Customer Reviews:
 Great for hiking January 11, 2007
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
This GPS has gotten me out of the woods more than once in the dark. By setting waypoints on the unit 4 of us were able to get back down off North Dome in Yosemite in the dark and find our way back to the car. For the price this unit does plenty to get you out of trouble and as an avid photographer i use it on every trip. Like the old American Express add never leave home without it!
 GPS 2 January 9, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is my second GPS and it was very easy to get use to and now I have started comparing this Magellan to my Garmin, and in many ways the Magellan is better.
It does the job. January 5, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I use the GPS unit for when I go out geocaching and it works great. The map detail is so much better compared to the 100 version, and I haven't noticed anything really lacking when compared to the 300 version. I've used it at my school to teach an after school geocaching program, and so far it has survived multiple encounters with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders.
Rotten instructions, product works fine. December 27, 2006
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
My mom gave me an eXplorist 200 GPS receiver for Christmas. I had a great deal of difficulty getting started with it because the instructions that came with it were so sketchy. Magellan's online instructions were of no help (their little program eventually told me, "Guess I haven't been able to help you; try customer service.") and their customer service wasn't of much use either.
The issue that I had was with the operation of the compass function - I was having great difficulty in getting the compass to point north, despite having re-calibrated the machine twice. Turns out that you only have to walk around a bit to get it to respond properly. Anyway, a moderately decent instruction manual would have explained this (and other things that I had to figure out by messing with the eXplorist 200), but the manual that comes with this GPS receiver is just completely inadequate. And customer service, while they try hard, are just completely useless.
Anyway, the machine works well. I went for a walk at lunch today and made a box by navigating with it, and got back to within mere feet of where I'd started. The altimeter is accurate and the rest of the readings appear to be as well. As others have mentioned, the road maps loaded into the machine are pretty sketchy (pretty much only major streets), but they're nice to have.
All things considered, I'm very glad to have this unit. I have to tell you, though, I was so frustrated by the inadequate instructions that I was ready to return it (in fact, I was walking on my way to return it when I finally figured out how to get the compass function to work). So, if you get the Magellan eXplorist 200 GPS receiver, plan to have a little patience with it. The function really is pretty self-evident, but you need to take it for a test run to figure it out, since it doesn't all come together immediately upon calibration. (All in all, this was a lot less frustrating than getting the XM radio turned on in my new car - but the instructions were a lot worse.)
Happy hiking!
Explorist 200 is GREAT! November 19, 2006
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
I purchased the explorist 200 as a navigation tool while out in the woods, primarly scouting the state lands of Michigan for hunting opportunities. The explorist has allowed me to go deep in the woods, that just wouldn't be possible with a regular compass. I know distances to and from locations and with 5000 points of interest, I will never run out of places to mark. :)
My only regret is not buying one sooner! This is a great tool for any outdoorsmen.
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