Geocaching

written by alexhenryj on Wednesday, February 11, 2009:

Compared to the mono-colored screen of the Magellan eXplorist 200, it eats batteries as if they were free. It has been imersed in puddles, fallen down cliffs, out of car windows, and in my pocket while caching for 10 hours while climbing snow covered cliffs, snowshoeing and essentially beating the snot out of it. Durable, and featureless!

written by Packanack on Wednesday, February 11, 2009:

Runs better on rechargeable triple As, charger and cable is poor quality and not very intuitive

written by closedsundays on Wednesday, February 11, 2009:

I think the accuracy is not bad but it doesn't receive waas as advertised. I've also had a few small issues (charging cord screw stripped, sd card slot flimsy, main button starting to rip... but that's probably my fault for using it too much!) Decent unit overall.

written by Lefty Writer on Wednesday, February 11, 2009:

Rated 3.5 stars Overall, a nice, functional unit, that was a replacement for my Magellan SproTrak Pro. This model has the rechargable battery, compared with the other model that uses standard batteries. Pros: Lightweight, reasonably accurate and mostly user friendly. The addition of an SD card slot greatly enhances space for detail maps. Reception outside is fairly sensitive, and inside is quite good as well. Now that Magellan considers this a "legacy product," the price has dropped considerably and one should be able to find this at a great price on some place like eBay. Cons: Being a "legacy product," support from Magellan will become scarce. Geocaches must first be managed by a third party software, such as GSAK before being loaded onto the unit. Processing time is a bit slow due to the file system. Battery life can become an issue since the backlight is always on. This will make a great "backup" GPSr for those using a newer model.

written by newby1 on Wednesday, February 11, 2009:

Always gets me where I need to go.