Review of the new Garmin Oregon series

Garmin just introduced the new GPS series "Oregon". The Oregon GPS devices feature:

• LCD touchscreen display (240 x 400 pixels)
• WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) capability improves GPS accuracy to within 3 meters
• Preloaded topographic maps
• Paperless Geocaching
  
• Built-in 3D DEM (Digital Elevation Model) basemap
• 3D elevation view
• Wireless exchange of user routes, tracks, waypoints, geocaches and images
• ..... and a lot more

This definetly includes some novelties which were not available before.
But how good is it really?
Well the touchscreen is amazing! You can't get lost any more. Navigation on the map is done as easy as possible: to pan across the map, simply touch the screen and drag the map in any direction, for more information about a point of interest on the map, just touch it and an info-box pops up with precise location and distance-to data.
The 3D View is not really necessary for navigation but it is definetly a nice feature which gives you an idea of how many hills to climb there are still ahead of you.
The Geocaching feature is definitely one of the best features in the series. The only question is whether somebody who does (only) Geocaching is willing to spend 600$ for the GPS. The feature allows you not only to download the coordinates directly to your device. It will also download the description, rating and everything else.

Well there's a lot more to write about the new Oregon GPS device, but the best thing is to test it yourself!
All we can say is that it is definetly a really great GPS with lots of nice and useful features! Whether you want to spend 600$ for something that is in 90% of the time not more than a toy you have to decide yourself.