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Magellan XL GPS features are unsurpassed I recently upgraded my GPS by purchasing a Magellan Explorist XL handheld unit. It replaced the first GPS unit I purchased a few years ago ... a Magellan Meridian Gold. In this review, consequently, improvements, comparisons and features of the new Explorist XL are frequently compared to the older Magellan model. <br /> <br />The Hardware <br />Out of the box, the first thing you notice is the size and weight of the Explorist XL. At 7.5 cm (2.9) wide, 16 cm (6.3 in) long and 3.4 cm (1.33 in) thick and weighing 340 gms (0.75 lb) with four AA batteries installed, the XL Explorist is a good handful. It is a nice design, with a rubberized, waterproof, impact-resistant casing and the unit feels solid. The frequently-used control buttons are at the lower front of the unit, well-located, like on the older Meridian Gold. <br /> <br />There are eight control buttons, including two for map zoom, one for selecting navigation screens, a menu button, a "goto" button, a "mark" button plus a combined joystick/enter button and an "escape" button that reverses button commands. On the XL unit, these control buttons are illuminated when the backlight is on. <br /> <br />There is a separate lug on the case to attach a lanyard. This is an improvement over the screw-on lanyard of the Meridian Gold series; however no lanyard is included with the Explorist XL. <br /> <br />The cover for the four AA batteries is on the back of the unit. It is secured with a quarter-turn thumb-screw. The compartment cover fits very tightly with obvious attention to waterproofing. With the Meridian Gold, the slide-latches securing the battery cover did not provide much confidence. The XL cover is a big improvement. <br /> <br />The location of the power on/off button is on the upper right side of the XL unit. The button is imbedded in the rubberized covering. It requires considerable effort to activate this button. The location and stiff action is an improvement over the Meridian. In this location, the	5	781 days ago
XL Hardware a 5 ... software has limitations and Magellan support 1 This is by far the most incredible piece of equipment. I purchased it because I travel and sometimes need assistance in other cities, I wasn't disappointed. This thing will lock on to enough satellites to give an accurate fix on location EVEN INSIDE A CAR. And I don't mean keeping it on the dash I mean it will stay fixed while I'm holding it or even if it's on the passanger seat!! and that's without an external antennea. It will even fix on enough satellites inside an airplane, I have to hold it to the window to get the fix but after that it will hold the fix while sitting on the food tray. INCREDIBLE. It's very interesting to see where the plane is, the altitude, and the speed of the plane. Personnally I prefer electronic equipment that uses off the shelf batteries instead of rechargeables and that's one reason I chose this model. The battery life is good BUT I swapped out regular batteries for Lithiums and WOW .. they last a long time..the extra price is worth it. This thing also has a very bright screen that I can see in sunlight and on the brighest setting it's bright enough to light my way at night...it's that bright. I always step it down to save batteries and it's still legible. The only down side I can report is Magellans lack of reponse when I ordered the North America maps from them. They said it was back ordered and when I inquired by email why their own software would be back ordered they never replied. I cancelled my order and found it from a third party on ebay. Brand new never opened and half the price Magellan wanted. The maps are OK nothing special and since they're on disk I've found some to be outdated BUT acceptable. The other reason I chose the XL is because it can use a secure digital card to load maps. I use a 1GB card and I can keep several maps on it. The other disappointment with the software is, for some reason, only 64mb of map can be downloaded at a time, I can deal with that, but it would be nice if they didn't give a limit	5	781 days ago
Nice GPS receiver, but not user friendly with the map software. I've owned a Magellan Meridian Gold GPS receiver for 3 1/2 years. It worked great until last week when it got wet and stopped working. It is supposed to be waterproof and sealed to IEC-529 IPX7 standards - but apparently it isn't. Magellan charged me $120 to have it repaired. <br /> <br />I ordered the Explorist XL as an upgrade and for use as my primary unit with the intention of keeping the Meridian Gold as a backup. But I returned the Explorist after learning how difficult it is to use with the MapSend Direct Route map software. Also, the map software will only work with one Magellan GPS receiver at a time. So, you either have to completely uninstall and reinstall it each time you want to use a different GPS unit - or you have to buy another copy of the software and install it on a different computer. I don't mind paying for a second copy of the software, but who wants to buy another computer! <br /> <br />Until Magellan addresses these issues, I recommend buying something else.	2	781 days ago
Device is nice, but tech support sucks The GPS is pretty impressive, but it needs work on its user interface and needs to have more flexibility. For example the audio alarms are not adjustable and all sound the same. Tech support has not responded in over a month to tell me what the power input requirements are for the external connector, so that I can use an external battery pack. The device drinks AAs. You can not get tech support on the phone and the replies they eventual give via e-mail are very incomplete. When I asked what the specs are for the external power input (note not give in the manual) they did not supply the spec, they just said buy a car adapter (not much use for hiking is that). I guess I would say wait until the device has been on the market longer so you can get third party help. Also, Topo MapSend does not contain trails, again not very good for a hikers GPS. Plus there is the annoyance that you have to have the CD in the PC in order to use it. Why they can not load the access key into the Secure Digital card on the device so you have the option of not having to find the CD is beyond me. It is a very powerful and accurate GPS but I don't think it is ready for prime time yet.	4	781 days ago
great unit for driving or geocaching (and heavy, but good, for hiking) Choosing the eXplorist XL was a tough choice for me. I was trying to decide between the Garmin GPSMap 76CS (the altimeter/barometer version of the of the color-display 76C) and one of the other Magellan eXplorist series units. <br /> <br />ALTIMETER/BAROMETER/THERMOMETER REQUIREMENT <br />One of the first strikes against the XL is that it lacks an altimeter and compass. This is fine as I use a supplemental analog compass for navigation while hiking, and the XL is able to determine direction based on movement when I'm driving. Evenso, the compass on the 76CS is finicky as it is a 2-axis compass (which means that it must be held level with the ground). I say it's finicky because other users have indicated that it doesn't show direction very well unless they're holding it perfectly level, and sometimes it's a crapshot as to whether or not they're holding it adequately level. <br /> <br />On the other hand, the 76CS has a good altimeter on it (much better than that of the eXplorist 600, the thermometer/barometer/altimeter of which is located too close the hot backlight and makes for some pretty erroneous readings). Still, GPS can estimate altitude well enough. The altitude accuracy tends to be 1.5 to 2 times further off than the horizontal readings (meaning that if you're getting a horizontal accuracy of 10 feet, the GPS altitude will only be accurate to within about 15-20 feet). A properly calibrated altimeter (calibrated every few hours) will provide accuracy of about 15 feet. To me, the increase in accuracy of going from GPS altitude calculations to altimeter calculations isn't significant. Even w/o the alt/bar/temp option, I'm okay. I use an analog thermometer if I need to know it, and use other techniques to determine the weather. <br /> <br />The XL does provide a compass but it isn't magnetic. Instead, like most units that do not include a seperate internal compass, the XL uses changes in GPS position to determine direction of travel. As long as	5	781 days ago

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