+Geziefer Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Hello, I went through the other Oregon 600 topic, but it got a bit out of hands, so I started a new with a few specific questions, since I plan to buy it: - Screen: I saw torture videos and pictures of broken glass - so is the touchscreen of that device of comparable rigidity as previous units without? - GPS accurency: I saw people complaining about very bad accurency and others praising it for the opposite - so is the accurency reasonable good for geocaching in different terrains, e.g. forrests? - Map: In Germany Garmin offers a 1:25,000 topo map for a reasonable price when buying it with the device - does it make sense to buy it or is a OSM map an adequate replacement? - Geocaching: I had an eTrex for some while and it did a good job for geocaching, but was a bit cumbersome in operation, e.g. with input data or doing multis with having to update coordinates - is the Oregon 600 good for all common geocaching jobs? Especially for someone who also had a similar device before, I would be happy for some experience reviews. Thanks, Geziefer Quote Link to comment
+Spitsbergers Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 for all info, http://garminoregon6xx.wikispaces.com/Diagnostic Spitsbergers Quote Link to comment
+Geziefer Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 for all info, http://garminoregon6xx.wikispaces.com/Diagnostic Spitsbergers Thanks for the hint, I already found the Oregon 600 wiki - while it may be a useful resource, I wasn't directly able to answer my questions, except for the screen torture video, which I still have my doubt, is real. Quote Link to comment
+larryc43230 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 ... except for the screen torture video, which I still have my doubt, is real. Yeah, I have my doubts about that video, too .... --Larry Quote Link to comment
+Snassek Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 - GPS accurency: I saw people complaining about very bad accurency and others praising it for the opposite - so is the accurency reasonable good for geocaching in different terrains, e.g. forrests? I thought I had issues with accuracy on my 650 since it felt like the GPS was always about 30 feet (~9 meters) off of GZ the other day caching. The next day I brought along my Delorme PN-40 to compare on the same set of trails and both were displaying within a few feet of each other. Accuracy felt much better since I found 10 out of 10 attempts using the 650 with my daughter-in-law using the Delorme. These trails were in some woods with medium tree cover. Quote Link to comment
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