I agree JohnE, I have 3 as well, Emap,etrex,nuvi and I'm looking really hard at the Oregon, the brightness on the screen is really bad and I'm hoping there will be some fix or another model with better brightness. I will definitely be upgrading mine in the not so far future, I came real close to getting the Oregon but it's hard for me to see in the sun, so I'll have to wait and see what comes down the pipe. I did however let Garmin know about the screen brightness problems and I know it will be very difficult for them to correct this in a post production environment, so I'm hoping for another Oregon series 500 for example with brighter screen. I'll sacrifice the battery life for a brighter screen, I recharge and solar power anyway so battery life is not a major issue as long as I have sun light.

I'm glad they have done you right JohnE and they are definitively a good company.

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