I have the Oregon 450, first GPS I've ever owned and I love it. It has fast become my favourite piece of tech. I haven't had problems with the battery life use rechargables ( 2650mA) and find they last all day. The screen has been good too - have it set on lowest screen brightness and have had no problems - however I do live in Scotland so no bright sunshine yet this year. I bought the OS maps on SD card and have been happy with these too.