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Magellan eXplorist 100 is an economical, easy-to-use GPS packaged in an attractive, compact case. If you lose it in the woods, it’s bright-orange case will stand out. If you drop it in the lake, don’t worry, it’s water proof to IPX-7 specifications (Protected against water immersion - Immersion for 30 minutes at a depth of 1 meter).

Although the eXplorist 100 is on the smallish side (about 30% smaller than the Meredian Gold) it has many of the same features as it’s $300 big brother. There is only one feature that is missing: a detailed map including streets, highways, airports, lakes, etc. The eXplorist 200 has this feature, but at a higher price. The 100 is the lowest priced Magellan and is geared more toward hikers and campers.

There are three screens on the 100:

1) Map - displays your present position using a map of the area as the background. It also displays your track history as well as a visual indicator of a route you may be navigating on.

2) Position - displays your present position using the coordinate system. Also displays your elevation, accuracy, date and time, trip odometer and battery life.

3) Compass - displays both heading and route direction.

All screens are customizable. For instance, you can choose to display speed and distance with the map. Or elevation and heading, if you prefer.

You can save up to 500 POIs (Points of Interests) and 20 routes. To create a POI, click “Mark” then navigate with the clickable joystick to name it and even leave comments. To go to a POI, click “Goto” and select from a user-created list.

You can also create Back-track, which allows you to reverse direction and head back to where you started.

To view in the dark, click the “Light” button and the screen lights up in a beautiful orange glow, which just happens to match the color of the case. Click again to increase brightness. In other Magellan models, the brightness and on/off is integrated in to one button, but not the eXplorist line. They are seperate buttons, which makes incidentally turning off the unit almost impossible.

The 100 is powered by 2 AA batteries (not included) and lasts 20 hours. For some reason, mine came with them. I guess it was a customer return.

The eXplorist 100 sells for $125.99 on Magellangps.com. But I paid only $59.99 at Fry’s.

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