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Magellan eXplorist 300 Handheld GPSUser Review: - GPS for the travel junkieI bought this GPS for my honeymoon trip on a cruise liner. I took it on the top decks and plotted the ship's position relative to its sailing along the eastern US Coast (we sailed from NYC to PR, and St Thomas). I was able to track our speed and course the entire time. The batteries last as long as the box says, about 12 hours straight. The screen is easy to read and the device is simple enough to use. I was impressed. User Review:  - Works great for what it isI use the explorist 300 mainly for geocaching. I've also used it a few times in the car to make sure I was heading in the right direction. The gps finds a number of satellites then stays reliably connected, at least where I live. The battery life is good. Waypoints/coordinates need to be entered by hand - the 300 doesn't link to a computer (as far as I can tell). I don't recommend buying this if detailed maps or car navigation is a priority. Overall, I'm pleased with it, great for beginning geocachers. User Review:  - LCD No Longer Works RightMy son spent his hard earned money on this in January. He liked how it worked when he used it. He put it away for the "off" season and when he got it out last night to get ready for this weekend's hunting, the LCD screen no longer works. It comes on, but is so light that you cannot read it. I should have known not to let him buy a product with only a 90 day warranty. It is not "rugged" from our experience, but a $180 paperweight. Any chance of getting this fixed? User Review: - Get me BackThis little guy does great at getting me back to where I started in my boat. The instruction manual isn't great but I figured out how to use it and I am not a computer genius. Great for what I bought it for. User Review:  - Don't get this GPS... get the Garmin Etrex LegendI recently got this item for basic geocaching and navigation, and was appalled when I took it onto the field. When compared to 3 other Garmin GPS units (two of them legends), it gave completely different co-ordinates (longitude and latitude) and when we actually found the geocache, my explorist said that it was .16 miles in the opposite direction. Don't let the weather features fool you, I was in a WAAS zone and I got the aforementioned results. Needless to say, I returned it to amazon the next day, and got an etrex legend. I hope this was a helpfull review, Jdrake90 |
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