Magellan Explorist 510 - Waterproof Hiking Handheld GPS Navigation System

Magellan Explorist 510 Waterproof Hiking Handheld GPS

The Magellan Explorist 510 Handheld GPS combines sophisticated technology with a robust and rugged design. It is a very receptive Handheld GPS, navigation ability and easy to read maps.

Magellan Explorist 510 - Our Opinion:

Having read the reviews on this product, they are really positive. All of the Amazon reviews except for one are the maximum 5* rating, the other being a 4* rating. Let's deal with the 4* first, reason being is that the reviewer would have preferred to have an integrated radio on the unit. So now to the 5* reviews, the common threads of positive remarks are that the product is well built, is easy to use, waterproof, is accurate, good looking, reliable, and very good features.

Magellan Explorist 510 - Features:

You can generate waypoints, record routes and tracks, and for geocaching enthusiasts there is something for you too. You can enjoy paperless geocaching, when you download you can see over 20 exclusive features of each cache, and be able to search, filter and view. Some of the details you can view include location, name, hider, description, terrain, difficulty, hint, and recent geocacher logs.

The maps are accurate, the World Edition map can permits 2d and 3d viewing angles. You will be able to view complete road networks in the U.S., Canada, Australia and Western Europe, other points of interest such as water features, rural and urban land.

The reliable and easy to use three inch touch screen and interface is sunlight readable so it simple to interpret in almost any environment. The display allows you to simply tap on the menu and this will reveal the menu items, then simply roll over your selected icon and you will find out more details and information. You also have two programmable hard buttons which can be directly linked to your most used, or favourite two functions. Magellan's OneTouch favorites menu gives you direct links on to your bookmarks of personalized searches and your favourite places.

Other features of the Magellan Explorist 510 Waterproof Hiking GPS Navigation system are the integral 3.2 mega-pixel camera, so you can take photo's whilst you are out enjoying your routes and trails, and you can record the location of the photo's for future reference. The speaker and microphone allow you to record voice notes and image referencing, you can geo-tag your multimedia content too.

It functions with two AA batteries and should last in the region of 15 hours under regular conditions. However, you can operate the suspend mode to help save power, this turns off the unit but it still continues GPS tracking.

The Magellan Explorist 510 is robust, and water proof by design, it can withstand being in water up to meter deep for up to 30 minutes and is tested to IPX-7 standards, so an accidental drop in a puddle should not affect it in the slightest!