Product Details

• Brand: Garmin
• Model: OREGON 300
• Released on: 2008-08-07
• Dimensions: 1.38" h x 2.28" w x 4.49" l, .43 pounds
• Hard Disk: 512MB
• Display size: 3

Features

• Oregon 300 puts the great outdoors at your fingertips. This next-generation handheld features a rugged, touchscreen along with a built-in basemap with shaded relief, a high-sensitivity receiver, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, microSD™
• card slot, picture viewer and more. Even exchange tracks, waypoints, routes and geocaches wirelessly between similar units. Conveniently plug in optional preloaded microSD cards for all your outdoor activities on land or water , Just insert a MapSource®
• card with detailed street maps, and Oregon provides turn-by-turn directions to your destination. Add select topographic maps to take advantage of Oregon’
• s 3-D map view which gives you a better perspective of your elevation. With BlueChart®
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Manufacturer's Description

The Oregon™ 300 Touch the great outdoors.

Compass Barometric Altimeter Mapping routes Expandable memory Training centre Trip computer Waterproof Waypoints

Touch and go Oregon’s revolutionary touchscreen interface puts every feature at your fingertips. Just pick a function, press and go. An integrated screen lock removes risk of accidental activation. Menu simplicity An easy-to-use touchscreen menu makes navigating Oregon a breeze. Simply scroll through the bright, bold icons with a brush of your thumb, scan the options and tap to choose. Spend more time enjoying the outdoors and less searching for information. High-resolution display A bright, sunlight-readable colour screen, with adjustable backlight, aids navigation in all conditions. Clear mapping and controls give you the tools to find your way back whether roaming the wilderness or strolling a country track. Built-in mapping Oregon 300’s built-in worldwide basemap with shaded relief contains landscape features including lakes, rivers, cities, major roads, railways and coastlines. Store and expand Oregon’s internal memory means you can save map data, trip information like routes and tracks and even photos. Plug in a microSD™ data card for additional storage and slot in marine, street map or topographic mapping to match your activity. Automatic routing When it’s not guiding you on adventures by track or trail, Oregon can also handle the road. Enjoy turn-by-turn directions by plugging in optional TOPO GB or City Navigator mapping cards. 3D elevation view Appreciate the surrounding terrain with Oregon’s 3D views. Visualise the contours on topographic maps to enjoy a better perspective of your elevation and understand your onward adventure. Geocaching and GPS games Discover the buzzing world of geocaching or raise your game to new heights. Oregon supports Geocaching.com GPX files so you can download caches, terrain and location detail straight to the unit. Built-in GPS games offer more ideas for your leisure. Image viewer Use Oregon’s Picture Viewer to transfer and browse images on the unit. You might want to save a motivational photo to spur you on an outdoor challenge, save memorable excursion snaps or keep a visual reference of the next stage of the journey. High-sensitivity GPS receiver Garmin mapping handhelds contain a high-sensitivity GPS receiver, designed for optimum view of the sky. Quickly and strongly lock onto a signal and benefit from improved tracking under trees and near tall buildings. Staying power With 18 hours’ charge from just two AA batteries, you can depend on Oregon to endure any outdoor activity - whether going out and about for some fresh air or planning a full-day’s excursion. Waterproof design Waterproof to IPX7 standard, if you can brave the elements, Oregon can too. There’s no need to take cover in a downpour and no problem navigating on the water or across wetlands. The MicroSD card slot is inside the waterproof battery compartment too. Track Log Save multiple points on your journey as a ‘Track Log’ for an accurate record of your route. Reverse the path to return to your start point or share and review in Google Earth when you get home. Route ahead Plan and transfer new routes on your PC and send direct to Oregon. Or save an enjoyable journey to make a return trip. Wirelessly-enabled Oregon’s can share waypoints, routes, tracks and geocaches unit-to-unit. Trail-plotting functions Your GPS mapping handheld has ample memory to save and store route data. Whether a waypoint, favourite or location, save multiple locations on your unit and Garmin will guide you straight there or make it part of a future route. On-board memory There’s ample space onboard your Oregon to save key routes, points or journey data. If you want to build up a collection of favourite journeys, just slot in a MicroSD data card for extra storage. Electronic compass Ideal for manual navigation off the beaten track, a built-in electronic compass keeps you on course, however far you stray from the path. It even gives bearing information when standing still. Seek out a saved waypoint and navigate easily to a mapped position. Barometric altimeter A built-in barometer tracks changes in atmospheric pressure to pinpoint your precise altitude. The altimeter screen plots elevation and profile. You can even plot barometric pressure over time to keep an eye on changing weather conditions. Environment information Oregon is packed with essential data to boost your outdoor pursuits. With sun and moon information, tide tables and a hunt / fish calendar, get in the know about what’s going on and remain aware of your surroundings. Area calculation Sum up the total area enclosed by a saved track to calculate the reach of a specified region. Surveying a property or evaluating an expanse of land? This useful tool will bring you the bigger picture. PC link-up Oregon’s USB interface lets you sync it up to your PC to transfer maps and journey data. Plan and review your routes and pick out key stops before you leave the house. Download routes and tracks While it thrives on voyages of discovery, Oregon can also navigate routes recommended by others. Just download a track from a route sharing site and import to Oregon to retrace the adventure. Unit-to-unit transfer The Oregon 300 and 400t let you sync up and transfer routes, tracks, points and caches wirelessly with other users. Share your adventures with friends or show them where to find you. Sharing your Oregon data is easy – one tap and you’re away! Preloaded mapping The three models within the Oregon series come with a selection of preloaded basemaps

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Customer Reviews

Not so good for sailing
We bought a Garmin Oregon for the Archipelago Raid, an endurance sailing event run in the Baltic in small catamarans. Although the software is as good as ever, we had trouble seeing the screen in sunlight and found it wasn't waterproof as claimed. We couldn't put it in a waterproof bag as we have done before because the touch screen is difficult to operate. These are serious problems and I would advise against buying one for sailing. We reverted to using the Garmin 76CX. Other teams had success with the Garmin Colerado.

Not worth the money.
After using my trusty old Garmin Venture unit for over ten years, mainly for geocaching, I thought I'd upgrade to the all singing, all dancing, Oregon 300. Used it over the weekend for a few caches and didn't like it one bit. Although the unit's accuracy and speed of satellite acquisition is excellent and far superior to the Venture's, I found the touch screen unresponsive and a little on the delicate side. It was left smudged when used with clean fingers, can't imagine what'd it be like after you've been digging around in the dirt searching for a cache. The main reason I bought this was to go paperless caching but I felt the Oregon's geocaching feature didn't live up to expectations, particularly the map screen when navigating to a cache. The last, and the reason for it's return to Amazon, was it's pathetic battery life. Advertised as 16 hours but I went through three sets of batteries, both rechargeable and normal AA's, in a matter of hours. The charge indicator on the unit lost a bar literally seconds after changing the batteries and within a hour or so it was telling me to replace them again.

Maybe I'd received a faulty model and the battery life isn't an issue with most units but it's other shortcomings mean I won't be asking for a replacement.

Garmin Oregon 300
Overall a good GPS although as mentioned previously, it comes with a very basic basemap and only really gets good if you have the Garmin Mapsource maps or some of the free ones out there compiled by GPS users.

What you get in the box is the GPS, a USB cable, carabiner clip and a manual on CD. No software, so you will have to register and download the updater software from the Garmin website. Had to buy the case and screen protector separately - if you are going to spend this much on a GPS, then protect it with the screen protector as grit will scratch the touch screen.

Software updates are improving the functionality every time, just put on the latest beta release which is excellent.