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Your comments about being a rookie and a new model made me reconsider my idea of the Monterra and am convinced that I want to go with the Montana.  Just waiting for square trade to offer me 30 percent off and I will be all over one on ebay that retails at 500.

Yeah the 4 inch screen is a deal breaker.

Thanks for helping me choose.

as it happens I am big also and the only thing it will be mounted to is the handle bars of my atv, my hiking days are over.  plus the 4 inch screen is a must for my aging eye, but thanks for the feed back.

Thanks for the input.  In just a few short hours I have decided perhaps to downsize a little to the Montana 650.  I still need to look at some of its reviews.  Half of what I have read so far was dated meaning the negative comments were old.  I am hoping this means that the bugs were worked out. 
These reviews were on REI.com
Chances are I will make a decision later on in the week.  If yall have anything negative or positive to say about the 650 I am all ears.

good point about the bugs and is something to consider.  Yeah the 4 inch screen seems to a must for me.

Thanks for the feed back.  The Mountains that I am near are the Sangre de Cristos, more specifically Custer County in what is known as south central Colorado.  Not to be confused with south central L A.  Most search areas will be about 40-70 miles west of Pueblo.

The road directions are not that critical but trail maps are.  I am big on reading reviews about different things and garmins topos don't fare that well on Amazon.  To show you how rookie I am I did not know other maps were compatible until a couple of hours ago.

I recently joined our search and rescue team here in the mountains.  I went through gps training this past week with a small hiking unit.  My aging eyes could not read the screen that well and I have decided to get the Monterra which is not really out yet.  Garmins topo maps do not have that great of reviews.  Rather then purchase something that I may not be happy with are there other topos, that will work with garmin that are more user friendly?

Bear in mind I  am rookie with a hand held gps so talk in small words that I can  understand?