Entered CNET Catalog: 07/08/2004
SKU: 0763357109382
Manufacturer: Magellan Corp.
Manufacturer description
An incredible value, the eXplorist 300 features Magellan TrueFix technology for superior accuracy and reliability. eXplorist 300 gives you a trio of advanced tools for even easier navigation. The barometer provides information on changing weather. The altimeter easily determines your present elevation. And the electronic compass shows your direction, even while standing still. eXplorist 300 includes 8 MB of built-in maps, three navigational screens and the ability to save 5 track log files, 500 points of interest and 20 routes. By putting all of this together in one compact package, the eXplorist 300 offers an unprecedented value.User opinions
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4.5 stars
out of 3 user reviews
Buy Top-Of-The-Line Magellan eXplorist 600
Pros: Magellan: Big Color Screen, Excellent Tracking
Cons: Garmin: Cannot Read in Dark, Poor Tracking in Forest
Review: I bought a Garmin eTrex for wilderness hiking navigation. Big mistake. During the first year, the springs in the battery compartment broke because they are badly engineered. Garmin customer support refused to solve my problem. I soldered the springs together several times.
Subsequently, I was hiking down from the summit of Mount Harvard in a rainstorm. My Garmin eTrex became a rain guage. Garmin charged me $120 to replace the water-logged unit. The first hike with the replacement unit indicated that I hiked to 24,800 feet, an impossibility unless I had oxygen tanks and floated on 10,000 feet of air.
Garmin cannot be read in the dark, which is the only time when I have been close to being lost on a hike near Mirror Lake in the Eagles Nest Wilderness Area. Garmin eTrex did not track satellites in lodgepole forest. This year, I bought the Magellan eXplorist XL 600 and MapSend Topo 3D. Magellan is the GPS that I should have purchased the first time around. I can easily read the large letters on the large color screen, even in the dark. The construction is far more solid than the Garmin and has double the battery capacity, which enables me to hike multiple days without GPS failures. Magellan never loses satellites in dense forest. Fantastic tracking ability.
Subsequently, I was hiking down from the summit of Mount Harvard in a rainstorm. My Garmin eTrex became a rain guage. Garmin charged me $120 to replace the water-logged unit. The first hike with the replacement unit indicated that I hiked to 24,800 feet, an impossibility unless I had oxygen tanks and floated on 10,000 feet of air.
Garmin cannot be read in the dark, which is the only time when I have been close to being lost on a hike near Mirror Lake in the Eagles Nest Wilderness Area. Garmin eTrex did not track satellites in lodgepole forest. This year, I bought the Magellan eXplorist XL 600 and MapSend Topo 3D. Magellan is the GPS that I should have purchased the first time around. I can easily read the large letters on the large color screen, even in the dark. The construction is far more solid than the Garmin and has double the battery capacity, which enables me to hike multiple days without GPS failures. Magellan never loses satellites in dense forest. Fantastic tracking ability.
User Rating:
4.5 stars
out of 3 user reviews
Amazing GPS unit for the price!
Pros: Altimeter, Built-in detailed maps, Accurate, Easy to use!
Cons: No connection with PC
Review: This is one of the best GPS units I have used for the price.
The altimeter, spedometer and electronic compas are VERY accurate. The maps are in more detail that I expected, with even surface streets! (Note, only main surface streets are show)
Ease of use has also blown me away. For a novice user, the menu options are very easy to follow and personalize.
This unit has even works inside my house, inside my moving car, and in other buildings where most other GPS units lose signal.
Simply put, this unit is AWESOME. The only con is that there is not an option for a charger hook-up or PC connection, however, these can be found in the Magellan Explorist 400/500/600 models. However, for the novice/intermediate user, this GPS has it all...and the price is much lower than I would expect.
The altimeter, spedometer and electronic compas are VERY accurate. The maps are in more detail that I expected, with even surface streets! (Note, only main surface streets are show)
Ease of use has also blown me away. For a novice user, the menu options are very easy to follow and personalize.
This unit has even works inside my house, inside my moving car, and in other buildings where most other GPS units lose signal.
Simply put, this unit is AWESOME. The only con is that there is not an option for a charger hook-up or PC connection, however, these can be found in the Magellan Explorist 400/500/600 models. However, for the novice/intermediate user, this GPS has it all...and the price is much lower than I would expect.
User Rating:
5.0 stars
out of 3 user reviews
Very fun and easy to use
Pros: The keys, screens and menus are very intuitive and I did not need to read user's manual to understand how to use it. I liked the WAAS capability.
Cons: None.
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