Thursday, September 2, 2010

Garmin Oregon 450 for $249.99

August 27, 2010 by Rich Owings  

Okay, I try not to double up on the deal posts too often, but this one is too good not to post here and on my GPS deals site. REI.com has Garmin Oregon 450 on sale for $249.99 through September 6. That’s $50 less than I’ve ever seen it before; REI members get free [...]

Garmin Edge 800 announced

August 26, 2010 by Rich Owings  

Garmin announced a new cycling GPS this morning, the Garmin Edge 800. The big news is that this is the first touchscreen model in the Edge series. It also brings BirdsEye aerial imagery and Garmin custom map capabilities to the Edge line. I’m curious about Garmin mentioning simplified route planning through BaseCamp; I’ve never [...]

Garmin GPSMAP 62s review

August 25, 2010 by Rich Owings  

Hands on with the Garmin GPSMAP 62s
It’s finally here… The Garmin GPSMAP 62s brings a long-awaited update to the fabled and much-loved GPSMAP 60CSx, which has reigned supreme as the gold standard handheld GPS for more than four years. During that time, Garmin experimented with new interfaces, first with the Colorado series, and later with [...]

Garmin GPSMAP 62

August 24, 2010 by Rich Owings  

The following has been adapted from my hands on review of the Garmin GPSMAP 62s.
It’s finally here… The Garmin GPSMAP 62 brings a long-awaited update to the GPSMAP 60Cx. The 60 series reigned supreme as the gold standard handheld GPS for more than four years. During that time, Garmin experimented with new interfaces, first [...]

Garmin GPSMAP 62st

August 20, 2010 by Rich Owings  

The following has been adapted from my hands on review of the Garmin GPSMAP 62s.
It’s finally here… The Garmin GPSMAP 62st brings a long-awaited update to the fabled and much-loved GPSMAP 60CSx, which has reigned supreme as the gold standard handheld GPS for more than four years. During that time, Garmin experimented with new [...]

Garmin GPSMAP 62s or Oregon 450?

July 22, 2010 by Rich Owings  

UPDATE: Read my hands on review of the Garmin GPSMAP 62s
Well, the Garmin 62 series has started hitting online stores, and we already know a lot about it, since it’s based on the same platform as the GPSMAP 78 series. So I thought I’d go ahead and take a stab at answering what is bound [...]

Garmin GPSMAP 62 series hits the market

July 16, 2010 by Rich Owings  

UPDATE: The 62, 62s and 62st are all now available from REI.com.
UPDATE 2: GPS City now has all three models in stock…

Garmin GPSMAP 62 at GPS City
Garmin GPSMAP 62s at GPS City
Garmin GPSMAP 62st at GPS City

UPDATE 3: Check out my hands on review of the Garmin GPSMAP 62s.
UPDATE 4: I’ve also got pages up [...]

Garmin Oregon 550’s getting a new screen?

July 15, 2010 by Rich Owings  

When the Oregon 450 came out, I was surprised that the visibility was significantly better than the flagship (albeit older) 550 series. I found that odd, and it now appears that Garmin is remedying the situation, with newer Oregon 550 series production runs receiving the 450’s improved screen. At least that’s the sense I’ve been [...]

Navigating tracks on the new Garmin handhelds

July 1, 2010 by Rich Owings  

Late last year, Garmin rolled out new track navigation features for the Dakota and Oregon lines; these capabilities are also being rolled into the new 78 (and presumably 62) series. So let’s take a look at how it works and some ways to get the most out of it.
Basically, it allows you to follow [...]

Garmin GPSMAP 78s review

June 22, 2010 by Rich Owings  

Hands on with the Garmin GPSMAP 78s
The Garmin GPSMAP 78s brings the first major update to the GPSMAP handheld line in over four years. The reason for it taking so long is that Garmin had a huge hit with the 60/76 series, and instead of messing with a winner, they turned their attention to [...]

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