Garmin Oregon 400t: An affordable Auto GPS System

The Garmin’s Oregon is one of the recent generation handheld mapping GPS devices and it is the first one to offer a touch screen interface. It is offered in 5 different models, among them the 400t devices come with the U.S Topo maps preloaded in it and also have the profiles for boating, Geo-Caching, recreation, fitness and driving.

It comes with the equipments like altimeter and electronic compass and this also has the feature to expand additional maps in the device.
The main advantages with this device is that you can use it very easily and comes with innovative touch screen interface and several other features. On the other hand, it is very expensive and screen appears very dim.

The Oregon 400t from the Garmin has earned loads of good reviews as it comes with the latest iPhone-like touch screen, which helps in navigating both your backcountry and GPS intuitively and easily.

It also comes with all other additional features that you expect in a handheld GPS like barometric altimeter, paperless geocaching, built-in topographic maps, user profiles and an electronic compass.

It also has the feature to share the wireless data from the other devices from the same company and Colorado lines.

It is bit difficult to see the screen unless you pause and adjust the viewing angle otherwise it looks dim to see. In this regard, the other devices like DeLorme PN-40 performs well, which uses SiRF star 3 highly regarded GPS signal processor.

The new Oregon comes with a full set of U.S topographic maps loaded in it. It is also more advantageous to the fisherman, as the device comes pre-loaded with the blue chart maps.