Anyone having issues with reliability of Montana's now? I really like them, great units however mine died en route to Mongolia in 2014 (completely blank screen that wouldn't re boot or reset), it was repaired under warranty though occasionally the maps hang and don't refresh now until it's switched off.
Two other friends Montana's won't charge in the cradles now including a brand new cradle though they will charge via the USB connection or run off AA batteries.
To be fair they have all had very extensive use off road (such as UK to Magadan, New Zealand, USA, Europe etc) so have been subject to a lot of vibration. They are 4 years old and well out of warranty but even so Garmin have sent me 3 new batteries FOC which is excellent service. We have all done the tape or little bit of foam around the battery mod to stop the battery vibrating.
It may just be that they are coming to the end of their useful but hard life. I'd buy one again or has anybody found a better replacement? I see Garmin are releasing the GPSMAP 276cx and many people raved about the original 276
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