Description - Jan. 26 2010
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Garmin has done it again with a feature packed GPS in a small package boasting a glove-friendly, sun readable, color touch screen. The waterproof Oregon 550t's easy-to-use interface and versatile features make it the ideal solution for customers l
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Garmin has done it again with a feature packed GPS in a small package boasting a glove-friendly, sun readable, color touch screen. The waterproof Oregon 550t's easy-to-use interface and versatile features make it the ideal solution for customers looking for a multipurpose GPS device.The versatility of this GPS unit is pretty amazing considering the preloaded 100K topo maps, and a few optional software programs to enhance the functionality such as turn-by-turn vehicle navigation via City Navigator software, detailed 1:24K topographical data on a micro SD, Blue Chart g2 for marine navigation and heart rate and speed/cadence sensors for the fitness crowd. Highlighting its versatility, Oregon lets you customize five profiles - automotive, marine, recreation, fitness or geocaching - making the most useful features the easiest to access through shortcuts.The 3.2 MP camera automatically geotags an image with the location and makes it easy to share wirelessly with other Oregon and Colorado devices. We really like the versatility of this GPS unit as little is left out. The Oregon 550t most likely has more functionality than you will ever use and it covers such a wide range of uses and applications that no doubt this will be a great unit you can depend on for years to come.
Kevin Whitacre - Idaho Falls, ID - Dec. 04-09 | Rated:
Pros
Battery Life, Features, Weight.
Recommend: I would recommend this product to a friend.
The Garmin Oregon 550T is a fantastic piece of work! It sure seems that Garmin did their homework before they released the 550T. It has so many features that the GPS geek will be happy playing around with it, but it's still easy enough to use that a beginner could pick it up and make it work. The touch screen is great, and takes any button pushing mystery out of the equation. Older color screens didn't work very well in direct sunlight because they weren't bright enough. The screen on the 550T looks great in the sun, and is very easy to read, even in direct sunlight. One of my favorite things about the 550T is the built-in 3.2 megapixel digital camera. It takes a good picture, but that's not the best part. The best part of it is that every time you take a picture, it "geotags" the picture. It basically remembers where you where when you took the picture, and you can look at the location on the map later on. It's great to have the extra help remembering exactly where I was when I took a picture of a draw I want to hunt, or a little mountain lake I want to fish. The 550T is also waterproof, so I don't have to worry about getting it wet. I would highly recommend the 550T to anyone interested in getting into GPS, or updating their current GPS.
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