Garmin Colorado 400t - Coming Soon

[davidr]

Colorado™ 400t

1st Quarter, 2008 Part Number: 010-00622-45
Suggested Retail Price: $ 642.84 USD

Take on the trails with Colorado 400t. This rugged, advanced handheld is packed with detailed topographic maps for all your hiking adventures not to mention 3-D map view, a high-sensitivity receiver, barometric altimeter, electric compass, SD card slot, picture viewer and color display. Exchange tracks, waypoints and geocaches wirelessly between other "buddy" units. When the going gets tough, Colorado leads the way.

Explore Backcountry
Colorado's preloaded topographic maps, 3-D map view and a built-in worldwide basemap with shaded relief give you all the tools for serious climbing or hiking. Map detail includes national, state and local parks and forests, along with terrain contours, elevation information, trails, rivers, lakes and points of interest. Just in case you're wondering how steep that hill really is, Colorado's 3-D map view helps you visualize your surroundings — giving you a better perspective of the elevation.

Share Wirelessly
With Colorado 400t 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 within a 3-meter range.

Rock on. Find Fun
Intuitive and fun, Colorado features a Rock 'n Roller input wheel for easy one-handed operation and supports Geocaching.com GPX files for downloading geocaches and detail straight to your unit. Even customize Colorado's interface based on your favorite activity. Slim, lightweight and waterproof, Colorado is the perfect companion for all your outdoor pursuits.

Keep Your Fix
With its high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver, Colorado 400t 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.
Get Your Bearings

Colorado 400t 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.

Plug in and Go
Adding maps is easier than ever with Colorado's SD card slot. Conveniently plug in optional preloaded SD cards with MapSource data for your land and sea excursions. Just insert a MapSource card with detailed street maps, and Colorado provides turn-by-turn directions to your destination. The card slot is located inside the waterproof battery compartment, so you don't have to worry about getting it wet.

Colorado 400t: One tough handheld for all your outdoor pursuits.

[davidr]

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[SirWilhelm]

Well, I have had the opportunity to compare the two and without anything extra added to either machine, there is a big difference in the two. The cost difference is not just the mapping software, but little things like 4GB or internal memory in the 400T versus 384MB in the 300.
And 3D that works without fancy maps. Very nice upgrade for the price difference.
Highly recommended over getting the 300 and Topomaps 2008!
Cache on y'all. Bill in WTx, where on 30 Mar2008 it is 90F.

[davidr]

Hi Bill,

Just to clarify, are you saying that there's 4gb internal memory on the 400t as oppose to the 384mb on the 300?

I found this on the Garmin site but it doesn't say much! :-)

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/compare....eProduct=11023

[docjames]

I live in Taiwan. I bought a Colorado 400T during June 2008. I used it for navigation during jetskiing (attached to the handle bar with it's handlebar mount) from the main island to nearby smaller islands. During my first ride only 2 days after it was purchased, we ran into a Beaufort number 7-8 wind and one of a friend's jetski perished and 2 good friends died (a father and his son). They didn't pack a GPS with them. It was a headline news here. Luckily, I had the GPS and I must admit it saved my life. However, after I reached the island just 34 Km from the starting point, the GPS died on me. No one else had any problem using older model of Garmin water proof GPS. I later found out that night, water had gone into the battery compartment. I had it sent in for repair and Garmin was kind enough to replace a new one for me. After receiving a new unit, I carefully inspected the unit and I found a flaw in its design. The O-ring (seal) that suppose to keep the water out of the battery compartment would be squished upward whenever I tried sliding the case up. That's why so many people in other forums that are discussion this are having trouble getting the cover completely slide up. You simply can not slide it up completely if there's detached O-ring getting caught between the main body and the CO. If you take a very close look, after the O-ring was pushed up, there are detached parts of the O-ring (supposely glued to it's bottom) that separates and allow water to seep in. I believei it's a design flaw and the company should solve this problem. The only way I can make sure that won't happen again is to buy some camera O-ring grease and allow the case to slide more smoothly so the O-ring won't detach and get squished together. Unlike Garmin's previous water proof GPS, they were manufactured so that the back plate was placed over the seal and tightened by screws. In that way, there's no sliding force on a dry detachable O-ring seal. Lastly, after using the grease, it's hell trying to remove the greased sticky sliding case off for battery replacement. I'm going to wipe the grease off completely next time I go out with my jetski. I'm sure water will get in and I'll get this GPS replaced with a new one. And again, I might probably get several new ones before this warrantee rans out next year. Come to think of it, it really angers me that Garmin doesn't even make a sound addressing to this problem.



That's how water got into the battery compartment

Garmin called me several times the immediate day aftter I posted this thread at another forum and told me they would gladly send a personel to pick up my GPS for O-ring replacement. I told them the reason I posted this thread was not because I wanted a new O-ring, but for them to recognize that there exist a flaw in its design to make it a waterproof unit, and this may result in a failure for a consumer during time of desperate need. They could not offer much more than a sorry and told me that the O-ring seal are OEM then glued on by an outside company. So much for that. The colorado 400T states that it's suppose to withstand up to 1 M submerged under water for 30n minutes. We ride out on the sea at speeds of less than 15-50 km/h. I did not submerge it in the water, it, however did received lots of splashes of sea water. Then again, so did others.
That said, I'm still very grateful to this unit that saved my life. To me, it's worth more than a million bucks.
Dr. James M. Shih docjames1098@hotmail.com