Garmin Oregon 600 GPS
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Garmin Oregon 600 GPS Video
Sporting both WAAS and GLONASS compatibility, wireless connectivity, dual orientation and customizable buttons, this brilliant touch-screen GPS offers a cutting-edge experience in handheld navigation.
- Compatibility with Russian GLONASS system allows up to 20% faster and more reliable satellite acquisition, helpful in challenging spots such as deep canyons or heavy cover
- GLONASS lets the Oregon 600 lock on to 24 more satellites than using GPS alone; WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) receiver is accurate to within 10 ft. in North America
- Brilliant, sunlight-readable touchscreen is reinforced for impact resistance; dual-orientation display lets you view maps and data in portrait or landscape mode
- Reflective display technology uses external light, such as sunlight, along with an LED backlight to increase brightness
- Multi-touch design accommodates easy operation while wearing gloves; customizable buttons allow 1-touch waypoint marking
- Included worldwide basemap features shaded relief; easily add more maps such as TOPO U.S. 24K and City Navigator® (sold separately) with the microSD™ card slot
- Built-in basemap stores up to 4,000 waypoints, 200 routes and 200 tracks with up to 10,000 points
- 3-axis electronic compass with accelerometer tilt compensation shows where you're heading even when you're standing still, without the need to hold the unit level
- Barometric altimeter tracks changes in pressure to help pinpoint your altitude; it also plots barometric pressure over time to track changing weather conditions
- Full Track view shows your entire elevation profile; Future Plot uses your mapping data to predict the elevation profile of your route ahead
- Enjoy up to 16 hrs. of battery life with 2 AA batteries (sold separately) or a rechargeable NiMH pack (not included)
- Wirelessly share your waypoints, tracks, routes, geocaches and maps with other Oregon 600-series devices; just touch “Send” to instantly transfer your information
- Enjoy ANT+ wireless compatibility with the Chirp geocache transmitter, Tempe temperature sensor, heart rate monitors and cadence sensors (sold separately)
- Download up to 4 million geocache files from OpenCaching.com or GSAK.net and view full descriptions, logs, hints and photos
- BaseCamp™ trip-planning software lets you view and organize maps, waypoints and routes, and track and share your adventures with your friends
- With Garmin Connect™ compatibility, Oregon 600 lets you enjoy an online community where you analyze, categorize and share data
- When paired with a BirdsEye Satellite Imagery subscription (not included), BaseCamp™ allows you to download an unlimited amount of satellite imagery
- Flashlight mode features high and low brightness levels and a battery-saving strobe option
- Rugged, waterproof construction helps protect the unit from bumps, dust and moisture; meets IEC 60529 lPX7 standards (can be submerged to 1m for up to 30 min.)
- Other features include a hunting/fishing calendar, sun and moon info, custom points of interest and a picture viewer
- The Garmin Oregon 600 GPS comes with a USB/charging cable, carabiner clip and user documentation
Imported.
MapSource™ features data in DVD format to augment the info already on your GPS basemap. It allows you to view color maps on a computer with zoom/pan functions for easy map browsing. You can select maps in areas of interest and transfer them to a compatible GPS. English language only.
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| Best use | Hiking |
|---|---|
| Preloaded map | None |
| Basemap | Yes |
| Wireless communication | Yes |
| OS compatibility | Windows, Mac |
| Display size | 2.5 x 1.5 inches |
| Screen Pixels | 400 x 240 |
| Touch screen | Yes |
| Visual map display | Yes |
| Color screen | Yes |
| Number of routes | 200 |
| Number of waypoints | 4,000 and unlimited geocaches |
| Internal memory | 1.5 GB built-in/expandable microSD card slot |
| Expandable memory | Yes |
| Compass | Yes |
| Altimeter | Pressure-based |
| Compact antenna | High-sensitivity |
| Position accuracy | WAAS-enabled 3 meters |
| Battery type | Alkaline |
| Batteries | 2 AA/rechargable NiMH pack (sold separately) |
| Average battery life | 16 hours |
| Dimensions | 4.5 x 2.4 x 1.3 inches |
| Weight | 7.4 ounces |
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Feb 3, 2016Too many options for what I wanted
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Jan 20, 2016Failed after just over a yearI bought the Oregon from REI specifically for geocaching. I liked the touchscreen interface and for the most part it was easy to use once I set up the screens for what I needed. About 13 mo...
Read More I bought the Oregon from REI specifically for geocaching. I liked the touchscreen interface and for the most part it was easy to use once I set up the screens for what I needed. About 13 months after I purchased it, using it only occasionally (probably no more than 4 weeks of actual use), it no longer can read the geocaching GPX files that I have loaded onto it. I've deleted and reloaded the files, done a hard reset of the entire device, and spent over an hour with customer service trying to fix the problem. Nothing has worked and it doesn't seem like this is salvageable. I guess it will still be useful for hiking (or so I think), but as a geocaching tool it might as well be a brick. Buy something else. I'm tempted to try to return it to REI but I don't know if they will take it back after over a year. -
Sep 13, 2015Get something elseHere's the good news about the Oregon 600. The screen is really bright and easily readable in broad daylight. Here's the bad news about the Oregon 600; everything else. On recent hiking trip...
Read More Here's the good news about the Oregon 600. The screen is really bright and easily readable in broad daylight. Here's the bad news about the Oregon 600; everything else. On recent hiking trips in mountains in the UK and California, the unit proved totally unreliable. As other reviewers have noted, odd menus show up unexpectedly. Worse yet, data that you expect to see -- and supposedly have programmed to see -- vanish without any ostensible cause. Accurate readings for elevation, trip odometer and current track are crucial to the hiking my friends and I do. On every occasion, these readings vanished at some point during our hikes and could not be recovered. So, basically, the device is untrustworthy. Besides these technical problems, Garmin's user manual for the device is completely inadequate. I'm reasonably comfortable with computer technology but the Oregon 600 has thwarted me at every turn. It took two lengthy calls to Garmin's' support desk just to learn how to load maps onto the device. It will take another call to the support desk to find out why it is proving impossible to download data from the device to my PC, and to see if there is a way to rid the screen of unwanted icons and menus. I agree with other users that the Base Camp software is very user unfriendly, and in my estimation a huge step backward from the relative simplicity of MapSource, which came with my Garmin 60CSx GPS that I got a decade ago, and which I plan to go back to. Nothing flashy about that older GPS, it just works. -
May 23, 2015Awesome unitI'm not sure why there are mixed reviews with respect to the operation of this unit. I've never owned a GPS, but thanks to some Gorge scrambling I want to do I thought a GPS unit would be he...
Read More I'm not sure why there are mixed reviews with respect to the operation of this unit. I've never owned a GPS, but thanks to some Gorge scrambling I want to do I thought a GPS unit would be helpful. I barely cracked the manual and after a little poking around on the internet and from a helpful how to on Garmin's web site I was doing my own map overlays in Google Earth and sending them to the device as a .KMZ file. I also spent this first afternoon setting up waypoint markers to trailheads, and even downloaded a few GPX files and sent them to the Garmin without using the manual. This thing for me is very very easy to use, and once it gets a lock it seems like it stays locked. I haven't had it in any deep canyons yet, so I may have to revise this review later. I guess if I wasn't used to dealing with software issues like driver installs, etc..I suppose I could see how initially setting this up might be a pain. But I had very little trouble myself. I suppose if I could say anything in the "be forewarned" department it is that you will have to get maps for this. But again, there are a lot of them out there and many are free. Plus there are THOUSANDS of free GPX files out there. As far as for this being frustrating, this was not at all my personal experience. I found everything I wanted to do to be very straightforward. And I've never done any of it before. Also, the screen is nice and bright, and I find all of the menus to be pretty easy to navigate. Battery life so far has been excellent. If you can nab this while it's on sale for $219.00 even if you opt to pop for one of Garmin's (a little too spendy) maps, you're still in for less than the retail price of this unit without a map. Bargain. I will admit I found the preset waypoints unnecessary and a very minor irritant. (Mont Blanc? Really?) But I simply erased them. And I also didn't experience the same frustrations as others with the map software. It's not the slickest program but it gets the job done. Plus You can just drag overlays straight from Google Earth into the device without even using the MapSource interface. I did. So far so good.. -
May 4, 2015Unit is great, Garmin software not so muchI've only used this once so far so, I'm sure I will enjoy it more once I get used to the software. The unit itself is really nice. The screen is clear even in daylight, it acquires signal wi...
Read More I've only used this once so far so, I'm sure I will enjoy it more once I get used to the software. The unit itself is really nice. The screen is clear even in daylight, it acquires signal within a minute or so of being powered up, it still gets signal under tree cover, in valleys, etc... Battery life is good, weight and size are good as well. That said the interface is counter intuitive. I consider myself reasonably tech savy and it took me 30 minutes to figure out how to turn it from hiking mode to vehicle navigation. The maps you have to purchase are a bit of an enigma. It would be nice if you could see the maps in basecamp before you purchased them to install on your device. Basecamp is one of the least user friendly pieces of software I've used in years. I also don't understand why I need like 4-5 Garmin programs to use this. There is one for planning your journey, one for communicating with your device, one for your device to communicate with other Garmin devices, one to check for updates, etc... just put it all in one program and poach someone from Google Maps to design it so it somewhat makes sense. -
Feb 10, 2015Erratic behaviorI have an Oregon 450, no problems. This 600 was behaving erratically (power failures etc) so tech supp said do factory reset. Did that, worked for a while, now other probs: keeps trying to n...
Read More I have an Oregon 450, no problems. This 600 was behaving erratically (power failures etc) so tech supp said do factory reset. Did that, worked for a while, now other probs: keeps trying to navigate even though nav is turned off, zooms way in though screen is off, turn on screen and odd menus are up though not asked for. Last straws was direction cursor wouldn't orient, need reboot, and then it decided to start showing current track as straight line in middle of a hike; wouldn't refresh as before after scrolling the screen. Took back for refund. A friend bought one on my recommendation, also has erratic behavior. I might buy another, maybe I had a lemon, but certainly not at full price. -
Sep 26, 2014SAVE YOUR MONEYI read the good views as the exceeded the negative ones. Big mistake. I bought the unit today, and then went online to purchase maps which I needed to download. The internal memory is not su...
Read More I read the good views as the exceeded the negative ones. Big mistake. I bought the unit today, and then went online to purchase maps which I needed to download. The internal memory is not sufficient so I also needed to purchase a mini-SD. The unit is only as good as the support they give it and their maps. I am returning the unit on Sunday. If it cannot perform to my expectations in town, I am sure not going to trust it on the trail. FYI - GARMIN DOES NOT TELL YOU BEFORE YOU PURCHASE DOWNLOADABLE MAPS THAT THEY ARE NOT REFUNDABLE. I may well lose the $100 in maps, but I will return the unit. -
Aug 20, 2014A Great Nav AidI upgraded to the Oregon 600 from an Android App that I found very useful. On its first outing the 600 operated flawlessly in a heavily forested coastal canyon. The only problem I had was re...
Read More I upgraded to the Oregon 600 from an Android App that I found very useful. On its first outing the 600 operated flawlessly in a heavily forested coastal canyon. The only problem I had was related to the BaseCamp software. A Route between two points that follows a trail in BaseCamp became an "as the Crow flies" straight line on the routable GPS' map. There is a setting to fix this that I discovered after I returned. I purchased the 24K West Coast DVD with routable trail data and added a free Idaho map from GPSFileDepot. I'm set! I still need to learn more about the use of Routes and Tracks but this is a great Nav Aid. It's an expensive tool but I really think the Oregon 600 is the sweet spot for features/value. Very Pleased with this purchase, and looking forward to next year's dividend!
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Read More This is a great GPS, but really all I wanted was to keep up with my hikes. I tried for several hikes to get this to work for me, but another issue was that I really needed reading glasses to see everything and that was not a realistic option for hiking. I ended up getting a Garmin Forerunner watch.