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well a little dirty from cigarette smoke had tor clean it up as my daughter is allergic but cleaned up nicely and works good.
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Obsolete and slow to find the satellites that are still in service that it was designed to link with. If you have 15 year old computers and their OS and don't mind a device that is not longer supported by the MFG and takes 3 or 4 minutes to sync up with the remaining satellites it recognizes this is one cheap way to do it. That said my 10 year old Samsung S5 does a better job.
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The 400 fits nice in the hand. The controls are all visible from the front, easy to activate with ample room between buttons to avoid hitting the wrong one. The ENTER function requires a bit of concentration because it shares the joy stick and occasionally cursor movement will happen before your selection is triggered. Screen visibility is good even in bright lite with the right angle. Back lighting is adequate in low lighting. Color would be nice but it will cost about $75 more and battery life is reduced. Be sure to put a screen protector on. Start up is slow at times, especially if you are some distance from your last fix. This seems to improve with each use. Battery life is good (12 hours+) if you turn on all the power saving settings but I will get some spares for weekend hikes and trips. A note regarding track logs: Keep your files to a minimum. Download them and delete them from the 400 if you want to save them because the more you have on the 400, the longer it takes to retrieve the current one. Magellan software is easy to use for uploading and down loading way points and tracks. You should get the Topo Map software to get the most out of the unit. The included map lacks elevation lines and small roads. The software can cost $100+ from Magellan. Try ebay first. One big drag is the software is serial number dependency. Any detail maps you make will have the serial number of a specific eXplorer in the file and will not work with another unit. Can't blame the map makers for protecting their financial interest. If you can get this unit under $75, you will be happy.Read full review
The Magellan eXplorist 400 is a great entry level hand-held GPS unit. I purchased it to get my family involved in geocaching and it has worked out great. It's a little slow to acquire satellites sometimes but once it's locked in it performs beautifully. The black and white (actually greyscale) display may not be as attractive as some of the full-color models but it is just as functional. I was looking for a unit that accepts an SD card because I had a 1GB just laying around. Even without the card, the 400 has enough memory to hold more than enough waypoints for weeks worth of geocaching. The UI is not the best I've seen and some of the user changeable settings are hidden behind less-than-intuitive menu locations. One annoyance is that when viewing a Geocache Waypoint only 15 or so characters of the Waypoint's name are displayed. There is no way to scroll to the right to see the rest of the name. This is not good when there are multi-part caches to be found all named similarly. For example "Bob's Your Uncle in Barkley" and "Bob's Your Uncle in Ferndale" both display as "Bob's Your Uncl" I've taken it out for multiple days of caching on one charge. The battery life seems to be pretty good on this model. All-in-all I'd say this is a great GPS for beginners and the budget conscious alike. Magellan has phased out this model and the replacement options will either have you wanting more features or spending more dough. If you are looking for a GPS specifically for geocaching, bear in mind that most of the software out there seems to favor the Garmin brand of GPS receivers. Something that can be worked around but would have been good to know prior to buying this unit.Read full review
The absolutely only thing I don't like is that this is in gray-scale and not color. Every other thing is top notch on the Explorist 400 by Magellan. SD card slot compatible with up to 2GB SD cards can fit entire united states in top, and blue chart 13 format. I have yet to try Mapsend streets on this unit yet but have plenty of memory an hear that it works fine. The Mapsend software is out of date... but is cheap on Amazon or Ebay. The accessories are still available from these sources also. I have a carrying case with clip, power cord/USB cord, New battery, and plan to buy more! This has cost me less than 100$ total and is an unbeatable value. NOTE: If you can find the second to last update on the web... it has better satellite geometry and gets down to 13 feet accuracy! Satellite updates and software updates are still available from Magellan as of 2010 FREE.Read full review