READERS COMMENTS

What are the preloaded maps on the Ogegan 400t like, can you navigate thru the backcountry with them or do you need to buy additional garmin topos?
Posted: Feb 27, 2010 Quartermile

I recently took a new Garmin 500t and my delorome pn-20 on a snowshoe trip in the mountains. The Garmin picked up the satellites in seconds. PN-20 took over an hour. I will never buy another Delorme.

I did find the learning curve on the garmin to be steep for actually navigating where you had to be right. But since getting some experience I can deal well with it. I recommend expertgps software for managing the garmin.
Posted: Feb 03, 2010 dan

I would like to hear what the folks at backpacker mag have to say about the comments made about Delorme and Garmin. I like Garmin, I own Garmin (60csx) I thought about buying, well, actually, I bought the Colorado and returned it... not impressed with battery life and all the snafus that came with it. It is interesting to hear about Delorme. Maybe I should reconsider in my next purchase. Any comments BACKPACKER?
Posted: Oct 29, 2009 K Daniels

DeLorme Earthmate PN-40

That is all.


Posted: Sep 10, 2009 Nimbo

Man,I am wanting to buy my first GPS unit and have been researching online. You see different reviews depending on where you look. Most other sites have comments about the 400t's lack of visibility during bright days (direct sunlight). It seems that all units are lacking somewhere, why can't they take these reviews and build one good product?
Posted: Aug 26, 2009 Matt P.

it might be a mater of fact the like LL Bean Is a big doner to backpacker, so products that they give Best to might be a buisness choise , than what Is Best. Thak is why I will never buy from LL Bean.
Posted: Aug 20, 2009 John Readmen

I bought the 400t and love it! Since I had only used a Garmin nuvi for road travel before, it took a little time to get used to "how it works". Agree the manual is not very specific. Learned about geocaching and this helped me learn to navigate with it. Wouldn't trade it! Well worth it! Thanks to Backpacker Mag for writing articles on this--that's what drove me to investigate.
Posted: Aug 03, 2009 gahiker

Delorme must not pay enough in advertising. I own both and overall, the Delorme package is much better. If the PN-40 came with a larger screen it wouldn't even be close, that's the only advantage the 400t has really
Posted: Jul 12, 2009 Paul

I don't get the complaints. I bought this Garmin and it has worked flawlessly ever since. The menus are very intuitive. The topo base map is excellent. And touchscreen works much faster than buttons or wheels. I have never had to contact tech support because I never ran into any problem at all. It transfers very easily between desktop mapping programs like Google Maps, expert GPS and Garmin's mapping programs. The battery life is excellent. The only complaint I can find - after using it for months - is that the Garmin stores waypoints as an entire group, rather than allowing you to put them into distinct folders trip-by-trip. An excellent gps.
Posted: Jul 07, 2009 Stefan Harwood

I am stumped about the top rating as well unless Garmin is a bigger advertiser than Delorme. The price is insane and the desktop topo/DOQQ/planning software is very subpar. Compare the price to the DeLorme PN-20 or betterPN-40, and I think you'll find that there is no comparison.
Posted: Jul 04, 2009 Cooper Lilly

I am stumped about the top rating as well unless Garmin is a bigger advertiser than Delorme. The price is insane and the desktop topo/DOQQ/planning software is very subpar. Compare the price to the DeLorme PN-20 or betterPN-40, and I think you'll find that there is no comparison.
Posted: Jul 04, 2009 Anonymous

I can't understand how you could give this product a top rating. The manual is very short and does not address many critical usage questions. Their technical support is horrible. I have yet to wait less than 35 minutes. The Mac support is confusing at best. How to use which maps to do what is not even addressed.
Posted: May 31, 2009 John McIntosh

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