Garmin Colorado 300 North America | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $533.32
Buy New: $316.15
You Save: $217.17 (41%)
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 1688
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: 20
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: 240 x 400
Display Size: 3
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Size: Garmin Part #010-00622-31
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 1.4 x 2.4 x 5.5
MPN: 010-00622-31
Model: 010-00622-31
UPC: 053759067060
EAN: 0753759067069
ASIN: B00128GKHG
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | High Sensitivity, WAAS-Enabled GPS Receiver | | • | Features A 2.55-InchH X 1.53-InchW, Transflective Color Tft Display With 240 X 400 Pixel Resolution | | • | Features Built-In Worldwide Basemap With Shaded Relief | | • | Wireless Sharing Of User Tracks, Waypoints, Routes & Geocaches Between Units | | • | 5 User Profiles - Automotive, Marine, Recreation, Fitness Or Geocache |
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Product Description
handheld GPS navigator for use outdoors, in a car, or on a boat * 3" backlit LCD display (240 x 400 pixels) with built-in picture viewer * WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) capability improves GPS accuracy to within 3 meters * electronic compass and barometric altimeter * elevation plotter *
Amazon.com Product Description--January 21, 2008
Packed with features, Garmin's Colorado 300 includes a built-in basemap, high-sensitivity receiver, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, SD card slot, color display, picture viewer and more. Even exchange tracks, waypoints, routes and geocaches wirelessly between similar units. Slim, lightweight and waterproof, Colorado is the perfect companion for all your outdoor pursuits. Watch an interactive demo.
Share Wirelessly
With Colorado 300 you can share your waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly with other Colorado users. Now you can send your favorite hike to your buddy to enjoy or the location of a cache to find. Sharing data is easy. Just select "send" to transfer your information to other Colorado units.
Keep Your Fix
With its high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver, Colorado 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 Colorado to help you find your way when you need it the most.
Explore More
Colorado 300 comes with a built-in worldwide basemap with shaded relief.
Expand Your Horizons
Colorado also accepts SD cards, so you can use Garmin preprogrammed SD cards to add maps that serve any and all of your outdoor activities on land or water.
| Streets
| Inland Lakes
| Terrain
| 3D Terrain
| Coastal
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Conveniently plug in optional preloaded SD cards for all your outdoor activities on land or water. Just insert a MapSource card with detailed street maps, and Colorado provides turn-by-turn directions to your destination. Add select topographic maps to take advantage of Colorado's 3-D map view which gives you a better perspective of your elevation.
The card slot is located inside the waterproof battery compartment, so you don't have to worry about getting it wet. |
| Rock on. Find Fun |  |  | Colorado's innovative Rock `n Roller input wheel for easy one-handed operation and intuitive screen interface make it as easy to navigate the device as the outdoors.
Customize Colorado's interface based on your favorite activity.
Even show off photos of your excursions with its picture viewer. |
Experience Paperless Geocaching
|  | Colorado supports Geocaching.com GPX files for downloading geocaches and detail straight to your unit. You'll have at-a-glance cache descriptions and details to aid in your search. |
| Get Your Bearings |  |  | Colorado has a built-in electronic compass that provides bearing information even while you're standing still.
Its barometric altimeter tracks changes in pressure to pinpoint your precise altitude. View elevation data before you begin your ascent or descent. You can even use the altimeter to plot barometric pressure over time, which can help you keep an eye on changing weather conditions. |
Interactive Demo
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
Just What I Expected November 11, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've been using GPS for quite a few years now. I actually started off learning on Survey Grade GPS (for work of course), and it peaked my interest and before long I had received my first consumer grade GPS.
Since then I have went through several models with my most recent purchase being the Garmin Colorado 300. For me, the price was right, and since I already owned the Garmin MapSource TOPO maps, it didn't make much since to purchase a higher model with the same maps already included.
I have used the unit for a couple of weeks now, and feel I have gotten in enough use to write a short review.
Initial impressions of the unit out of the box where that it looks well constructed, with a large screen, and easy to get to buttons. I quickly installed the batteries, and let it find it's first satellites and get it's location.
I then proceeded to go through the menus, locating where everything was, and getting myself acquainted with the GPS. I found it to be fairly intuitive, easy to use, and the menus were easy to locate. I actually learned to navigate through everything fairly quickly. I suspect it has something to do with previous use of GPS units, and being somewhat familiar with basic GPS menu configurations. Some of my friends who have previous GPS experience also found navigating the menus of the unit to be fairly easy as well.
For someone new to GPS, I can understand all the new icons, menus, shortcuts, etc. being intimidating or confusing. It is a little more than a turn on and play type device, something I think many people have gotten use to from using digital cameras, MP3 players, and other user friendly electronics. A first use with a GPS can be a little tough, there are a lot of new terms and ideas to learn, but it's an easy learning curve that only takes a short time to begin to understand.
The basemap was just what I expected. I'm afraid that many of the disappointments in GPS unit basemaps are that many people expect map levels found in dedicated navigation units. Something that will be hard to find in a handheld recreational use unit. Different uses require different maps, and it's always going to be hard to satisfy everyone. Something that Garmin is itself working on, with the 400t, 400c, and 400i units. You can now by hand held GPS units that have included topo maps, coastal maps, and inland lake and river maps. A huge step up from having to buy a GPS unit, and then buy a separate set of maps to load to the GPS.
I, myself, already owned the separate TOPO maps, so just purchased the base model. I found that loading the maps to the GPS was fairly easy and straight forward. Once loaded the maps are rendered very nicely, with 3-d views also available.
I have also been able to run Pocket Queries from [...] and load the GPX file that [...] sends directly to the Colorado. Making Paperless geocaching a snap. I found the process rather easy, and it adds a whole new spin to geocaching. With just the press of a button I have the cache details in front of me, and with another press of a button I can look at the past five logs, or the hint. So far, this has been one of the greatest features of the GPS.
The only real downfall I have with the GPS is battery life. I only got about 10 hours out of a set of Duracell AA Alkalines. A real drop considering I'm use to getting close to 30 hours out of my eTrex Legend HCx on the same type of batteries. I have since bought a set of rechargeable 2500 maH Ni-MH batteries to use, and have been seeing better times out of those.
In general my likes are: large screen size, uses regular SD Card, Geocaching capabilities, the ease of use after the small learning curve.
Dislikes: Short battery life, screen can be hard to see at times with backlight off.
I would (and have) recommend this GPS to my friends.
 Great Product August 31, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This a great gps if you are out there camping or simply on the road this you may want to buy.
 Not as good as Expected July 12, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Product i received had problem staying up. It abruptly shutdown without warning fewminutes after power up. Amazon sent me a replacement. The replacement fared better But after a couple of days wouldn't work saying "Cannot find system software" OR "Missing system software". I am trying to work it out with the customer support.
New generation of Garmin GPSs June 14, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've used two other Garmin outdoor GPS before and I was expecting this new device. After a month of using, I'm almost decided to switch back to Garmin 60 CSx.
Colorado +:
- display
- gc listings
- holders (car, bike)
- wig
Colorado -:
- battery consumption
- gc listings (listing is sometimes bad formated)
- roller, buttons, menus (60 CSx is much more powerful and faster to control, search...)
So if you need listings/wig then buy Colorado. In case having PDA or smartphone, take 60 CSx...
Garmin Colorado - NOT ready for prime time June 9, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The Garmin Colorado is a LONG way from being all that it should be for th price ov over $400.. Read the review if it on BACKPACKINGLIGHTWEIGHT.COM
I STILL haven't got my 300 model's SD card loaded w/ the topo map. Don't use an "Ultra" SD card. Garmin says they don't work well with this unit. It would have been nice if they would have SAID SO on the box or the tiny instruction leaflet so I could have known before I bought one.
Garmin's customer service is helpful but you MUST call them to learn how to use all the features properly. The included instructions are so basic as to be laughable. In short, this may be a good GPS in about a year - after Garmin gets the bugs out.
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