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Magellan eXplorist 500
5.4 out of 10

Magellan eXplorist 500

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Reviews and Problems with Magellan eXplorist 500

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Overall 6
6.0

Many design flaws but basically reliable.

Rob, Amazon
20 May 2012
  • Summary: I bought this back in early 2007 and have used it for hiking, driving, flying and just finding my way around when I visit new places.
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Overall 6
6.0

preloaded maps are poor

jenniferb1168, Ebay
12 September 2010
  • Summary: Nice little unit but it isn't compatible with vista. The map that is preloaded is not good for anything.Maps are very highly priced to buy.This gps has great color and...
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Overall 6
6.0

preloaded maps are poor

jenniferb1168, Ebay
12 September 2010
  • Summary: Nice little unit but it isn't compatible with vista. The map that is preloaded is not good for anything.Maps are very highly priced to buy.This gps has great color and...
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Overall 6
6.0

Don't buy if you are using Vista

starick2002, Ebay
9 April 2008
  • Summary: Nice little GPS good for newbies but avoid if you plan on using it with Windows Vista as importing maps gets complicated due to lack of compatibility/support
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Overall 6
6.0

Don't buy if you are using Vista

starick2002, Ebay
9 April 2008
  • Summary: Nice little GPS good for newbies but avoid if you plan on using it with Windows Vista as importing maps gets complicated due to lack of compatibility/support
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Overall 6
6.0

Magellan Explorist 500

WildmanJohn, Amazon
1 February 2008
  • Summary: Like many others, I find the manual instructions are useless. Positive comments: I like the saved route function that can be played back for review in color code for the...
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Overall 6
6.0

Magellen Explorist 500

j333wil, Ebay
27 January 2008
  • Summary: Explorist has easy to use menus,but I have not yet learned how to install the mapping software that I got for it.I can get the maps from the computer to the SD card but
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Overall 6
6.0

Magellen Explorist 500

j333wil, Ebay
27 January 2008
  • Summary: Explorist has easy to use menus,but I have not yet learned how to install the mapping software that I got for it.I can get the maps from the computer to the SD card but
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Overall 6
6.0

Magellan support doesn't exist

Eileen B "imcaver", Amazon
13 November 2007
  • Summary: I purchased a new Explorist 500 in August 2006. It works fine although doesn't seem to lock onto satellites as quickly as Garmin GPS.
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Overall 6
6.0

Average

kbechard, Ebay
2 August 2007
  • Summary: Definitely not user friendly. Took a while to figure out how to use it. The battery life is not long. Does not come with a rechargeable battery, but does have the option...
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