Witch Garmin gps would you guys recommend I have the Rino 650 my cuz is wanting one just though I would ask the pros!
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Colorado Cowboy
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Muleys 24/7
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jims
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Montana
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This is what I have and I swear I must be doing something wrong. My battery life is absolutely horrible. One weekend and its time to replace batteries. Any tips?
Topgun 30-06
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***If you're leaving it on all day and using tracks, etc. that is probably about right. If you are';t using rechareable batteries, I'd invest in some and a charger so you always have fresh ones and you'll be money ahead in the long run over disposables.
Musket Man
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I have an Oregon 450t and I really like it. Im not sure what additional features the 550 and 650 have but the 450 does everything I want. Cabelas had a big sale on them last year around christmas and I got it for about 1/2 price so you might keep an eye on Cabelas this month to see if they have the sale again.
I also have the 450. Spent 3 weeks out west this fall and used it everyday at some point. Several days never turned it off until I got back to camp, never had to put in new batteries so the fella that's burning up batteries must have some issue there....
Would buy another in a heart beat, also got mine at the Cabellas sale last year.
Would buy another in a heart beat, also got mine at the Cabellas sale last year.
Umpqua Hunter
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I've have the Oregon 450 with Hunting GPS maps for the terrain and land status data. I'm very happy with that. I had the 400 before that.
I'm sure the 650 would be great but will be more money.
I'm sure the 650 would be great but will be more money.
Work2hunt
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Me an dad have the rino 650 there both paired I like that I can see were hes at when he keys up the 2 way I hope my cuz gets that one but will tell him what you guys said thanks all!
I have the oregon 450 with hunt maps. I really want the oregon 650. I played with one at sportsmans warehouse. The screen seemed better, touchscreen was more responsive, and it was faster at loading. The oregon 650 also uses WAAS and GLONASS. I'm curios if this makes more accurate than the oregon 450. Also the camera is supposed to be better than 550 model.
Colorado Cowboy
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I havn't really had mine long enough to answer your questions. I also have the chip for GPS Hunting Map for Colorado that shows land status. I really like mine so far. I was going to get the Montana, but after I actually held one, it just seemed too big to me.
Montana
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Wow... would you mind looking through your settings and seeing if anything pops out... I feel like if I could temporarily turn off the full color feature that would help. Within the first hr I get low battery warnings and it says I can't use back light. Maybe I should have my back light turned off the entire time? I do know I have it set for the shortest time but maybe I just shouldn't use that feature.
Thanks again for the help in advance.
Topgun 30-06
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***If the problem is that severe, then there has to be something wrong with the GPS to cause your problem or you have a batch of bad/old batteries. Could the latter be a source of your problem?
My hunting partner was having that same problem with his Montana (low battery within 1 hour). If I recall correctly, I went into the setting menu on his gps and enabled the 'power saver' mode. Also, you should be able to change how quickly it automatically turns off the light and 'goes to sleep'. I would think the menu on the Oregon and the Montana should be very similar. Hope that helps.
