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Magellan Explorist Water Resistant Hiking

If you're heavy into the stimulating global adventure game of geocaching, you'll love the powerful Magellan Explorist 400. A GPS is utterly critical to geocaching, and the Explorist 400 just might be the unit for you.

Actually, the whole game is designed around global positioning systems. In fact, all that you in truth need to play this fun, stimulating and challenging game is an accurate, dependable GPS, access to the Internet, and a call to adventure.

Right out of the box, the Magellan Explorist 400 won't concede you access to numerous of it's more beautiful features, but once the little 400 is wholly loaded, you just can't beat it. WOW, it's like having your own handheld Internet browser but without having online access.

You'll unquestionably want to add the optional features that will grant you to put in regular street addresses rather of just the GPS coordinates. Adding these choices will enable you get driving directions to ATM's, restaurants, bars, gas stations, and innumerable other destinations and places of interest, and, with these further and added choices in place, you'll likewise be competent to receive turn-by-turn street and road directions.

When any establishment, museum, golf course, or other place of interest that you might be looking for displays on the screen, the Magellan 400 also lists the phone numbers and addresses.

Talk with regards to making a geocacher's life posing no difficulty and so much sweeter, the Magellan Explorist 400 has a high speed USB port that makes downloading info quick and easy, plus the Geocache Manager software enables you to download caches directly into your powerful little 400.

It has 8 MB of internal memory that enables it to save 5 track log files, up to 20 routes, and also 500 POI (points of interest). If this doesn't sound like enough, you may get optional SD cards and save an limitless number of caches. Additionally, it has 8 MB of maps already built-in, but you may also get further and added SD cards and carry as a lot of maps as you want.

While the Magellan Explorist 400 GPS has all the power you will need for any geocaching hunt, it is tiny, only 2.1" x 4.6", without apparent effort fitting into your jeans, shirt or jacket pocket. The unit is lightweight, water-resistant, and it even floats. It's battery lasts an extra long time, a minimum of twelve plus hours.

It's Magellan TrueFix feature makes it dependable and exceedingly accurate, and it maintains it is satellite reception even beneath heavy tree or cloud cover or both. With it, you may explore to your heart's content without fear of getting lost.

That's always my worst fear when hiking in the mountains, all the boulders and trees start out to look alike. But, then, my sense of direction is so poor, that I could get lost down at the local dog park. Thank God, my canine companions recognise their way home.

I purchased my Explorist 400 principally for geocaching, but I also use if for hiking, tracking and fishing waypoints, and for a navigational aide while driving.

Actually, the only downside to the Magellan Explorist 400 handheld GPS is that in order to experience all of it is particular features; you have to buy and install the options. But, now that I have it wholly loaded, I can't imagine geocaching without it.

Rugged and waterproof (IPX-7), the eXplorist 710 combines high sensitivity GPS reception with easy to read mapping and precise navigation. Find your way using more than 30 navigational data fields. Create waypoints, record tracks, and route from point to point. The integrated 3.2 mega-pixel camera, microphone, and speaker enable outdoor fanciers to record geo-referenced images and voice notes. Relive your outdoor adventures on the device, on your computer, or portion with others on respective online communities like geocaching.com.

3.2 Mega-Pixel Camera with Auto Focus
Take photographs along your journeying and reference the emplacement where each photograph was taken afterward. Use the Integrated Microphone and Speaker to Record voice memos and playback in the field! All multimedia content may be geo-tagged with coordinates or attached to waypoints.
World Edition Pre-loaded Map
The World Edition includes a elaborate road network, water features, urban and rural land use, and a realistic shaded relief background.

Summit Series USA Pre-loaded Map
Summit Series USA is highly elaborated topographic map based on 1:24,000 scale source maps. The map includes contour lines, land use areas, trails, waterways, and points of interest. Locate the nearest trailhead. Search nearest bike shops, fuel stations, or potable water source. Navigate safely in 3D perspective view while knowing the boundaries amongst private and public lands.

Three-Inch Touch Screen
An intuitive touch screen user interface and sunlight readable screen makes the eXplorist easy-to-use in closely any environment.
Online Experience Sharing
The eXplorist GPS receiver supports GPX file format and connects seamlessly to a PC as an external drive. Simply save files to and from the device and portion with your favored online communities.

3-axis Electronic Compass & Barometric Altimeter
Always know precisely where you are going, which direction is north, and your precise altitude regarding sea level with built-in sensors. Know the direction to the geocache while standing still. Measure barometric pressure over time to track altering weather conditions. Use a number of dissimilar digital compass� to always comprehend your cardinal directions.

Paperless Geocaching
Download and view more than 20 distinctive characteristics of each cache and view, search, filter on the device. Details include name, location, description, hider, size, difficulty, terrain, hint, and recent logs formulated by other geocachers.
OneTouch Menu
Magellan's OneTouch favorites menu provides instant access to bookmarks of bestloved places, individualized searches, and quick access to your favored screens.
16 Hours of Battery Life
Powered by two AA batteries, the eXplorist GPS receiver will last up to 16 hours under normal conditions. To help conserve power, use the suspend mode to turn off the device but maintain GPS tracking.
Rugged and Waterproof
The eXplorist GPS Receiver is submersible and tested to IPX-7 standards, which means it may withstand depths up to 1-meter for a total of 30 minutes.
High Sensitivity GPS
The integrated SiRFStarIII GPS chipset provides up to 3 meters accuracy with the assistance of WAAS, EGNOS, and MSAS to provide the most precise emplacement data worldwide.

City Series
City Series USA allows your eXplorist device to navigate through the city streets with turn-by-turn directions on your way to escaping to your favored open spaces. Enter a assortment of destinations, including address book entries, waypoints, geocaches, or former destinations.


Which eXplorist Is Right for You?

 

eXplorist 510

eXplorist 610

eXplorist 710

3.0 “ Color Touch Screen

Camera, Microphone, Speakers

Online Experience Sharing

World Edition Preloaded Map

Paperless Geocaching

Expandable Memory

Summit Series Preloaded Map

 

3-Axis Electronic Compass

 

Barometric Altimeter

 

Detailed Topo Maps

 

City Series Preloaded Map

 

 


What's in the Box

Magellan eXplorist 710 GPS Receiver, Standard Mini USB Cable, Quick Start Guide, 2 AA Batteries, Geocaching.com 30 Day Free Trial Flyer, Energizer Battery Coupon

Magellan Explorist Water Resistant Hiking

Magellan Explorist Water Resistant Hiking Picture

Magellan Explorist Water Resistant Hiking

Magellan Explorist Water Resistant Hiking Picture

Magellan Explorist Water Resistant Hiking

Magellan Explorist Water Resistant Hiking Pic

Magellan Explorist Water Resistant Hiking

Magellan Explorist Water Resistant Hiking Photo

Magellan Explorist Water Resistant Hiking

Magellan Explorist Water Resistant Hiking Photo

Magellan Explorist Water Resistant Hiking

Magellan Explorist Water Resistant Hiking Pic


Best GPS I've applied (or seen!)
This GPS does so a great deal of things it is difficult to know where to start. So, I'll commence with the negatives...First, the unit comes with Energizer Lithium Ion batteries; unfortunately, the ones I received were dead from the get-go. (Unit wouldn't turn on. Tried a great deal of rechargeable batteries, and everything lit up wonderfully.) And on that note, the unit may even optimize itself for alkaline, lithium, or rechargeable batteries, so you're well covered there!

Loaded with maps and functions but gobbles batteries
There are a lot of features on the eXplorist 710 GPS and for someone who isn't intimate with all of them, it takes rather a while to comprehend everything it may do. The included demo video isn't actually a demo, just an advertisement. The quick begin manual isn't very helpful at all beyond the sheer basics. The 51 page PDF manual that may be downloaded from Magellan is more helpful but it is designed to show how to find functions you already recognise you want it to do. An instructional video tour of how to genuinely use the device would be exceedingly helpful.

The topographic maps and contour profiles are very handy and are interesting to explore. The amount of data this thing holds is plainly amazing. The menus are easy sufficient to navigate and the four-corner navigation is nice once you get employed to it.

The camera and audio recording work well altho there is no flash and the moving video quality could be smoother. There is regarding 3 GB of empty space on the hard drive but there is likewise a place for those tiny little SD cards underneath the batteries and they are astoundingly inexpensive.

The compass and altimeter are very utile and seem to be accurate. It takes a minute or two to find a satellite connection even in the open and it has rather a bit of difficultness hooking up to one in the city but that isn't distinguishable to this queer GPS. The satellite status screen is perfectly fascinating.

The touchscreen works even when damp which was a nice surprise and the battery cover and rubber plug for the USB port keep out water when it's held underneath a running faucet altho I didn't take a prospect on immersing it completely. It fits well in the hand and has that nice rubbery finish that is so easy to grip. It feels solid and well-made, the positive side of being very heavy. The battery compartment door in queer is sturdy and locks on securely and it seems like it would survive any drop that the touchscreen would survive.

My eXplorist 710 came with a dead battery and a $2.00 coupon to buy more of the same. (Apparently this is more mutual than not.) I figured the device was just left in standby or sleep at the factory after testing and put my own batteries in.

The on-screen battery meter shows just how speedily this device drains batteries and it's startling, even when following the instructions on setting the battery type and using a dimmed screen. After 45 minutes, my e2 lithium batteries, new and with more than a year left before expiration, were more than halfway drained. I don't believe that it could be employed for anyplace near sixteen hours on a pair of batteries no matter of type. Worse yet, four weeks later the batteries were dead, even though I had shut the device exclusively off.

Lessons learned: Don't store this device with batteries in it. Don't suppose long battery life. Carry spares. Definitely use rechargeable eneloop batteries or similar to reduce waste and expense.

Battery life is a severe issue aggravated by the second major problem: the eXplorist 710 GPS is very heavy to commence with and to also have to carry assorted extra sets of batteries while hiking long-distance is a deal-breaker. It's so heavy that you can't comfortably carry it in your pocket or on your belt with a carabiner though you could stash it in an outside pack pocket or a belt bag.

This GPS would be much more suitable for dayhikers, bicyclists, and geo-cachers. The 710 in truth ought to be called a Geo-Caching GPS rather than a Hiking GPS because that's what it in truth what the hardware and software both seem to be designed for.

A much more minor issue is that It takes almost a minute to boot up which is aggravating since the little timer icon is frozen so it looks like it isn't doing anything.

I may only give the Magellan eXplorist 710 Waterproof Hiking GPS three stars because it is marketed as a Hiking GPS but is heavy and has major difficultnesses with battery life. For geo-caching and dayhiking where rechargeable batteries could be employed and without apparent effort replaced, I would give it four stars. Let's hope that for the next generation Magellan fixes the battery issues, reduces the weight, and improves boot time and video quality so it may get five stars.