Anyone have a Garmin Oregon 700 (or 750)?
If so, how is it for bike packing?
Battery life
Viewability when bar mounted
Phone integration
Etc
Anyone have a Garmin Oregon 700 (or 750)?
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Re: Anyone have a Garmin Oregon 700 (or 750)?
Yup, I've got one (as does Taylor)
Previously had the 650 and upgraded a couple of months ago,due to the extra functionality.
When Garmin removed the basecamp app just I bought the 650 I was a tad miffed as one of those reasons I bought it was for bluetoothing routes from my phone or iPad rather than needing a computer
The 700/750 allows you to do it again. Lots of stuff I don't use like text notifications on screen but it's there if you can't do without being constantly updated.....
Battery life is better with nicads then the rechargeable and ones but I use a dynamo so not a problem.
Visibility is great even in sunlight. The screen does some techy thing according to marketing stuff that makes it easier to view the maps, either way seems to work.
Much prefer it to the 650, so much on there I'm still getting my head around it, weather etc...
Previously had the 650 and upgraded a couple of months ago,due to the extra functionality.
When Garmin removed the basecamp app just I bought the 650 I was a tad miffed as one of those reasons I bought it was for bluetoothing routes from my phone or iPad rather than needing a computer
The 700/750 allows you to do it again. Lots of stuff I don't use like text notifications on screen but it's there if you can't do without being constantly updated.....
Battery life is better with nicads then the rechargeable and ones but I use a dynamo so not a problem.
Visibility is great even in sunlight. The screen does some techy thing according to marketing stuff that makes it easier to view the maps, either way seems to work.
Much prefer it to the 650, so much on there I'm still getting my head around it, weather etc...