Garmin Rino 655t

The Garmin Rino 655t GPS with two way radio updates the Rino 530HCx with a touch screen interface, preloaded100k scale topo maps, triaxial compass and 5MP geotagging camera. In addition, the 655t gets the other goodies common to recent Garmin handhelds, including BirdsEye aerial imagery.

Related units

• Drop down to the Rino 650 and you’ll lose the camera and preloaded topos
• To see how the Rino 655t compares to other models, check out my Garmin handheld GPS comparison chart

Garmin Rino 655t FRS/GMRS radio

The Rino 655t features a 5-watt FRS/GMRS radio with a range of up to 20 miles, allowing you to see other Rino users right on the 655t’s screen. Unit to unit text messaging is also possible. Some screenshots…

Garmin Rino 655t NOAA weather radio

The built-in NOAA weather radio supports Specific Area Message Encoding, allowing you to view National Weather Service warnings and watches on a county by county basis, right on the map (shown below at left).

More Garmin Rino 655t screenshots

Before wrapping up, how about a few more screenshots? That’s the altimeter screen, above at right. Below, left to right, we have the trip computer with the recreational dashboard option enabled, one of the main menu screens, and the compass screen with the four data fields option enabled.

More Garmin Rino 655t reviews

• Consumer-authored Garmin Rino 655t reviews have been posted at Amazon
• Rino 655t reviews are also being posted at GPS City

I’ll be posting more hands on GPS reviews as they appear, but in the meantime, here are some…

Other Garmin Rino 655t resources

• The Garmin Rino 655t owners manual
• Garmin’s own Rino comparison tool
• A dedicated Garmin Rino message forum
• Garmin’s Rino mini-site
• Some Garmin Rino 600 series videos
• The official Garmin Rino 655t web page

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• Check the current Garmin Rino 655t price at Amazon
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