it's a no-go with gloves although I've seen some specialty gloves that have a metal mesh or something in the fingertips and are designed to be used with iPhones and such. They didn't look like good actual outdoors type gloves, though.
  13. 60CX is a 60CSX without the electronic compass and altimeter. A good buy if you don't want those features. The 60CS had the same form factor, but much poorer electronics; something to avoid. Also, the 60CS didn't have micro SD card eXpandable memory. That's what the "X" designator means.
  14. I can't speak to the Oregon directly, but I do have a Montana with the same antenna design. It is FAR faster and maintains a good satellite lock over my 60CSx. If I haven't used either in a while, the Montana will already have a lock before finishing its startup (inside my house) and be resolving the accuracy while my 60CSx right next to it will take a while to get a lock. My Montana is more accurate and repeatable (I verify every track on Google Earth) than my 60CSx and has zero issues with foliage/canopy cover The deep in canyons here in Arizona can be especially challenging to a GPS unit, too. There were a few places (Oak Creek Canyon especially) where my 60CSx absolutely wigged out and virtually became unusable. A track on the Montana only wavers from side-to-side a tiny bit in that same situation.
  15. Yeah, and MREs will "work" 99% of the time and keep you alive, too, but what's the fun in that? Get the Oregon...or better yet...a Montana!
  16. You'd need to get a Montana and Navteeq Maps, and a lifetime subscription. It's cheaper to get a Nuvi and an Oregon. Ignoring cost, I do agree that in terms of usability it is probably the best choice. You can get NT maps for, um, free.
  17. Get a Montana. It has a Nuvi mode in addition to being a powerful "real" GPS for outdoors use. Best of both worlds.
  18. Good luck finding a 60CSx at a decent price. They've been discontinued for years although some "new" old stock exists. I saw one recently on Amazon for over $600. I paid less than $250 for mine new in 2008 and it came with Garmin US TOPO 2008.
  19. As with firearms, two is one and one is none. ALWAYS have a backup unit. And you got rid of an excellent one...
  20. WTF are you talking about? My Montana rocks!
  21. Seems like more of a hardware limit to me. Still, I don't see it being really that hard to have a prompt pop up when you disable a map. Something like "Do you wish to delete this map from internal unit memory?" If "yes", then it would free up all the taken tiles and allow another map to be loaded up into internal memory (or wherever the 4000 tiles go) when the next desired map is enabled. Even if you had to restart the unit to load the new map, it wouldn't be that big of a deal. It would be NICE to access all the maps on the unit without needing anything other than the unit itself instead of having to use a computer/USB cable to do the card shuffle trick with multiple maps. Or carrying extra SD cards in the battery compartment... You did EACH state separately? That sounds like a major PITA. Why not just group them into regions and keep them in separate folders on the card itself? That way you always have everything all the time with you. I ended up with 9 maps on my card. 6 for TOPO 100 K (East and West US each broken up into 3 maps), two individual state TOPOs and City Navigator. I'll just move them in/out of the Garmin folder on the card as necessary. Only takes a few secs and, again, I always have them all with me. I'd just need access to any old computer and a USB cable. You could probably do it on some smart phones, too, if you can get to the directory structure on the card.
  22. Yes, dang it...bummer... I just got off the phone with Garmin and they told me the same thing. It just reads all of the maps, regardless if they're disabled or not, and stops when it hits 4000 tiles. That explains why some of my maps wouldn't even show in the map list and the random "blotchy" areas of no coverage. So, I'll just create another folder in the Garmin folder and put the other maps(s) in it so the Montana won't see/load them. Much easier to move them when I need them instead of trying to rebuild them all over again. Or, I'll just get a second SD card and keep it in the battery compartment like I did with my 60CSx. You'd think they could have just removed that 4000 tile limit and made it "seamless" with this new über unit. This isn't 2005 anymore.
  23. How many individual maps can you have on the SD card for a Montana 600? I'm trying to use these maps: Arizona TOPO Florida TOPO City Navigator US Northwest US Southwest US Northcentral <---- These are Garmin TOPO 100K broken up into 5 maps US Southeast US Northeast Every single map works perfectly when it's loaded by itself. However, there are huge areas of "non-coverage" when some (or all) of them are installed/enabled. Disabling the maps doesn't seem to help. Another issue is, with them all loaded, one or two don't even show up in the map setup screen where you'd enable/disable them. Is there some sort of overall limit to the number of individual maps? I thought you could just load 'em up on the SD card as long as there was room. I know you have to pay attention to the individual map size (4GB/4000 tiles). None of these maps are even close to that. Thanks... I do have this into Garmin via email, so I'll post what they say. Just thought someone here might know.
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