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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Discover the world of high-tech treasure hunting and join millions of others in finding your next adventure, with this handheld GPS device custom made for geocaching.
The eXplorist GC is the first dedicated GPS product for geocaching that includes out-of-the-box paperless geocaching, seamless connection to geocaching.com, a brilliant colour screen, rich graphics, and a simple user interface, all packed into a rugged and waterproof device.
The eXplorist GC features an uncomplicated interface and the ability to sort and search thousands of geocaches. It also includes lots of fun and familiar graphics for logs and merit-based awards to show off geocaching successes. On top of all that, the eXplorist GC is packed with common outdoor GPS features, such as waypoint creation, a worldwide base map, active tracking, and trip recorder.
The eXplorist GC is the first dedicated geocaching product.
IPX-7 waterproof & rugged.
Highly-sensitive SiRFstarIII™ GPS chipset – accurate to 3 meters.
Vivid, sunlight readable 2.2” transflective screen.
Powered by two AA batteries – the device will last for up to 18 hours.
Pre-loaded with 1000 of the most popular caches in Europe - holds up to 10,000.
Straightforward, logical menus so you spend your time hunting for caches and not buttons.
Seamless connection to geocaching.com; drag n’ drop pocket queries.
Free 30-day premium membership to goeocaching.com.
Product Description
The Magellan eXplorist GC is the perfect companion for all your outdoor adventures.
With a sturdy, waterproofbody, the eXplorist GC by Magellan boasts a 2.2-inch colour screen forviewing maps comfortably.
The highly sensitive GPSreceiver on the eXplorist GC is twinned with a mini USB portand a micro SD slot, allowing you to add even more waypoints, tracks and pointsof interest.
In addition to European map coverage, the eXplorist GC has a database contaning around 10,000 landmarks and 500 waypoints, as well as a battery time of around 18hours on a single charge.
Menus available in the following languages:English, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Dutch
GPS System:
Recommended Use : Hiking
Receiver : SiRFstarIII
SBAS : WAAS
Accuracy : Position - 3 m
Connectivity : USB
Aerial : Built-in
Maps Included : Worldwide
Acquisition Times:
Cold : 120 sec
Warm : 60 sec
Hot : 20 sec
Built-in Display:
Diagonal Size : 2.2"
Display Illumination : Yes
Colour Support : Colour
Connections:
Connector Type : USB
Battery:
Form Factor : AA type
Required Qty : 2
Run Time (Up To) : 18 hour(s)
Miscellaneous:
Design Features : Rugged case
Environmental Parameters:
Min Operating Temperature : -10 °C
Max Operating Temperature : 60 °C
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Brilliant piece of kit, it does what it says on the tin. Best of all it is optimised for geocaching, you can import all the data from the geocaching website, including description and decrypted hints of the cache site. You can then upload your filed notes directly back onto your area of the geocache site. The only downside is the fairly basic background mapping and the inability to import maps. However, if you use the device with a programme such as Quo you can use OS maps of 50 or 25,000 scale to plot the caches directly from the GPS onto the OS map. Its cover on the move is good, and works OK under tree cover, however, when stationary it flits around a bit especially if there is poor reception. Battery life is good and I now use rechargeable batteries and it seems to pick up charge from my laptop. The waterproofing is OK but I would not like to dunk it in water as you would be relying on the cover to the USB port being properly closed, but it is more than adequate in heavy rain. Very pleased with it.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
If you are ever stuck for hours and hours of fun with the kids over the long Summer holidays, you wont go wrong with this great piece of kit. Downloading the paperless geocaching maps is fast and easy and the unit is straight forward to use, with logical menus, so you spend your time hunting for caches and not buttons! Packed with lots of fun extra features to keep the kids occupied like graphics for logs and merit-based awards to show off your successes - it was certainly my buy of the Summer.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
This little gadget has got me so hooked on Geocaching I have withdrawal symptoms when I can't go!!
My only criticism is that if you stand still for too long it takes a while to sort itself out. Taking that into consideration I would not hesitate in recommending the Magellan GPS. make sure you are running the most up to date softwear, think it's 1.7 at the time of doing this review. You will then get lots of different features.
My only criticism is that if you stand still for too long it takes a while to sort itself out. Taking that into consideration I would not hesitate in recommending the Magellan GPS. make sure you are running the most up to date softwear, think it's 1.7 at the time of doing this review. You will then get lots of different features.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great when it works!
The functions are great and its very good when it's turned on! But thats the problem, it's so hard to get it turned on, you can be lucky and it works first time, otherwise you have... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mick M
Geocaching tool
I've had this since September last year and used it exclusively for geocaching - which isn't surprising as it's what it was intended for. Read more
Published 1 month ago by DWright
What a difference!!
Extremely pleased with the Magellan eXplorist GC, compared to our previous GPS its a huge leap forward, with paperless caching and descriptions, logs and hints all there in one... Read more
Published 4 months ago by H_Mo12
It's OK but....
This gave up working after a couple of weeks. Wouldn't boot up any more. When it was working I found the menus and sub-menus quite complicated, not that user friendly. Read more
Published 8 months ago by mag w
Paperless sytem
The paperless downloading from the computer is fast and I really only use it for that side of it. It's very poor acting as a locater and I depend on my Garmin. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Bazzalongstaff
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