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awesome deal moving from a 510 difficult going back but the 510 is no longer supported. These two worked out really well one for me one for my grand son to learn. travel outside us often so Can always get back to hotel or airport n matter where you are.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
The product doesn't work as the battery does not charge and a replacement battery no longer exist...anywhere. The other "battery replacement option" to use aaa batteries was missing a connection so it too does not work. In other words....I was sold a unit that looks good, has all the manuals, but it does not function as no batteries and parts are available....anywhere. I am going to try to figure out how to repair the aaa battery pack to see if it works....but right now, the unit is worthless.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I bought the Magellan Explorist 500 off of ebay refurbished and have been very pleased with it. The benefits I see are good detail on the color screen, great click stick, ease of use, manages both geocaches and tracks quite well, good map screen customization options, easy pc connectivity and the SD card expandability. The downfalls I see are that the backlight cannot be turned off, only down, it takes a special battery as opposed to AA or AAAs and the file structure for switching between the SD Card and internal memory takes a little getting used to. Overall I have been very pleased with the unit and think the positives greatly outweigh the negatives. Battery life is good, logging in at about 12-14 hours depending on how much button clicking you are doing. I'm using a Kingston 1 Gig SD Card in my unit and it is working great. It will hold more waypoints or maps then you would probably ever need on there. The 32 Megs of internal memory alone will hold a good number of way points. Overall I would say this is a great unit. Easy to use, lots of funtionality and can be found at bargain prices.Read full review
This is our fourth Magellan, the second of the explorist series. We find them very easy to use, and their ability to pickup Satellites in all types of conditions, and under heavy cover is very impressive. I have yet to loose tracking with one, even when it's in a pack and in harsh conditions. This is the number one reason I have continued to purchase these units. I have been with many other people in the outdoors when they could not continually keep satellite reception and would loose tracking. We purchased Mapsend Topo 3D and installed it on all of the receivers. With the unlimitied memory and PC interface, you can transfer info from one unit to another through the computer. We use our GPS units all of the time. The negatives are: the rechargable battery packs are worthless when in the back country, unless you can find a tree with an outlet for your charger. We purchased the battery adapter, but the AAA batteries don't last as long as they say they will. So far 4-6 hours, even with the light off. Take lots of extra batteries...Read full review
The eXplorist 500 is an excellent little handheld GPS. The color screen is easy to see, the rechargable battery and SD card compatablity is enough to choose this unit over others. It wans't until I purchased (separately) the MapSend streets and roads detail maps DVD ROM that this thing really came alive! The detail map has all of the streets and roads including obscure little dirt roads we use for snowmobiling. I intend to purchase the topographic software as well. The only reason I rated this good instead of excellent is due to the additonal $149.99 software required to make it usable especially in the car. NOTE: I purchased my DVDROM brand new from an ebay retailer for about $100. Highly recommended! Another note I'd like to mention is in regard to the less expensive eX[plorist 500LE model. The LE (limited edition) does NOT include the rechargable battery and all reviews I've read say it eats regular batteries much faster than the Lithium Ion battery pack runs down. The redular model will more make up for the minor price difference in batteries alone.Read full review
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