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The Magellan eXplorist 210 proves that powerful and dependable GPS navigation may be affordable. With a compact, shockproof and water immune design, this baby is built to withstand whatsoever the back country may throw at it. At a mere 6.1 ounces, and with the capacity to download and store up to 22 megabytes of maps while supplying precise three-meter positioning, this pocket-sized 14-channel WAAS GPS receiver is an outdoors enthusiast's dream. Map screen in position mode. View larger. GOTO route screen. View larger. Customize map information. View larger. The Magellan eXplorist 210 delivers GPS navigation in a rugged, handheld device. View larger. If you have a passion for the outdoors, there's no reason you need to be a GPS expert to be competent to take vantage of GPS tracking capabilities. The eXplorist 210 features Magellan's easy-to-use operating system, so you may concentrate on your actions without compromising your safety. When you connect the unit to your PC, the folders on the eXplorist 210 may be accessed just like any drive on your computer, and from there you access the info as you would a folder on your own computer. In other words, if you recognise how to navigate your PC, you'll feel right at home with the eXplorist 210. The unit offers 32 MB of memory, which includes 10 MB taken up by the basemap of major highways, airports, interstates, parks, rivers and lakes all over North America. The remaining 22 MB is reserved for you to download and store Magellan MapSend programs and maps, or specific waypoints, routes and tracks for your next excursion. A USB PC cable is included, which will concede you to carry out software updates, as well as download further and added maps. This commodious feature allows you to download incisively the maps and selective information that you need for your excursion. If you're hiking a section of the Grand Tetons, you'll want to have the area's hiking trails, ranger stations, and elevation contours at your disposal. The eXplorist 210 lets you fine tune the selective information that you'll need for your trip. And don't let it is compact size fool you. This handheld -- at a mere 2.2 x 4.75 x 1.3-inches (W x H x D) -- will let you construct and store up to 190,000 personal points of interest and waypoints, 150 files with 20 routes each, and 150 track logs with 2,000 points each. The included Magellan MapSend Software DVD will support to optimize and manage your selective information and keep track of updates to new versions of MapSend maps. In other words, Magellan couldn't have made it much posing no difficulty than this. The eXplorist runs on two AA batteries that last up to 17 hours. A large, 2.3-inch grayscale, backlit display features an amber glow that makes it easy to read at night. Other features include a vertical profile, a celestial table, and a best-fish and hunt-time calculator. The eXplorist 210 comes with a one-year manufacturer's warranty. What's in the Box Magellan eXplorist 210, user's manual, quick begin guide, and PC interface cable.

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81 of 83 persons found the following review helpful.
Good Value PC Compatible GPS, Scratchable Display Plastic
By Naniyab Izniss
I have not had this device long, but we did spend a day geocaching with it. It performs very well.

I chose this model because I wanted a GPS unit that I could access with my PC through USB and this seems to work very well. Included is a little application that will convert .loc waypoint emplacement files to the .gs files that this unit uses.

When I plug the USB cable into the unit and then into my USB hub and power up the GPS unit, it appears as drive H:/ and I may move/rename/copy/etc. the files in the GPS unit without having to use the GPS interface, which is a time saver.

It has a nice readable map that may be zoomed out to see the whole planet, or zoomed in to a 100ft scale. It recognizes important roads and highways in my town and knows the name of the lake I live near. Apparently I may also buy and download habit maps from mapsend, but I haven't tried that yet.

Without even reading the manual, just by fiddling with the gizmo, we were capable to figure out how to find our geocache destinations, set a route, add waypoints, and choose habit icons for the waypoints from a selection of perchance 20 or 30.

I can't comment on battery life because I haven't worn out a set of batteries yet, but I think other humans have commented on that.

This unit is exact sufficient that it may tell when I *turn around in place and face a dissimilar direction* which is pretty amazing to me. I am very pleased with the performance.

I did take one star off because already the clear plastic over the display has gotten scratched. BE WARNED: the display is VERY EASY to scratch. I'm going to have to find a little leather case or cloth bag or something for it. As a comparison, I have carried my nokia cellphone around in my pocket with my car keys for when it comes to three years and there is no significant scratching on the display, but with this GPS unit, whatsoever plastic they chose, it got scratched up rather a bit with just a few hours in my pocket (with carkeys). I realize that wasn't too bright of me, but I recognise there are more lasting plastics out there because of my experience with my nokia, so... just be careful! Now the screen looks like it is got dust on it that can't be wiped off...

Other than that, I am very pleased and feel that this unit is a good value.

64 of 67 people found the following review helpful.
A Low Cost GPS with USB Connectivity
By GaPitViper
I have owned the Explorist 210 for 3 weeks and have no complaints. The accompanying Geocache Manager is simplistic but effective for loading geocache selective information into the GPS. It surely beats entering it by hand like the 200 and 100 models require. The unit is light and the dual level amber backlight is effective in low light situations. I have not taxed the reported 22M of memory yet. I purchased this unit specifically for geocaching and it unquestionably fills the bill.

39 of 40 persons found the following review helpful.
Excellent Geocaching GPS
By S. Holmstead
I purchased the explorist 210 principally for Geocaching. I have had it for a month now and it works very well for Geocaching, and the included Geocaching software is easy to use. You may download .loc files from geocaching.com and open them directly into the Geocaching software which is a huge time saver. I manually copy over the hints since they don't come as portion of the .loc file so I may geocache without paper copies of the cache details.

I wanted a unit that was exact but not so pricey I would be frighted to let my kids use it. The 210 fits the bill perfectly. I let my kids direct us to the geocache and get the almost pleasurable sensation of fright of finding the cache. My six year old may even read the screen and point which way to go.

The unit is dead on precise with WAAS and I may normally get 10-12 satellites of reception. I even get 3 to 4 satellites indoors. I am normally never more than 10 feet from a cache when the unit says I have arrived.

Most of the other Magellan and Garmin models do not have built in Geocaching abilities. For models that do, you have to spend much more than for the 210. The 210 shows geocaches right on the map and treats geocaches separately from waypoints or points of interest.

I read other reviews with regards to the 210's screen being easy to scratch, so I took a screen protector for a Palm Pilot and put it on the screen and haven't had any difficulties even with kids using it.

Battery life is excellent. I use rechargeable AA batteries. If you don't use the backlight, you may cache an entire day on one set of batteries. The backlight is magnificent for night time caching, however.

There are assorted low cost add-ons you may buy so you don't need to buy the high cost Magellan add-ons. You may buy most any low cost USB car charger (mine was around $7 with shipping) to power the unit while you are driving. Just connect the cable that came with the 210 into the 210 and plug the USB end of the cable into the USB car charger. The unit will NOT charge the batteries when plugged in, but the unit will use power from the USB cable rather of from batteries. You may also buy the Radio Shack A/C Vent Wireless Phone Mount (Part # 17-548). It looks like it was made for the explorist.

I have not used the unit for turn by turn driving yet. For this the unit seems adequate but does not shine. From reading the manual, you do NOT get automatic route calculating (if you miss a turn the unit will NOT recalculate a route). All legs of the route point directly to the next waypoint (as the crow flies) and do not follow the roads. Before you leave you ought to download the route into the unit and the unit will prompt you for each turn, altho not with any sound - just with an on screen message. The basemap is decent with all state roads and interstates. You may use MapSend Topo to add more detail to the unit (not sure with regards to other MapSend maps).

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