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  1. Had to try it out, went to REI today and played with the Oregon for about 45mins. I was able to do everything I wanted it to except to hide the zoom and x soft buttons like you can with the Colorado (which I have and love). The Oregon works well, has a bright screen and is fast enough. I find the scroll from screen to screen a little slower than the Colorado. I'm anxious to see reports from brave persons who actually buy one and let us know the real world statistic. From what I've seen, if your considering the Colorado, take a second look at the Oregon also. :D

  2. I like seeing others opinions. Before I bought my 400T I had the 60CSx and loved it. Well, after using the Colorado now for 7 weeks I have found it to work as well as and in some places better than the 60CSx. There are days where the 400T has better Sat accuracy. I love the paperless cachaing. Both units are extreme good....the difference is in the eye of the beholder. I can't say that one is BETTER than the other because they are DIFFERENT for different purposes. My self, I like the Colorado better because it does more. For caching it is the best that I have used. For auto routing in the auto mode, it is MUCH BETTER than the 60CSx. Just my opinon. Steve :huh:

  3. Have you checked this...when viewing your city navigator map press the Options softkey, scroll to the bottom and click on select map.The menu should now show City Navigator on the top and Topo US on the bottom. I'll gues that possibly both are there and the checkbox for Topo US is not checked. Highlite the Topo US 2008 and press the center button and then press the back key. You should now have your TOPO US map back. :huh:

  4. What map are you using? If you are using TopoUSA 2008 that came with the Colorado, remember it is only a 1:100000 NOT the 1:24000 with NGM's. With the 1:100000 your accuracy looking on the map could be off by as much as 400 feet and nothing you can do about that. You will have to rely on the Lat/Long in this case. I've been using my Colorado since 15th of March and I love it for caching. I am having no problems in my finds or it's accuracy. Steve :huh:

  5. Downloaded and installing :D

     

    Kind of bummed it still does not have our development in it yet but oh well.

     

    Once again, Garmin's support is amazing! I got the update for FREE and I was able to download it from my 'myGarmin' account.

     

    :)

    Free because you just bought 2008?? or free because you just registered your GPS with them>> I am still confused on that i guess.

  6. Downloaded and installing :)

     

    Kind of bummed it still does not have our development in it yet but oh well.

     

    Once again, Garmin's support is amazing! I got the update for FREE and I was able to download it from my 'myGarmin' account.

     

    :D

    Free because you just bought 2008?? or free because you just registered your GPS with them>> I am still confused on that i guess.

     

    I saw some had gotten the update for free. Garmin's policy to qualify for the free update is that you had to have purchased and registered your 2008 version no more than 30 days. :D

  7. To many bugs. Wait 3 months and look at it again.

     

    Do you own one? Have you used one?

     

    Yes and Yes.

     

    I've had my 400T for over 2 months now and love it. I previously had the 60CSx and have found the 400T to be much better for caching and navigation. I've recently installed the new beta and find it even faster. Yes, their are reported problems with the screen brightness but that is not really a big issue for me. Go for the 400T and you won't regret it.

     

    Steve :)

  8. I think NT is a no-brainer if you have a compatible model. Anybody know anything different?

    As far as I know, NT is great with the 60CSx and the Colorado.

     

    With the the Vista HCx and Legend HCx, though, it's not quite as clear-cut. I and some other people have experienced definite delays and slow-downs in GPS performance with the NT maps installed, and have seen the problems vanish when we replaced the NT maps with non-NT maps.

     

    Not everyone with an HCx sees this problem. But I'm definitely not the only one.

     

    See "Vista HCx lag in "Recent finds", is CN NT 2008 the culprit?", where the problem is first described,

    and "Lag-free at last!, the non-NT maps fixed the problem :-)", where the problem was solved.

     

    I purchased and use City Navigator NT with my 60CSx and then on my new Colorado. The NT version is easier to configure. With NT you get your data for transfer state by state where the standard City Navigator you get much smaller portions in the state. You therefore will have to load alot more maps for the same area as compared to the NT version. Plus in the NT, the maps are smaller in size (megabytes).

    Steve :)

  9. In the last 2 days I've added 15 geocaches to my lot. I used both the 60CSx and the Colorado next to each other and I can say the the Colorado outperformed the 60CSx. When I got home tonight I ordered the Garmin City Navigator 2008 NT and the auto nav kit for the Colorado. I've heard that you can layer the City Nav maps on top of the built in topos....will report later on how it's working. So far, albiet the dimmer screen, I love it and the battery life is no problem. Steve :o

  10. Update for everyone:

     

    First I apologize for being so harse on the 400T. I was so anxious for it to do everything I hoped it would. As I said, I took the unit back with a complete report. That night I did more research and went back to Sportsman's the next night and after about an hour of chatting I repurchased a new unit and took it home. The problems with this new unit were gone. I used it today for geocaching and it lead me to everyone with awesome acuracy. Yes the screen is dimmer than the 60CSx but I turn the backlight to 75%. I had it on all day and after 9 hours the battery meter finally dropped to 1 bar. I used it side by side with my 60CSx in clearings and trees. The Colorado outperformed the 60. In the trees where the 60 dropped to 38 ft the Colorado was at 20 ft. I saw no significant problems. This is a different animal. As I read somewhere else, this is not your fathers GPS. I must say I'm a convert and am keeping it. Anxious for my auto kit.

     

    Steve :(

  11. You have made some pretty broad statments that some us don't know what we are doing and am reporting problems without knowing how to properly set up the unit. I to am a professional and know what I am doing. The unit has the latest installed firmware. As with the batteries for the 400T, they are freshly charged NiMH and when in the 60CSx show fully charged. On the 400T, I had the battery setting to show I was using the NiMH. With all these issues, on day 2 with unit, the batteries would only last 63minutes. Note: with it being overcast and light trees, to be able to see the screen you must turn on the backlight. Is the unit defective, don't know and I now don't really care. It has too many issues and to many problems. What do I want? I'd like a 400T with a brighter screen, longer battery life, and other issues addressed.

     

    Found another issue today. I had over 900 way points imported from Mapsource. I deleted the waypoints from the menu of the 400T and it said they were deleted but guess what. They were still on the map. They had labels but were not accessable. Also, the Geocache menu selection is unable to find any of them. What gives here.

     

    Too many problems. When Garmin fixes these issues, I'll definately consider getting one. They must fix these problems:

     

    Dim screen (only fixed by turning up the backlight all the way), issues with POOR battery performance, Waypoint issues. Speaking of the screen, when outside I had my 60CSx on with the backlight OFF. Very readable and brillant. 400T-well what else can you say, the screen was barely visible. I found the only time the 400T was easily usable was at night.

     

    Did I find anything I like. Yes, the 3D topo graphics are awesome. Than in itself will be a reason to do the upgrade when they units problems have been addressed.

     

    Note: Sorry if I offended you with the double post.

     

    Steve ;)

  12. In simple terms, my answer is

     

    NO

     

    I've purchased a 400T today and after attempting of use it I found the for $599 it wasn't worth the headache.It is to dark, doesn't work properly, couldn't use NIMH batteries (turns itself off). So until Garmin fixes it, I'm sticking with my 60CSx.

  13. TITLE: I am returning my 400T this is why:

     

    I've been Geocaching now for less than a year and have been using my 60CSx and love it.I'm a techno geek and must have the latest and best of anything so I bought a 400T today. I did even after reading all the negative stuff but some good stuff also.Well, I'm very disappointed to the point where I am returning it tomorrow and will probably just continue to use my 60CSx until Garmin fixes the problems with the 400T. Here is what I've found I don't like about the 400T:

     

    1. Yes, it is way to dim. In the store it looked fine but I took it outside when I got home and it was HARD to see the screen because of it being to dim. I turned on the backlight all the way and it was still to dim. I had it next to the 60CSx and the difference was like night and day....this was not acceptable.

     

    2. Boot time REALLY SLOW

     

    3. Satellite reception- really poor compared to the 60CSx. When both were next to each other outside where there are some trees (I live in Oregon) the 60CSx had 10 satellites where the 400T had only 4. Inside my house, the 60CSx was able to maintain 8 satellites and the 400T droppd down to 1. I think the 400T has a really crappy receiver.

     

    4. Must take many many steps from point A to point B where with the 60CSx you only had maybe 4-5max.

     

    5. Here was the worst problem. I use NiMH batteries in my 60CSx and I attempted to use them in the 400T. On boot up you get the screen and after a short while, it just turned itself OFF. I have tried using known fully charge batteries and no difference. I would use alkaline batterie though. Does this mean I have one of those defective units? I'm not sure.

     

    6. I want to load both my maps and waypoints to the SD card which I put in the unti. NO GO. One would only load to the internal memory and the other to the SD card. I don't want both in the internal memory.

     

    At this point, I'm returning the unit tomorrow after work. If they want to exchange to see if the other one works properly, I'll give that a try for a day or two. If I don't see any changes, I'll return it for a full refund. Does anyone have any advice regarding the 400T. Should I keep and tell me why. Convince me that this isn't just a Triton with a Garmin label. Or am I doing the right thing in returning it and continue using my 60CSx until these problems are FIXED.

  14. I've been Geocaching now for less than a year and have been using my 60CSx and love it.I'm a techno geek and must have the latest and best of anything so I bought a 400T today. I did even after reading all the negative stuff but some good stuff also.Well, I'm very disappointed to the point where I am returning it tomorrow and will probably just continue to use my 60CSx until Garmin fixes the problems with the 400T. Here is what I've found I don't like about the 400T:

     

    1. Yes, it is way to dim. In the store it looked fine but I took it outside when I got home and it was HARD to see the screen because of it being to dim. I turned on the backlight all the way and it was still to dim. I had it next to the 60CSx and the difference was like night and day....this was not acceptable.

     

    2. Boot time REALLY SLOW

     

    3. Satellite reception- really poor compared to the 60CSx. When both were next to each other outside where there are some trees (I live in Oregon) the 60CSx had 10 satellites where the 400T had only 4. Inside my house, the 60CSx was able to maintain 8 satellites and the 400T droppd down to 1. I think the 400T has a really crappy receiver.

     

    4. Must take many many steps from point A to point B where with the 60CSx you only had maybe 4-5max.

     

    5. Here was the worst problem. I use NiMH batteries in my 60CSx and I attempted to use them in the 400T. On boot up you get the screen and after a short while, it just turned itself OFF. I have tried using known fully charge batteries and no difference. I would use alkaline batterie though. Does this mean I have one of those defective units? I'm not sure.

     

    At this point, I'm returning the unit tomorrow after work. If they want to exchange to see if the other one works properly, I'll give that a try for a day or two. If I don't see any changes, I'll return it for a full refund. Does anyone have any advice regarding the 400T. Should I keep and tell me why. Convince me that this isn't just a Triton with a Garmin label. Or am I doing the right thing in returning it and continue using my 60CSx until these problems are FIXED. :ph34r::)

  15. I am getting to take the plunge. On Wednesday I am getting the Colorado 400T and retiring my 60csx. I've read many blogs on the Colorado and most of the negative comments that I have seen are UNFOUNDED. Here many speak of the dim screen and how you have to live with it. When I was looking at the Colorado 400T today at Sportsmans I saw how dim the screen was. Unable to find any screens for changing the lighting and looking at the manual I found nothing. I then had a thought, is it possible that you can adjust the screen brightness like I do with my 60csc. I pressed the on/off button momentarily and low and behold, a new menu which shows battery strength, GPS signal strength and brightness. You turn the wheel and voila, the screen got brighter. I found the screen brightness to be brighter than the 60csx. So I must say, the ONLY downfall I've found so far the Garmin's poor documentation on changing the screen brightness. I am looking forward to trying out the 400T. I have a 30 day money back guarantee (full refund and no stocking fee). I'm going to try it out for what I have been using the 60csx for. I love to geocache (I just started last November) and use it for auto routing when I drive. When I was in the Grand Canyon and having the National Parks maps loaded into the 60cxs I also discovered that it would autoroutes the trails when hiking out of the Grand Canyon from the Phantom Ranch in January. I hope the 400T will also be able to auto routes the trails. I'll be back after using the 400T for Geoaching and driving for a week. I'm going to look carefully for obvious bugs or problems and the battery life. I enjoy comments and digest carefully the ngegative comments and I plan on refuting them or verifying them. Steve :laughing:

  16. After business trip to Vegas I continued on vacation and went Geocaching where there was plenty of snow but mainly cold. I went to the Grand Canyon (found really tough virtual caches with good questions), Monument Valley, Bryce Canyon (required good hike into Delicate Arch) and Bryce Canyon (was minus 9 degrees at sunrise). I didn't worry about my footprints, no one else was crazy enough to want to enjoy what I was experiencing. All it takes is common sense. Go out and enjoy regardless of the weather.

     

    stroute :)

  17. I waited and waited for the Magellin Triton 2000 to come and make it my first GPS experience. Before it ever had a chance to come out I was able to use a Garmin 60CSx for several weeks. I fell in love with it and I am now a proud owner of the Garmin 60CSx. I am also new to Geocaching and love it also. I am sure happy I got the Garmin and not the Magellin or the Delorme PN20. I have read very little postive on both of those units and nothing but awesome reviews on the Garmin. I must say if anyone ask me, go Garmin. It is a proven and dedicated product.

     

    Just wanted to share my thoughts.

     

    Steve B)

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