Magellan eXplorist 100

... written for Panbo by Yme Bosma and posted on Aug 16, 2004

A three meter accurate GPS for $100. Great news for when GPS is a nice-to-have.

"It has a tough rubber armor shell that is impact resistant and waterproof, it also saves up to 500 waypoints, 20 routes and three track-log files with up to 2,000 points each. It weighs less than four ounces and measures 4.6 x 2.1 x 1.3 inches, it uses a 2.3-inch diagnol, four shade grayscale LCD with zoom capabilities and amber backlighting. Magellan TrueFix technology incorporates 14-parallel-channel, WAAS/EGNOS-enabled GPS receiver providing accurate satellite signal acquisition and tracking for precise position fixes within three meters."