+michaelnel Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 I bought a Garmin Dakota 20 yesterday to replace my Garmin Montana 600. So far I really like it. It's small and light, and that allows it to hang on the SUPPLIED neck lanyard. The Montana is so big and heavy you have to hold it in your hand or put it in a pack or belt pouch. The screen is so much smaller that I feel it will be more durable than the large, unsupported real estate of the Montana. It's still quite readable, but I will admit it's not as readable as the Montana screen. I don't need the Montana's limited car functionality, because I have a Nuvi 1690 that goes circles around the Montana in car mode. It runs the same chipset as the Oregon 450 series, and I never had any complaints about the accuracy of the 450. I *have* had bad accuracy from the Montana. The routing works correctly even with the free Open Street Maps routable maps, and so does the compass (unlike the Montana's compass). It's a LOT cheaper than the Montana and still does everything I need a GPS to do. I won't be putting a Zagg screen protector on it, either. Quote Link to comment
+CacheFreakTim Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Ya the Dakota 20 is an amazing GPS. I think it often gets overshadowed by the Oregon, 62, and Montana but it does most of the same functions as those, just has a smaller screen. Quote Link to comment
+eusty Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Bigger is not always better then! Quote Link to comment
+ecanderson Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I still have and occasionally use my Dakota 20, and what always strikes me vs. my Oregon 450 are two things: first, the speed of response (screen redraws) to 'button' presses is amazingly fast. Second, it's so much lighter in my hand (and a bit smaller). If I weren't ranging over such a broad and cache-dense area all the time (where the Oregon's 5000 cache limit helps a lot), I probably would still be using it as my primary device. Quote Link to comment
+kentwoodkrew Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Hi. Sounds like you got a great GPSr but could you please stop drinking the haterade. Go find some caches with your dakota and let it go, OK. I was mad as hell at Magellan for some time but it all worked out. I love my montana but I will be very careful with the screen! Ken Darnell Quote Link to comment
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