Garmin Colorado 300 Handheld GPS System

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ASIN : B0012XKCXO
Category: Mapping Handhelds
Brand: Garmin
Rating : 3.3
Reviews : 13

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When Garmin sent me the mail regarding the release of the Colorado 300, I immediately purchased off Amazon. I think I was a little too quick.

(I was to quick, since the release of software for the Colorado 300 on 17th July, this is now a good unit. Updated 20th August)

The unit was billed as the geocachers friend, able to download the GPX files directly to the unit, 1000 waypoints and the introduction of the new Groundspeak game - Whereigo.

With the first revision of the software, the unit was flakey, it would not locate the satellites first time, could not log geocaches and battery life was woeful.

The second revision of the software came out on 18th Feb and made some changes.

The on time has improved greatly, and locates the satellites pretty quickly now, about 2-3 minutes. Geocachers are now able to log the finds or not, but that is it. No other comments can be added.
One of the features is the rock'n'roller which is the...

Garmin Colorado 300
Bought Colorado 300 last month, looks good, but many problems encountered similar to other reviews. unit locked up several times requiring battery removal. Unit also turns off without warning.
On Navigation page, huge drawback is Distance to NEXT. If there are multiple waypoints entered into a route - with landmarks at each, such as path junctions or outcrops etc, NEXT means nothing, without reviewing the wawpoints on the route via several menus, to ascertain where you are in the route. My old Version 1 GPS38 tells you which waypoint you are heading for, Rock, cliff or whatever it was named as.
Entering waypoints without computer, i.e. whilst on the hill, because of a change of route etc, is very time consuming, need to modify through several menu items, such as Grid ref, then Name all on different screens.
Battery life, using both largest capacity 2600mah Duracell Rechargeable or standard Duracell Plus Alkaline is VERY poor, 3 sets in 6 hours, nowhere near the 15...