Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
I had a Garmin Oregon. Piece of ****. It would power down almost at random, like if I asked for an elevation plot while I was following a previous track or route, or if I tried to save a track with a certain name, instead of doing what I'd want, it would just turn off. Eventually I returned it for another Oregon - the lady at REI suggested going from a 400 to a 550t, said they might have fixed some of the bugs. Garmin markets them as waterproof; mine died of water damage when I got caught hiking in a storm with a lot of rain.
Don't waste your money on a $400 paperweight.
I'm surprised the waterproofing should fail with something as simple as rain. My 60CSx was described as being waterproof to IPx7 or some such - I took it hiking in torrential downpours without issue, when it got muddy being mounted on the handlebars of my MTB I washed it off under the tap. It still works just fine.
The Montana has never really gotten soaked but I've been out in the rain with it and it hasn't skipped a beat.