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Equipment & Gear => Power Equipment & RV => Topic started by: fishunt on June 28, 2013, 06:40:35 PM

Title: What does the "T" in Garmin GPS mean
Post by: fishunt on June 28, 2013, 06:40:35 PM: Shopping for GPS and notice Garmin Oregon and Montana series has a "T" at the end of certain model number.Also noticed those were more expensive as well. I couldn't find the reason in the description so I figured I would ask. Thanks
Title: Re: What does the "T" in Garmin GPS mean
Post by: Alan K on June 28, 2013, 06:43:06 PM: I believe it means that it has topo maps preloaded on it.
Title: Re: What does the "T" in Garmin GPS mean
Post by: MadHatter on June 28, 2013, 06:50:18 PM: Here is a thread I saw a while back when I asked the same question...

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=30060 (http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=30060)
Title: Re: What does the "T" in Garmin GPS mean
Post by: Alchase on July 01, 2013, 07:55:29 AM: The "T" means Topo, but they are the 100k topo maps, basically useless for anything but driving roads. Save yourself some money and buy the "s" or "sc" if you think you need a camera. You will want to load some 24k topos anyway.

I bought the 62T a few months ago, awesome GPS but like I said the 100k maps are not very useful, at least for hunting and hiking.
Title: Re: What does the "T" in Garmin GPS mean
Post by: et1702 on July 01, 2013, 08:29:26 AM: For some models, I thin the "T" means it has a "touch" screen, rather than keys for navigating. I have the Rhino 650T which does not come preloaded w/maps. The Rhino 655T does have a touch screen and maps.

ET
Title: Re: What does the "T" in Garmin GPS mean
Post by: Alchase on July 02, 2013, 01:02:01 PM: FYI,
here is a comparison of the Oregon 600 and the 600T

Topo maps Maps

https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/catalog/product/compareResult.ep?compareProduct=113532&compareProduct=113538
Title: Re: What does the "T" in Garmin GPS mean
Post by: fishunt on July 02, 2013, 10:22:45 PM: Thanks for the great information guys. Looking at Alchase link, the T must stand for topo, as both the 600 and 600t are touchscreens. it looks like the T model isn't worth the extra $80 bucks. Thanks again.