Comments on: Magellan eXplorist 610 Waterproof Hiking GPS

By: Stacey Dorsey

Stacey Dorsey — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:06:44 +0000

Great unit for hiking/geocaching I’ve had this unit for a while now and am extremely pleased with it. I had been using an older SporTrak Pro for many years and was being lured towards upgrading to a Garmin because of the ability to download custom maps into them. That changed when I started using this unit – the topo map quality (and pre-loaded street maps, for that matter) are nothing short of impressive. The kicker for me was having the detailed trail maps of the state parks in my area which was what I had been looking for in a new unit.The camera quality is good. Perfect for hiking/geocaching and taking pictures while on the go. It allows you to attach the picture to your tracks or a location/cache for easy reference later which make caching much easier when you need to take pictures to go along with you log.The paperless caching is awesome, replacing the Palm that I had been using for the past 6 years. Having the full descriptions, hints, logs, etc. at your fingertips is great…

By: username_5

username_5 — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 06:55:57 +0000

Very featured GPS, overkill for many Last night I posted a scathing 1 star review of this unit. Today after spending more time with the unit I deleted that review and am posting a 5 star rating. I would prefer a 4.5 star rating as it does have one flaw I will talk about later.The purpose in my opening paragraph and review title is to let prospective purchasers know this unit has so many features related to outdoor use that it’s going to have a learning curve, possibly a steep one for those who may be purchasing their first GPS. I have owned 3 or 4 handhelds and a couple auto GPSes so I am not unfamiliar with how to use these things.If you want a GPS for auto routing this is NOT it. It doesn’t do auto routing at all (the 710 does). This unit is also massive overkill for geocaching. It has many nice features that are geocaching related, but there are much less expensive units that work wonderfully for geocaching.In my opinion this is a GPS unit for the avid outdoor person. It’s a…