Garmin Oregon 200 Portable GPS System Product And Product Reviews
October 8th, 2010Gps Hand Held Navigation No Comments
Garmin Oregon 200 Portable GPS System Product And Product Reviews
Garmin Oregon 200 Portable GPS System Product Features
Garmin Oregon 200 Portable GPS System Technical Details
Technical Details:
- High Sensitivity GPS Receiver
- Features A 2.6-InchH X 1.5-InchW Color Tft Display With 240 X 400 Pixel Resolution
- Rugged Touch-Screen Technology
- Features Built-In Worldwide Basemap
- 5 User Profiles¿Automotive, Marine, Recreation, Fitness Or Geocache
Garmin Oregon 200 Portable GPS System Product Description
Product Description:
Manufacturer’s Description (July 11, 2008)
Easy to learn and simple to use, the waterproof Garmin Oregon 200 features a high-sensitivity GPS receiver, built-in worldwide basemap, and a high-resolution, color 3-inch touchscreen that reacts as you tap or drag through menus and options. With its high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver and HotFix satellite prediction, Oregon 200 locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons.
The Garmin Oregon 200. |
The Oregon 200 provides a basemap that can be easily supplemented with additional mapping or charts for your adventures on land or at sea. The device lets you customize five profiles–automotive, marine, recreation, fitness or geocaching–making the most beneficial features for each activity the easiest to access through quick shortcuts. The tough, 3-inch color touchscreen display is easy to read even in direct sunlight, and the Oregon’s easy-to-use interface means you’ll spend more time enjoying the outdoors and less time searching for information.
Conveniently plug in optional preloaded microSD memory cards for all your outdoor activities on land or water. The card slot is located inside the waterproof battery compartment, so you don’t have to worry about getting it wet. Just insert an optional Garmin MapSource card with detailed street maps, and the Oregon provides turn-by-turn directions to your destination. And with optional BlueChart g2 Vision maps, you’ll get everything you need for a great day on the water including depth contours, navaids and harbors.
Garmin’s HotFix capability automatically calculates and stores satellite locations, greatly reducing satellite acquisition time so that you can turn the unit on and get going. Geocaching is even easier with the Oregon, which quickly downloads online information for every cache, such as location, terrain, difficulty, hints and description, so that you don’t have to tote printouts with you.
Features and Specifications
- Worldwide basemap
- MicroSD card slot for optional mapping and data storage
- Track log: 10,000 points, 20 saved tracks
- Display: 3-inch color touchscreen with 240 x 400-pixel resolution
- Batteries: Two high-capacity or lithium-ion AA batteries for up to 16 hours of use
- Unit dimensions: 4.5 x 2.3 x 1.4 inches
- Weight: 6.8 ounces with batteries
Garmin Oregon 200 screenshots. |
Garmin Oregon Model Comparison
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| Oregon 200 | Oregon 300 | Oregon 400t | Oregon 400c | Oregon 400i | |
| Preloaded Maps: | no | no | yes (topographic) | yes (BlueChart g2 with limited capability) | yes (Inland Lakes) |
| Built-in memory: | 24 MB | 850 MB | yes | yes | yes |
| Unit-to-unit transfer (shares data wirelessly with similar units): | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
What’s in the Box
Oregon 200, lanyard, USB cable, owner’s manual (on disk), printed quick-start guide
Price:$324.99
Garmin Oregon 200 Portable GPS System Product Reviews
Good GPS receiver with longer battery life than expected,
I just had Oregon 200 for a few days and decided to perform an indoor battery life test to see how this receiver holds up on battery life compared to its siblings, Colorado 300. With WASS off, Battery Save off, backlit off and auto track mode on, it actually remained on for 17.5 hours with a pair of Sony CycleEnergy 2000 mAh (NiMH) batteries. Garmin claims 16 hours for this receiver. In comparison, Colorado 300 can only hold for 10-11 hours (less than 15 hours claimed by Garmin) in the same test. This is way beyond my expectation, particularly after my disappointing experience with Colorado’s poor battery life.
The receiver is also very accurate and acquires signal fast. It took about 3 minutes for the 1st useful sat. acquisiton (cold start) and under 10 seconds to have good lock (warm start) afterwards. My test was done indoors and Oregon had lock on more than 7 sats all the time with 15 – 40 feet of accuracy.
As this is the cheapest model in the Oregon family, some features are also stripped off.
1. Only comes with 24 MB of internal memory. Micro SD expansion is supported though.
2. No audio beep (even for battery low warning).
3. The built-in base map has no DEM so no shaded relief on this map. Oregon 200 does support shaded relief for maps with DEM (for example, US TOPO 2008).
4. No altimeter, barometer and compass.
5. No wireless transfer capability to share information with other receivers.
6. No support for HRM and bike candence.
7. Only lanyard included (no carabiner).
Overall, I like this unit so far for its built quality, accurate positioning and long battery life. Too bad Garmin has stripped off several good features (probably contributes to better battery life performance). To users who don’t need those features, this is a great buy if the price is right.
Good GPS … But…,
Recently bought the Oregon 200. It is super fast at acquiring and seldom drops out.
Installed base map is chintzy and out dated. 10 years ago my city was bypassed by the major highway US 97. Didn’t happen according to Garmin! It still shows US 97 running through the middle of town.
Trekking through the forest or riding my quad is great! Seems to be extremely accurate and the cookie crumb trail is easy to see.
I conclude, great for trekking, poor for automobiles. I just ordered the expensive topo map chip. If it isn’t more up to date then the base map I’ll have to send it back.
Bend, Oregon
Excellent for Geocaching,
This is my third Garmin and the best I’ve had! The touch screen is very user-friendly and easy to input coordinates. The GPS sensitivity is very consistent and precise! I have geocaching friends who prefer my Oregon to their Colorados! If you can step up to the Oregon, it’s the way to go!
Hard to read, inconsistent,
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Length:: 7:40 Mins
+ Touchscreen
+ Durability, water resistance
- Hard to read – glare, low contrast
- Inconsistent speed and alitude readings
- Only works with ENELOOP batteries (not 2 other types of NiMH batteries that I tried.)
- No routing (unless you buy another map)
- No 3d view (unless you buy another map)
- No elevation history page (contrary to some ‘screenshots’ you may see)
- Ancient maps (very few roads)
A Good GPS,
I have been happy with this GPS, especially after that Bushnell. I do wish this one had a larger screen.
Dead after 18 months,
This is my second Garmin GPS. The first one, an Etrex Legend, starting giving me problems just out of the warranty period; the joystick stopped working. This unit was gently used, never dropped, never got wet or abused in any way. I contacted Garmin about repairs and found it was hard to justify the cost of repairing it vs just buying a new one. I ended up selling it on Craigslist as a non-functioning unit.
In December, 2008, I purchased a Garmin Oregon 200. Just this month, the unit failed; the screen showed nothing but a bunch of horizontal lines and then would not do anything else. I tried several different batteries, but still nothing worked. This unit was also used gently and maybe 10 times total. Again, I contacted Garmin about repairs. I was informed that they have a flat fee of $99. I then e-mailed them, and stated my problems with their products, hoping they might help out with the repairs, but I never even received a response.
So, I now have another expensive Garmin paperweight. I’m not sure what I’ll do with this one, but I can honestly say that I’ll never buy another Garmin product. I just don’t trust the brand.
Oregon 200- Very good choice,
If we like to do Nature sports like orientation or geocaching, Garmin oregon is a very good choice. His portability, and his batery save program made this device a first choice. In city or holidays, Garmin city navigator maps are a very good and helpful tool. Nice style, nice GPS accuracy.
Just some description of Garmin Oregon 200 Portable GPS System to you.