Garmin Oregon 450

Reviews about Garmin Oregon 450

Garmin Oregon 450:

With Oregon 450 you can really get in touch with nature. This next-generation handheld features a rugged, sunlight-readable, touchscreen along with a built-in basemap with shaded relief, a high-sensitivity receiver, barometric altimeter, 3-axis electronic compass, microSD- card slot, picture viewer and more. Even exchange tracks, waypoints, routes and geocaches wirelessly between similar units.

Touch and Go

Oregon 450 leads the way with a tough, 3-inch diagonal, sunlight-readable, colour, touchscreen display that offers crystal-clear enhanced colours and high-resolution images. Its easy-to-use interface means you-ll spend more time enjoying the outdoors and less time searching for information. With user-selectable dashboards, you can customise the appearance of your display. Both durable and waterproof, Oregon 450 is built to withstand the elements. Bumps, dust, dirt, humidity and water are no match for this rugged navigator.

Explore More

Oregon 450 comes with a built-in worldwide basemap with shaded contours. Simply touch the colour screen to navigate. Its digital elevation maps show you shaded contours at higher zoom levels, giving you a big picture of the surrounding terrain.

Share Wirelessly

With Oregon 450 you can share your waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly other compatible Oregon, Colorado and Dakota users. Now you can send your favourite hike to your friend to enjoy or the location of a cache to find. Sharing data is easy. Just touch -send- to transfer your information to similar units.

Find Fun

Oregon 450 supports Geocaching.com GPX files for downloading geocaches and details straight to your unit. By going paperless, youre not only helping the environment but also improving efficiency. Oregon stores and displays key information, including location, terrain, difficulty, hints and descriptions, which means no more manual entering of coordinates or soggy paper print outs! Simply upload the GPX file to your unit and start hunting for caches. Show off photos of your excursions with Oregon-s picture viewer.

Slim and lightweight, Oregon is the perfect companion for all your outdoor pursuits.

Get Your Bearings

Oregon 450 has a built-in 3-axis tilt-compensated electronic compass, which shows your heading even when you-re standing still, without holding it level. Its barometric altimeter tracks changes in pressure to pinpoint your precise altitude, and you can even use it to plot barometric pressure over time, which can help you keep an eye on changing weather conditions. See changes in your elevation ahead of you and where youve been with enhanced track navigation. With its high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver and HotFix- satellite prediction, Oregon 450 locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy tree cover and deep valleys.

Add Maps

Conveniently plug in optional preloaded microSD cards for all your outdoor activities on land or water (see maps tab for compatible maps). Just insert a MapSource® card with detailed street maps, and Oregon provides turn-by-turn directions to your destination. Add selected topographic maps to take advantage of Oregon-s 3D map view which gives you a better perspective of your elevation. With BlueChart® g2 , you-ll get everything you need for a great day on the water including depth contours, navaids and harbours. The card slot is located inside the waterproof battery compartment, so you dont have to worry about getting it wet.

Get Connected

Youve been busy exploring and now you want to store and analyse your activities. With a simple connection to your computer and to the Internet, you can get a detailed analysis of your activities and send tracks to your outdoor device using Garmin Connect-. This one-stop site offers an activity table and allows you to view your activities on a map using Google- Earth. Explore other routes uploaded by millions of Garmin Connect users and share your experiences on Twitter® and Facebook®.

Getting started is easy, so get out there, explore, and share.

Oregon 450: Touch the great outdoors.



Physical & Performance:


Unit dimensions, WxHxD: 2.3" x 4.5" x 1.4" (5.8 x 11.4 x 3.5 cm)

Display size, WxH: 1.53"W x 2.55"H (3.8 x 6.3 cm); 3" diag (7.6 cm)

Display resolution, WxH: 240 x 400 pixels

Display type: Transflective colour TFT touchscreen

Weight: 6.8 oz (192.7 g) with batteries

Battery: 2 AA batteries (not included); NiMH or Lithium recommended

Battery life: 16 hours

Waterproof: yes (IPX7)

Floats: no

High-sensitivity receiver: yes

Interface: high-speed USB and NMEA 0183 compatible

RoHS version available: yes

Maps & Memory:

Basemap: yes

Preloaded street maps: no

Ability to add maps: yes

Built-in memory: 850 MB

Accepts data cards: microSD- card (not included)

Waypoints/favorites/locations: 2000

Routes: 200

Track log: 10,000 points, 200 saved tracks

Features:

Automatic routing (turn by turn routing on roads): yes (with optional mapping for detailed roads)

Electronic compass: yes (tilt-compensated, 3-axis)

Touchscreen: yes

Barometric altimeter: yes

Camera: no

Geocaching-friendly: yes (paperless)

Custom maps compatible: yes

Photo navigation (navigate to geotagged photos): yes

Outdoor GPS games: yes (Wherigo only)

Hunt/fish calendar: yes

Sun and moon information: yes

Tide tables: yes

Area calculation: yes

Custom POIs (ability to add additional points of interest): yes

Unit-to-unit transfer (shares data wirelessly with similar units): yes

Picture viewer: yes

Garmin Connect- compatible (online community where you analyze, categorize and share data): yes