Garmin Oregon 300 Portable GPS System | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $529.99
Buy New: $299.99
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 1222
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries: 0
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: 240 x 400
Display Size: 3
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Size: Garmin Part #010-00697-01
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 4.5 x 2.3 x 1.4
MPN: OREGON 300
Model: OREGON 300
UPC: 753759078560
EAN: 0753759078560
ASIN: B001B19XMS
Availability: Usually ships in 4-5 business days
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| Features:
| • | High Sensitivity GPS Receiver | | • | Features A 2.6-InchH X 1.5-InchW Color Tft Display With 240 X 400 Pixel Resolution | | • | Rugged Touch-Screen Technology | | • | Features Built-In Worldwide Basemap With Shaded Relief | | • | Wireless Sharing Of User Tracks, Waypoints, Routes & Geocaches Between Units |
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Product Description
handheld GPS navigator for use outdoors, in a car, or on a boat * 3" LCD touchscreen display (240 x 400 pixels) with built-in picture viewer * WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) capability improves GPS accuracy to within 3 meters * electronic compass and barometric altimeter * short-range wireless transfer of data to other Garmin Oregon and Colorado navigators *
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Great BUT... December 12, 2008
N. Winters (Vienna, Austria)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Wow... super... I really love the functionality... Battery life is a little "short" with standard alkalines, and the way you load a GPX file for Geocaching really can't be beat... the built in GC symbols, and touchscreen interface make this thing the Cat's A$$ of Geocaching GPS units, however... it drifts sometimes... and the screen brightness in broad daylight is REALLY REALLY Dim... you were warned!
Other than these 2 minor issues, I love it... My 60Csx is gathering dust now...
 Great upfront but leaves you wanting more December 2, 2008
Beaux Pilgrim
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I read some of the comments about the problems with the Oregon, but I think they were played down. I went from a 60csx to an Oregon 300.
I use my handheld gps for backpacking, day hikes, and street navigation.
Oregon pluses I noticed:
1) 3d view shows elevation even in street mode
2) shaded relief
3) touch screen
4) smaller size
5) screen lock feature is nice
6) sat initial lock is very fast and strong
6) Battery life is pretty good for a touch screen. Lithium batteries will get you about 15 hours.
Oregon negatives:
On the map screen you have the option of two fields or no fields
1)can not flip from screen to screen without exiting to the main menu and then selecting the other screen ( seems like they could just let you slide you finger left or right at the bottom of the screen to go to the next or previous screens. The do basically this on the main menu screen.
2)battery meter does not read correctly
3)car power adapter that is recommended by Garmin is not correct. I has a 90 degree turn that is the wrong way. Works but is not correct.
4)No preview of your pending turn when the system beeps to let you know a turn is coming.
5)If you are on another page other than the map page you get a beep warning that a turn is coming but no preview. You just see the page you are on at that time.
6)should you miss your turn the Oregon is sporadic regarding how fast it will correct your path. Maybe immediately maybe a few blocks, maybe never.
7)Can not manually stop, edit, or recalculate your route from the map screen, you must exit the map screen to the main menu then go to active route screen.
8)Screen is very dim. In full sunlight you can not see the screen to read it. I light cloud cover it is hard to read.
9)Not many search options. With the Garmin 60CSX you can search by almost any criteria you can think of.
10) You can not customize the Oregon much, 60csx you could customize everything.
Bottom line: If you have not had a gps before or you have had a low end unit you will like it. If you have had a high end unit like a Garmin 60csx you will be disappointed.
I returned mine and got another 60csx.
 Very expensive for some missing features November 11, 2008
Leonardo G. Holanda (Fortaleza, CE, Brazil)
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
Pros:
- Sat locks really-really fast, even in partially closed rooms.
- Profile creations are very useful for different purposes.
- Excellent precision for tracklogging
- It's the only garmin "on the trail / outdoor" product with touch screen feature.
- Shaded reliefs give a very good look of terrains.
Cons:
- Perhaps it comes with a factory fitness profile and supports bike cadence sensor and heart rate monitor, it's not compatible with Garmin Training Center, so you can't analyze your workouts within graphs.
- The beep sound is to low. You almost can't hear it.
- Be careful with factory preset profiles. If you change or delete them, there is no hard reset option to recover them.
- The is no option to force turn-off the barometric altimeter so when using it inside a pressurized airplane the altitude keeps reseting to wrong readings.
I use my unit for: travels, driving, biking, skydiving and geophoto.
It is not perfect for any of these activities, but it's all in one.
I sold my old Forerunner 201 thinking Oregon would replace it better for bike biking activites. The worst missing feature is that is not compatible with Training Center. The Garmin EDGE 705 would be better but it is not touch screen.
Many nice features, but a few backwards steps October 20, 2008
S. Clarke (Sydney, Australia)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I bought the Garmin Oregon 300 after owning a Garmin eTrex Legend CX for the last year or two. Alhough initially sceptical of the touch screen, it actually works well. I like the menu system too. My main criticism of the Oregon is the fact that the screen (at max brighness) is not nearly as bright as the Legend screen. The Oregon screen is almost invisible in bright light, even when the screen itself is shaded. This is a significant issue in Australia. My other critism is that the customisation of the navigation screen is limited, with one fixed field at the top and only 2 adjustable fields (Legend has up to 4 adjustable fields).
Purchased for Hiking and Biking October 6, 2008
J. FELISKY (Rochester Hills, MI)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I purchased the Garmin Oregon 300 primarily for hiking and for mountain biking. Recently, I used the hand held in Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park, CO. Reading several reviews, I decided to purchase what I felt was "current" technology rather than spending less money on a unit that has been on the market several years. Here are my observations:
- In most reviews you'll see complaints about mapping software. It is true that the Maps are very expensive, I ended up purchasing two City Navigator and US Topo. I considered the National Parks West mapsource, however as each of these additions are $100 or so it starts to get more expensive than I'd like.
- I felt the US Topo map was "good enough" for my hiking in the National Park. Many of the trails were visible but not much detail on them, but for what I was doing it was OK. I marked each trail head that I was traveling, and used the device to track my travel time, rest time, gain in elevation, and captured my "tracks" for future reference. As I returned from the trail end to the trail head, this gave me a good estimate on ETA, and sunset times.
- The touch screen is a great feature (i do have an iPod Touch and like this interaction).
- The battery life is OK. I purchased the auto charger and be careful that it has an "L" shaped connector that doesn't fit well into the Oregon (It's made for other units). After the fact, I saw reviews that recommend getting a third party charger.
- The size of the device is very good, feels comfortable in the hand. Built very well, seems sturdy.
- The 300 built in base map is not very useful, I'd recommend looking at the others that may include maps that you'd need to purchase built in.
- The menu's are OK, but I've found that the City Navigator is challenging me to route using Freeways, continually wants to route me as the "crow flys".
Overall this is a quality product, however, expensive when you consider the cost of the additional maps. I'm hoping that we can use the US Topo for biking. Our local trail system would be nice to be able to overlay onto the US Topo as well as the snowmobile trails in the eastern Upper Penn.
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