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I bought the Colorado 400c as a manufacturer refirbished unit. Great price and one year warranty, you get free shipping and if you buy from some one out of state you save the taxs also. Yes the owners manuel is lacking, but after playing with the menues you can figure it out. It has the g2 maps, the same as in the built in or add on fish finder/GPS units, just fits in your hand. Love the way it shows all your way points at once. I found the labeling of waypoints not as tedious as some reviewers, much easier than my old e-trex. I also found Garmin customer support to be very helpful and easy to communicate with via e-mail. I like the backtrac feature, this worked well on land for me, not a geocasher, just wanted to get home from a hike in the woods. Like any new device the more time you spend with it the easier it is to use and understand all the features, this has a bunch. Like it a lot, for the money.Read full review
Garmin really tried to produce a superior product with their Colorado series, and in some ways they did, but after their best efforts the line has been discontinued. Why? Colorado has a bigger screen with higher resolution than the map60 series (more pixels) and needs more backlight. Combine that with more features than anyone really needs and you've got a real battery-gobbler. A 10-hour battery life is about average from alkaline through NiMH to Lithium. The user-interface is a selector wheel--kind of like an old iPod really--while the current popular trend is to touch-screens. Oregon and Dakota handhelds use touch-screens. They won't do as many things as the Colorados can do, but they are more user-friendly. Map60+ units have been made to do most of what the Colorados did--with a much longer battery life and the old-school button controls. Map70+ units are the same with great on-the-water features (they float for one thing). Still, if you want a compact backup marine unit with all the US coasts and the North Bahamas built in, nothing beats the Colorado 400c, And the 400t comes with topo maps for the whole USA. You won't find a deal like that anywhere else. And best of all is the price. Brand-new or refurbished Colorado receivers valued at more than 500 dollars are selling for 200 to 300 dollars and still have good support from Garmin. Conclusion: For the money, the Colorado 400 GPS units are still (slightly) better than average. Happy Trails to You!Read full review
Nice device. Haven't tried it out seriously yet, but as much as i was waiting from it, i got that all. I like the diplay, i like the controls (in my opinion much better than touch screen), fast zooming, and good memory capacity even without memory card. One thing that not realy nice, that screen seemed for mee pretty dark without backlight, maybe its because of bad screen shield? donno. and other thing thats probably only with my unit - beck cover dont sit so tight as i want it. But other than that, everything is realy great. (+)Big screen, fast zooming, many options (you dont even need all that), very easy to operate even with gloves. (-)Screen is a bit too dark, hard to find option to switch between road and offroad navigation, it don't like week ordinary batteries, especialy in cold weather.Read full review
I use this as a fixed unit in my boat, so power is not an issue. Works great for land navigation too but take extra sets of batteries.
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I am used to a Garmin GPS 48 so this is a change. The mapping is great, but the unit is missing some marine data in a format that I am used to, with regard to Crosstrack error (now it is in feet or tenths of a mile with no indication of which side of the course) and with regard to seeing distance to mark, crosstrack error, bearing to mark and course to mark all at once on a runway format) That is missing, the data can be found in other places however, but it requires changing menus and is not as convenient. I may find a way around this however. There are some intuitive things that could be done in the software to make it easier, but on the average it is a pretty good unit.