Garmin Oregon 400i 3-Inch Touchscreen Handheld GPS Unit with U.S. Inland Lakes and a Worldwide Basemap

by Garmin

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 6.5 x 3.2 inches ; 6.9 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001B15SAY
• Item model number: 400i
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,813 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

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Manufacturer's Description (July 11, 2008)

Easy to learn and simple to use, the waterproof Garmin Oregon 400i features a high-sensitivity GPS receiver and preloaded U.S. inland lake and navigable river maps that provide boaters and anglers with shoreline details, depth contours, boat ramps and mile markers for thousand of lakes. The chart detail includes shoreline, depth contours, navaids and port plans. It also offers 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 400i locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons. It's also equipped with a barometric altimeter and electronic compass, and it's compatible with Garmin's heart-rate monitors and speed/cadence sensors.

The Garmin Oregon 400i.

The Oregon 400i 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.

It also plays well with others, allowing for wireless exchange of tracks, waypoints and geocaches between other Oregon units and Garmin Colorado models.

This unit 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.

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. Add optional topographic maps to take advantage of the Oregon's 3D map view which gives you a better perspective of your elevation. 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.

Garmin Oregon 400i screenshots.

Features and Specifications

• Preloaded with U.S. Inland Lakes maps
• Built-in 3D DEM (Digital Elevation Model) basemap
• Wireless exchange of user routes, tracks, waypoints, geocaches and images
• MicroSD card slot for optional mapping and data storage
• Track log: 10,000 points, 20 saved tracks
• Electronic compass, barometric altimeter, temperature sensor
• 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 Model Comparison

	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 400i, carabiner clip, USB cable, owner's manual, printed quick-start guide

Product Description

Oregon 400i puts freshwater fun at your fingertips. This next-generation handheld features a rugged, touchscreen along with preloaded U.S. Inland Lakes, a high-sensitivity receiver, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, microSD™ card slot, picture viewer and more. Both durable and waterproof, Oregon 400i is built to withstand the elements.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pre-Loaded Maps are Worthless, July 21, 2009

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Dr. Michael R. Adams (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garmin Oregon 400i 3-Inch Touchscreen Handheld GPS Unit with U.S. Inland Lakes and a Worldwide Basemap (Electronics)

Let me first start off by saying I love the Oregon series. But I returned my 400i to Amazon after less than a week. I ended up with the 400T and think it's wonderful. The touchscreen interface is much easier to use than my previous eTrex Legend HCX and my 60CSX. Yes, battery life leaves much to be appreciated as the screen at full brightness and use of the compass absolutely kill the battery. But what ruined it for me were the pathetic preloaded maps of inland lakes. Simply put, the maps are awful. Very few lakes here in the New England area have data, and the few that do have incomplete areas of the lake ... areas where most fishermen, like myself, tend to boat and kayak. Even Lake Cochituate in Natick, MA, a popular lake that has 3 large sections, only 1 of which Garmin decided to map, and that section has limited boating since it's the beach area for swimmers.

I find it unprofessional for Garmin to release such a product which is obviously not ready for the serious outdoorsman. The 400i needs to be advertised with a listing of all the lakes that are actually mapped. It's almost deceiving the way it's presented. Now, the 400T has its issues as well ... the topo basemap is only 100K, and there are no 24K maps for the Northeast, but that's a whole other review.

If you plan on using this for the lakes in your area, do yourself a favor and call Garmin first and ask if those lakes are mapped. Even if it's a big one that you've been going to since you were a kid, you might be surprised to find that Garmin has excluded it from the 400i.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars garmin 400i buy it, February 7, 2010

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David Sanders - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garmin Oregon 400i 3-Inch Touchscreen Handheld GPS Unit with U.S. Inland Lakes and a Worldwide Basemap (Electronics)

The 400T is for T terrain 400i I inland lakes. The details on the lakes are sketchy but its covering the whole US. So a lot of lakes won't show the topo but living in MN i know it at least shows all the creeks ponds and lakes and has them named. But if you plan to troll the coast by using this unit as your guide. GOOD LUCK. I will say its tough extremely tough lithium batteries go for 2 days. and very simple to use. TOUCH SCREEN is a MUST

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Hard to view!, July 14, 2009

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D. McIntosh - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garmin Oregon 400i 3-Inch Touchscreen Handheld GPS Unit with U.S. Inland Lakes and a Worldwide Basemap (Electronics)

Purchased this unit for use in a sailboat, gave the unit a try in the car first. In the sunlight with sunglasses this unit is impossible to see, sunglasses off is not much better. I would not be able to see this unit in a bright sailboat! Sent the unit back, will stick to a gray scale screen.