Magellan eXplorist 110 Handheld GPS
July 17, 2014 - Comment
eXplorist 110 NA Waterproof GP Product Features The eXplorist 110 GPS receiver provides core outdoor navigation with a sunlight readable color display and waterproof design A vibrant 2.2″ color transflective screen provides the best readability in direct sunlight The World Edition includes a detailed road network, water features, urban and rural land use. Download and
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Some hints, tips, and I wish I’d knowns… The Magellan eXplorist 110 is the first GPS I have owned so I cannot attempt to compare it with any other make or model. Previously I used an Android app for geocaching but that would drain the batteries after prolonged use (aka – several hours). The 110 seemed a good fit; I don’t need bells or whistles like more expensive GPS units have, and the eXplorist GC seemed too focused. I am a casual geocacher and only required something entry-level and low cost.I have not had the unit long but my initial reaction is pleased. It starts up quickly and after the first initial satellite search the GPS locks onto signal with minimal wait time. It feels solid but I don’t want to test out how accurate the rugged and waterproof claim is on purpose. I found the quick start manual and the full owner’s manual to be vague and not really useful so I fiddled with settings and various features for a couple hours learning how to navigate around and use the GPS.Here are a few…
Perfect for those wanting to use it for fishing, hunting or camping Prior to getting this Magellan eXplorist GPS, I had been using a I had purchased last fall. The first difference I noticed right away was how much more detail there was in the Magellan’s World Edition pre-loaded map than there is in the Garmin’s Built-In Base Map. With the Garmin, no lakes, rivers, boat access points or anything were listed. To get these, I would need to buy another separate map package that costs almost as much as the GPS itself. On my Garmin, the roads in our very rural town weren’t listed, and in general other than a few major highways, the GPS needed me to create locations points everywhere to make my own mapped locations. This Magellan not only has every street and every back road listed in our area (very northern Minnesota), but all the little local lakes that are hardly even found on paper maps, are listed in the World Edition pre-loaded map and even all…
Good and simple I bought this after trying an Explorist GC that was purchased locally. The GC was too focused on geocaching for my tastes. This model can be used for that, but it also is good if you just want to get out and hike, or motivate you to walk a little further/faster when exercising. It comes with a quick start booklet, but the real manual can (and should)be easily downloaded on line. It is fairly simple, but without that manual there are several customization’s that I would not have figured out. Like other GPS’s I’ve tried, it takes a while to find itself when you first turn it on if you have gone any distance from where it was turned off (or the first time out of the box.) After that, it works fine and syncs within about a minute. It was sensitive enough to pick up a signal in the house while I was reading the manual. The displays can be changed to suit what you look for and there are no maps to buy. It comes with a coupon for access to a geocaching website if you want to go that route,…