Magellan eXplorist 100 Water Resistant Hiking GPS

I bought this for my nephews so we could go geocaching when I visit. It was the cheapest GPS I could find that had WAAS which increases the accuracy to less than 30 ft. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of some other products and can only be used stand alone (e.g. no PC hookup) but it's perfect for geocaching (durable, accurate, very reasonable cost).

Unit doesn't function properly right out of the box. Will not connect to satellites and just showsa hour glass instead of pointing direction . The compass doesn't move even after turning 180 degrees. Thought maybe I had stepped into the Bermuda triangle but my etrek worked perfectly and put my mind to ease 😁

Basic model, and now I wish I had a model with download waypoint capability. The 100 works well outside in the open, but I have had very little success using it in a moving car or train.

With No map/ views... this is REALLY difficult to use for geocaching

I read all about Geocaching before spending the money for the Magellan eXplorist 100. Several websites I visited prior to purchasing this all suggested you get more GPS then you think you may want. Now that my wife and I have found 3 benchmarks and 1 geocache I would have to agree. This GPS does what it is meant to do. Outdoors it is able to lock onto satellites with no difficulty. Further, I had no problems with it maintaining lock while in a forested area. For a person starting out geocaching, I think what this is missing most, is the compass chip. What this means to the beginner out there, is when you are standing still, trying to find that treasure, this unit won't accurately tell you North, South or whatever. I ended up walking around in a lot of circles looking for a cache (and never finding it). Had it had the compass chip, you could navigate fallen trees or what ever, and still have a VERY good idea of which way you needed to head. Besides that one short coming, I like this unit. Yes you have to manually enter your destination. That in itself is not difficult. There is no map in the background, and I suppose that might be important to some, but for the beginner, it wasn't for me. My wife and I have looked for 7 or 8 different finds with the same set of batteries, and looking at the meter which measures your battery life, we were only at 1/5 of the way down. (If that.)In summary, I do like this unit, however knowing what I know now, I would have gotten one with the compass chip in it, if I had to do it over again.

My husband uses this little guy for geocaching. He has found it to have the perfect amount of features for us, as we have only been caching for a year or so. My brother-in-law purchased the same model after using ours. It's sturdy and easy to use. 5 stars for the money.

I bought this item for Chrismas and by march it stopped working, after a change of batteries. Because it was more than 30 days after purchase, the item is not returnable, so now I have a $100 electronic paper weight.

This writer thinks that it's not bad for what can be gotten for around a hundred bucks, but...1) Very slow aquisition under rainy skies. Near zero aquisition when inside under rainy skies....even when next to a window. My house is typical for this area of US: insulated with a wood & tar shingle roof. Aquistion just OK inside when clear skies outside. If turned off for a while (months) it can take several minutes to aquire anything Same can be said if it is relocated a long distance while off.2) Poor accuracy under foliage. That's well known trait of GPS units though. Best I could get at night under clear skies, in dense woods with new batteries was about 30 feet...I guess that's really not that bad, but in unfamiliar dense woods at night or poor weather this could be the difference between finding camp and getting lost. In exceptional weather and areas (clear, cold and moving through a wide open field) I've gotten down to 15 feet. Moving in one dirrection seems to help it aquire quicker.3) An external antena jack and power jack would be GREAT for car or those situation when you need better reception.4) You can not delete the waypoints ( "Points of Interest") as a group without deleating all routs too.5) Can be difficult to read in bright sun...gets a bit washed out and requires tweaking screen contrast often. ( Could just be my 45 year old eye balls though!)6) Does not come with detailed instructions, although one can download a nice and detailed 60 page manual by searching on-line.7) The manufcturer does seem to have an odd fascination with disclaimers and EULA. The paper "instructions" that do come with it are dominated by a huge disclaimer area.