Garmin Montana 600t Handheld GPS, Camo

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Price: $499.99    

Product Feature

• Bold 4" sunlight-readable touchscreen display with dual-orientation
• Preloaded TOPO U.S. 100K maps
• Built-in 3 axis tilt-compensated electronic compass that shows where you're heading even when you're standing still
• microSD card slot to load additional maps, such as BlueChart g2, City Navigator NT , or TOPO 24K (microSD card sold separately). Also supports BirdsEye Satellite Imagery, Garmin Custom Maps, and geocaching
• Share your waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly with other compatible Garmin GPS users. Plus, use BaseCamp software for viewing and organizing your data

Product Description

Big, Tough Camo-patterned GPS with Preloaded TOPO Maps

• 4" dual-orientation, glove-friendly touchscreen display
• Preloaded TOPO U.S. 100K maps
• 3-axis compass with barometric altimeter
• Supports BirdsEye satellite imagery, Garmin Custom Maps and photo navigation
• Uses rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack or AA batteries

Take it hiking. Take it hunting. Take it on the water. Montana 600t Camo features a bold 4" color touchscreen dual orientation display and comes preloaded with TOPO U.S. 100K maps. It supports multiple mapping options such as BirdsEye Satellite Imagery and BlueChart g2, and has key features for the outdoors such as a 3-axis tilt-compensated compass and barometric altimeter. Buy the auto mount and a City Navigator NT� map to get spoken turn-by-turn driving directions.

See the Big View

Montana 600t Camo features a 4" sunlight-readable touchscreen display that offers crystal clear enhanced colors and displays high-resolution images. Its easy-to-use interface means you� ll spend more time enjoying the outdoors and less time searching for information. Both durable and waterproof, Montana 600t Camo is built to withstand the elements. Bumps, dust, dirt, humidity and water are no match for this rugged navigator.

Go Anywhere

With an array of compatible mounts, Montana is designed for use on ATVs, in boats, as a handheld or in your car. Use the auto mount with City Navigator maps for spoken, turn-by-turn driving directions, or the rugged mount for your motorcycle or ATV.

Go Everywhere

Adding more maps to Montana is easy. Plug in BlueChart � g2 preloaded cards for a great day on the water, or load City Navigator map data for turn-by-turn driving directions. Add satellite images to your maps with BirdsEye Satellite Imagery (subscription required). Or, transform paper maps into files you can download to your Montana with Custom Maps.

Share Wirelessly

With Montana 600t Camo you can share your waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly with other compatible Garmin GPS users. So now your friends also can enjoy your favorite hike or cache � simply press ��send� to transfer your information to similar units, and let the games begin.

Keep Your Fix

With its high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver and HotFix � satellite prediction, Montana 600t Camo 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 Montana 600t Camo to help you find your way when you need it the most.

Navigate with Ease

Montana 600t Camo has a built-in 3-axis tilt-compensated electronic compass, which shows your heading even when you� �re standing still, without holding it level. Its barometric altimeter tracks changes in pressure to pinpoint your precise altitude, and you even can use it to plot barometric pressure over time, which can help you keep an eye on changing weather conditions.

Double Your Power

Montana 600t Camo features a one-of-a-kind dual battery system. You� �ll have the option of using the rechargeable lithium-ion pack or traditional AA batteries � � whichever suits your needs better.

Find Fun

Montana 600t Camo supports geocaching GPX files for downloading geocaches and details straight to it. By going paperless, you're not only helping the environment but also improving efficiency. Montana 600 stores and displays key information, including location, terrain, difficulty, hints and descriptions, which means no more manually entering coordinates and paper print outs. Simply upload the GPX file to your device and start hunting for caches.

Plan Your Next Trip

Take charge of your next adventure with BaseCamp �, software that lets you view and organize maps, waypoints, routes, and tracks. This free trip-planning software even allows you to create Garmin Adventures that you can share with friends, family or fellow explorers. BaseCamp displays topographic map data in 2-D or 3-D on your computer screen, including contour lines and elevation profiles. It also can transfer an unlimited amount of satellite images to your device when paired with a BirdsEye Satellite subscription.

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Garmin Montana 600t Handheld GPS, Camo Review

First, a little bit about me: I have a degree in software engineering, I'm an avid day hiker, and a bit of a gizmo geek. This is the second GPS I've owned, the other one being a Garmin GPS II+. I was on the fence about getting an Oregon for a while but held off because of mixed user reviews, especially in regards to its usability in bright sunlight. The main purpose of owning the Montana is to have detailed statistics on our day hikes such as distance, elevation, time, speed, etc. I've purchased and installed the Garmin TOPO West 24k maps and uploaded all of Washington state to the Montana. Even then, I still have 2.5GB of free space.

After carefully considering how to approach this review, since I know there's a lot of buyers holding off until a few user reviews came in, I decided to break it down into three areas, hardware, software, and company. You need all three to have a successful product, and after putting the Montana through its paces and contacting Garmin about a few issues, I'm able to offer my thoughts on all of them.

First, the hardware. Garmin did an excellent job designing the Montana. The screen is nice and big, and to finally put one of the most noted issues to rest, it was definitely easy to read in sunlight. The touchscreen works just about perfectly. I never felt like I had to apply too much pressure to get action, or that I pressed something that I didn't mean to (like when using the virtual keyboard). It "feels" comfortable just holding it too. For my first hike with it I didn't have a case yet, so I just threw a lanyard on it and mostly carried it in my hand the whole way up and down the trail--never bothered me. Satellite aquisition is scary fast and never had a single dropout even in dense forest. Just to see how solid the reception was, I carried it in my front shorts pocket for about a mile--no loss whatsoever. GPS accuracy was good; most of the time it hovered around 14 feet. Once I downloaded the track from the Montana to my PC, the ascent and descent portions of the hike mirrored each other pretty closely, and those tracks mirrored the trail on the TOPO map very close as well. I was constantly checking speed, time, elevation, and distance to known data and the Montana was pretty accurate. For example, at one point we passed a mile marker that claimed we were 3.0 miles from the trailhead and the Montana said we were 2.9. Take another fifty steps and it clicked over to 3.0 miles. Final elevation, elevation gain, time and speed were also just about equally dead on.
I started the hike with the lithium battery at about 75%, had the unit on for just over four hours, and finished the hike at just over 50%. I did have the battery saver option turned on and the backlight duration at the minimum setting, but I was actively using it quite a bit during the hike. My thought is that Garmin's claim to 16 hours of lithium battery life is pretty spot on, since my four hours of powered-up time ate up about 25% of the battery.
On the computer, the Montana connects via a USB cable and is recognized as a mass-storage drive. Uploading of maps, downloading of software updates, and downloading of GPS data were all fast and issue-free.
The only conceivable hardware downside I can see is compared to other GPS units, it weighs in at 10.2 ounces with the lithium battery. So if you're one of those mountaineers who take the cardboard tube out of a roll of toilet paper to save weight the Montana probably isn't the best choice. Again, the weight never bothered me a bit.

But for any piece of hardware, you need software to run it, and here's where the distinction between hardware and software within the Garmin Corporation really shows. As stated, the Montana is a great piece of hardware. But as of the date I wrote this review, it has been on the streets for exactly one week and Garmin has already released two software upgrades for it. The evening I received the Montana, I spent nearly an hour trying to calibrate the compass. Half the time I couldn't pass the first step, and I could never complete it under any circumstance. The second software update that was released just today fixed the compass calibration issue, which at least says that Garmin is quick to respond to bigger problems.
The software you need to upload and download data to and from the Montana is Garmin's BaseCamp. BaseCamp is freeware, and it feels like it too. It works pretty well, but seriously had me scanning the internet with the belief that a true commercial product named BaseCamp Pro must exist. Alas, it does not. BaseCamp's user interface is primitive and somewhat unintuitive. Thankfully, Garmin has a help file for BaseCamp, but again it just feels like freeware--like no dedication of time, effort, or resources was put into it. As an example, I have geotagged photos that I added to my track. BaseCamp puts little thumbnails of your photos over the track where they were taken. Great. But it's not easy to separate out individual photos when several overlap each other. If you geotag a lot of photos, the entire track will quickly be obscured by thumbnails that you can't hide. Just a simple checkbox called "Hide Geotagged Photos" would be an immense help, almost a necessary one, but the Garmin software development team falls short of the mark. Little annoyances like this are all over the place. I'd gladly pay for BaseCamp if they did it right, but right now I envision a team of two underpaid developers working out of a windowless corner of the mail room.

Which brings me to the third part of the review--the company. In summary, Garmin knows how to make a great piece of GPS hardware. I love my Montana, and look forward to some very enjoyable hikes with this well-built, highly accurate unit. But I can't help but feel that Garmin treats its software division like the red-headed bastard stepchild of the company. Some serious attention needs to be devoted to firmware testing and the BaseCamp software for the overall product to succeed. Garmin just isn't there yet. But I will put in one last big plus for Garmin: when I called tech support I spoke to a human being within 60 seconds of making the call who was very pleasant, patient, honest, and answered all of my questions as accurately as possible. Customer service is becoming a thing of the past, and I'm pleased to say that for my one experience with tech support, Garmin did well.

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