Garmin revises the Oregon series

Garmin presents the latest model in its best-selling Oregon handheld series. The Oregon 450 is equipped with an electronic three-axis compass, barometric altimeter and a large, brilliant touchscreen display. In addition to the well-known high-quality vector maps, it is also capable of displaying pixel and raster maps of all kinds (like all devices in the Oregon series after a firmware update).

The touchscreen operation and logical menu structure of the Garmin Oregon series have set the standard: The Oregon 200, 300 and 400t models became bestsellers within just a few months. The top model, the Oregon 550, went one better with an integrated camera including geotagging function. The Oregon 450 now replaces the Oregon 200, 300 and 400t models. It has the usual robust and clear design of its predecessors, but offers a whole range of technical innovations.

The Oregon 450 is equipped with an electronic three-axis compass. By using this technology, the compass works reliably regardless of the tilt angle of the device. This makes it easier to take a quick look when hiking, geocaching or biking and guarantees precise directional information in any position.

Mountaineers, aviators, mountain bikers and mountain runners will be delighted with the integrated barometric altimeter. It accurately documents every meter of altitude covered and, as a barometer, also allows you to make your own weather forecasts. Garmin has also improved the touchscreen display: thanks to the new brilliant display, which was also used in the Oregon 550, the Oregon 450 offers excellent readability in all light conditions and at all angles.

The memory capacity of the Oregon 450 is 850 MB or 2000 waypoints, 200 routes and 200 tracks with 10,000 points each. In addition, the new device can store up to 5000 geocaches including their descriptions.

The Oregon 450t model also comes with a pre-installed 1:100,000 scale recreational base map of Europe as standard. Both models will be launched at the end of January 2010 at recommended retail prices of 399 and 479 euros respectively.

More facts

Robust 3-inch color touchscreen with improved readability
Expandable with topographic vector and raster maps, City Navigator street maps and BlueChart g2 nautical charts
Auto-routing (with street maps)
Compatible with microSD maps (up to 4 GB)
USB 2.0 port for extremely fast PC connection
Wireless ANT+™ data transmission from device to device or for heart rate and cadence measurement (optional)
Oregon 450t model with pre-installed recreational base map of Europe at a scale of 1:100,000 and contour lines at 25 meter intervals

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