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Garmin Oregon 300 Handheld GPS Navigator

by Garmin
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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  • Automatic routing with optional mapping for detailed roads
  • Electronic compass
  • Barometric altimeter
  • Geocaching-friendly
  • Outdoor GPS games
  • Hunt/fish calendar
  • Sun and moon information
  • Tide tables
  • Area calculation
  • Custom POIs (ability to add additional points of interest)
  • Unit-to-unit transfer (shares data wirelessly with similar units)
  • Picture viewer
  • Touchscreen
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Product details

  • Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 5.8 x 3.5 cm ; 195 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 907 g
  • Batteries 1 Lithium Metal batteries required.
  • Item model number: OREGON 300
  • ASIN: B001B19XMS
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 1 Jan 2006
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 55,464 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

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Manufacturer's Description

Oregon 300 puts the great outdoors at your fingertips. This next-generation handheld features a rugged, touchscreen along with a built-in basemap with shaded relief, a high-sensitivity receiver, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, microSD card slot, picture viewer and more. Even exchange tracks, waypoints, routes and geocaches wirelessly between similar units.

Touch and Go. Oregon 300 leads the way with a tough, 3-inch diagonal, sunlight-readable, colour touchscreen display. Its easy-to-use interface means you'll spend more time enjoying the outdoors and less time searching for information. Both durable and waterproof, Oregon 300 is built to withstand the elements. Bumps, dust, dirt, humidity and water are no match for this rugged navigator.

Explore More.Oregon 300 comes with a built-in worldwide basemap with shaded contours. Simply touch the colour screen to navigate. Its digital elevation maps show you shaded contours at higher zoom levels, giving you a big picture of the surrounding terrain.

Share Wirelessly. With Oregon 300 you can share your waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly other Oregon and Colorado users. Now you can send your favourite hike to your friend to enjoy or the location of a cache to find. Sharing data is easy. Just touch "send" to transfer your information to similar units.

Find Fun. Oregon 300 supports Geocaching.com GPX files for downloading geocaches and details straight to your unit. No more manually entering coordinates and paper print-outs! Simply upload the GPX file to your unit and start hunting for caches. Show off photos of your excursions with Oregon's picture viewer. Slim and lightweight, Oregon is the perfect companion for all your outdoor pursuits.

Keep Your Fix. With its high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver and HotFix satellite prediction, Oregon 300 locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons. The advantage is clear - whether you're in deep woods or just near tall buildings and trees, you can count on Oregon to help you find your way when you need it the most.

Get Your Bearings. Oregon 300 has a built-in electronic compass that provides bearing information even while you're standing still, and its barometric altimeter tracks changes in pressure to pinpoint your precise altitude. You can even use the altimeter to plot barometric pressure over time, which can help you keep an eye on changing weather conditions.

Add Maps. Conveniently plug in optional preloaded microSD cards for all your outdoor activities on land or water (see maps tab for compatible maps). Just insert a MapSource card with detailed street maps, and Oregon provides turn-by-turn directions to your destination. Add select topographic maps to take advantage of Oregon's 3-D map view which gives you a better perspective of your elevation. With BlueChart g2 Vision, you'll get everything you need for a great day on the water including depth contours, navaids and harbours. The card slot is located inside the waterproof battery compartment, so you don't have to worry about getting it wet.

Box Contains

  • Oregon 300
  • Carabiner clip
  • USB cable
  • Owner's manual on disk
  • Quick start guide


  • Customer Reviews

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    44 of 47 people found the following review helpful
    2.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the money. 15 Jun 2009
    Amazon Verified Purchase
    After using my trusty old Garmin Venture unit for over ten years, mainly for geocaching, I thought I'd upgrade to the all singing, all dancing, Oregon 300. Used it over the weekend for a few caches and didn't like it one bit. Although the unit's accuracy and speed of satellite acquisition is excellent and far superior to the Venture's, I found the touch screen unresponsive and a little on the delicate side. It was left smudged when used with clean fingers, can't imagine what'd it be like after you've been digging around in the dirt searching for a cache. The main reason I bought this was to go paperless caching but I felt the Oregon's geocaching feature didn't live up to expectations, particularly the map screen when navigating to a cache. The last, and the reason for it's return to Amazon, was it's pathetic battery life. Advertised as 16 hours but I went through three sets of batteries, both rechargeable and normal AA's, in a matter of hours. The charge indicator on the unit lost a bar literally seconds after changing the batteries and within a hour or so it was telling me to replace them again.

    Maybe I'd received a faulty model and the battery life isn't an issue with most units but it's other shortcomings mean I won't be asking for a replacement.
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    39 of 42 people found the following review helpful
    4.0 out of 5 stars Garmin Oregon 300 26 April 2009
    Overall a good GPS although as mentioned previously, it comes with a very basic basemap and only really gets good if you have the Garmin Mapsource maps or some of the free ones out there compiled by GPS users.

    What you get in the box is the GPS, a USB cable, carabiner clip and a manual on CD. No software, so you will have to register and download the updater software from the Garmin website. Had to buy the case and screen protector separately - if you are going to spend this much on a GPS, then protect it with the screen protector as grit will scratch the touch screen.

    Software updates are improving the functionality every time, just put on the latest beta release which is excellent.
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    12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
    4.0 out of 5 stars nice device 26 Nov 2009
    Amazon Verified Purchase
    going from a etrek h device (a point and go) to an all singing and dancing device was a challenge, but im glad ive got the device. battery life is about 12-16 hours and not much different to my etrex h. Have found my 2650mh rechargables last better than throw away jobbies which dont last as long. You will need batteries that support high performance and a good set of 2500mh+ will be what you need to get. Free maps can be found if you search for talkytoaster and is part of a free open source project which arent the worse or the best but for free are great and better than some of the paid for which have in my experience been poor.

    The device has a 7-30ft accuracy depending on location (tree cover is a killer) but let the device sit outside with no tall building for an hour and it soon will learn all the satelites so next time you turn it on it will lock on quickly.

    So should you buy one? i did, but only went for this one over the 200t because of all the extra features which i dont even use, personally i would go for a 200t of you are after one of these devices and get a cheap 4gb mini sd card too.
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    Most Recent Customer Reviews
    3.0 out of 5 stars Garmin Oregon 300
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    Published on 22 Aug 2009 by H. Green
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    For the most part it's a nice device, but content is king. It's really let down on the software side. Read more
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    Published on 11 July 2009 by M. G. Kellett
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    Published on 9 July 2009 by K. Butler
    1.0 out of 5 stars Garmin Oregon 300
    This the most difficult bit of kit I have ever tried to set up, and Failed.(it's now several weeks old still does not work)Garmin Oregon 300 Handheld GPS
    Published on 4 May 2009 by Mr. James W. Goody
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