A very interesting thread.
I have an Oregon 200. I don't totally love it but I like it a lot.
I too have fat fingers. I am a wood turner so I made myself a stylus. I lost the first one so I made another one and put a hole in one end for a cord. Now I don't lose the stylus. You can also use a round skewer or the blunt end of a Sharpie ... works great.
Mine came with the Topo Canada version 4 I think it is. I have all of Eastern Canada in at the moment. Works fine.
I download the caches direct to the GPSr. When looking for a cache my wife picks the one she wants, presses "go" and changes to map mode. Done. We only use the compass near gz if needed.
She types in field notes and we go on to the next one.
My wife is extremely technology challenged. She figured out the Oregon in about 10 minutes on the fly. The only problem she had at first was the touch screen keypad. Once I made her a stylus, that problem was gone.
The only real complaint I have is the instability when getting close to a cache. Sometimes it is extremely frustrating.
We are not extreme cachers. For us it is a hobby and we want it simple and paperless. The Oregon does that in grand style FOR US.
Your Mileage May Vary
Cheers
Oldflyer2
