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Colorado still drifts, Oregon joins in on the fun

After testing the Garmin Colorado with the new GPS Firmware 2.8 for about a week I have been seeing some promising results. Day after day the Colorado was performing at or above the level of the 60csx over my test course with nothing more than a few very minor 30′-40′ drifts, certainly well [...]

Garmin Colorado “location errors” appear fixed in latest GPS firmware

After a week of testing with the latest GPS Firmware 2.8 for the Colorado it appears that Garmin has finally resolved the location errors that have plagued the unit since it came out in January. The image shows a recent test I ran with the Colorado over my GPS test course. [...]

Garmin Colorado GPS Chipset Type-M software 2.8 released

After many months (about 10) of dealing with the very frustrating Colorado “location error” or “location drift” issue it seems like Garmin may have finally released a version of GPS Chipset firmware that addresses the issue. The first test results from this morning look good but it’ll take several weeks of testing to [...]