Garmin Oregon 400 T

[MidCoast]

I just purchased a Garmin Oregon 400T to use with my Lakemaster chip. I have read mixed reviews concerning the accuracy of the Oregon 400's. For those who have one or have used one, how do you like the Oregon 400 series? Is it accurate enough for ice fishing? I would like to be able to find my hotspots again using a GPS. I have read that the 400 series are not as accurate as others on the market. Any truth to this?

[Itsa Pole Bender]

I have had the 450 for about 6 months now and yet to see any accuracy issues.

[bigbad401]

I have an Oregon 200 and it is very accurate. I don't see an issues with it. With all civilian GPS units there is going to be a margin of error, but if the unit gets you within 10 ft of where you were before (your waypoint) then the unit is accurate.

[hotrod1]

I Purchased the 450t about a month ago and it puts me right on my waypoints with a position error of 10ft.

The lawrance unit I have, gets me within about 150ft...that is if it picks up satellites.

When I use both of these units with the Lakemaster cards on the lakes I tend to fish, the map may show that i am in 20ft of water when I may actually be in 25' so maybe the maps are not 100% accurate

[augernaut]

I have a Colorado 400T - this GPS is identical in it's 'guts' to the Oregon 400T, but it is not a touch screen. I've found it to be the most accurate handheld GPS I've ever used - definitely 10' accuracy. When you can store and return to waypoints on either side of a crib, you know you are doing OK :-)

[bigbad401]

When I use both of these units with the Lakemaster cards on the lakes I tend to fish, the map may show that i am in 20ft of water when I may actually be in 25' so maybe the maps are not 100% accurate

The maps are good enough to get you close to where you want to go. Plus the water level may not be the same when the maps were made.

[Westsidefishing]

I have Oregon 450T. Its been very accurate for me. Like others have said the depth might be foot or two different, but that depends on water level when lake survey was done.

[MidCoast]

How about the Oregon 400's ability to put you right on your WayPoints? How accurate is it to do that?

[bigbad401]

How about the Oregon 400's ability to put you right on your WayPoints? How accurate is it to do that?

No matter what GPS you get, you are not going to get the same reading in the same spot all the time. Most good GPS units have an error rate of around 10ft. So if I mark a waypoint today and then in a week I go out and find that waypoint I maybe 5ft, 10ft, or 20ft off. It is just the nature of the beast. It can only be so accurate. Given that, it will get you really close. One thing that helps is doing a waypoint averaging with the GPS unit. Every so often do this averaging (there is a program on the unit to do this) and it will recalibrate you position. I have done this many times and it has moved my spot several feet different times.