Description Let it help you find your way to over. 15,000 cities worldwide, and go back to over 500 locations you've entered yourself. You can even use the optional. DataSend(TM) CD-ROM to upload detailed land an...
Summary: I have taken my gps on numerous backpacking trips, including a trip to Algonquin Providencial Park in Canada. It never failed once on recieving a signal the whole trip.
There are free programs that you can use to transfer cordinates from PC to GPS or vise versa. I use EasyGPS. It's simple and it gets the job done.
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Reviewed by: mark swarbrick(Unregistered User)
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Backpacker
, from newtown square,pa,usa
Price Paid:
$150.00
at dick's sporting good
Summary: very frustrated! on a recent trip to maine and resetting it several times it multipled my hiking and paddling distance by two and pointed in wrong directions. It works fine in PA and up in Maine it gets even more satellites and becomes confused. Damn useless in Acadia National Park
Customer Service: excellent- replaced it once. Now I have to do it again.
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Reviewed by: TWiggins(Unregistered User)
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Backpacker
, from Central California
Price Paid:
$131.00
at Walmart
Summary: I have used the 315 for almost a year and taken it on numerous pack trips. It is very accurate and easy to learn (compared to the other brands). It keeps the signal pretty well even under forest cover. You can't download waypoints from your computer software like more expensive units. In order to enter a waypoing before going into the field, I have to get onto topozone.com and bring up the map I want, place the mouse where I want the waypoint to be and then manually type in the numbers off the screen into my GPS (UTM is easier than Lon/Lat!). Creating a waypoint in the field is just a simple keystroke. I have used it in light rain without problem. I have found it to be accurate within about 20-25 feet. This unit does not have memory to download maps into, but when hiking the woods I would MUCH rather look at a full size map than a 2 inch display screen of a map, and the 315 will very quickly give you the coordinates that will pinpoint your exact location on that full size map within 20-25 feet, and that is close enough for the hiking I do.
Customer Service: None Needed
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Reviewed by: sokol(Unregistered User)
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Day Hiker
, from NewCumberland,Pa.USA
Price Paid:
$150.00
at Eastern Mountain Spo
Summary: I have this Magellian 315 GPS for over a year and used it basically while hunting and also some hiking,and car trips,which I tracked from one point to another although it said say 10 miles,if the road varied it would show more but when I arrived at my Waypoint it counted to zero distance,also the speed traveling is very accurate.I also took it to Alaska on a 14 day cruise,at each destiation I got the Cordinates almost Immediatly.When we departed Vancover Br.Columbia,Approx 3000 miles away from home,it took some time to lock on maybe because the ship was moving, after that it was great.At Denali Nat.Park I asked the one employee if she knew the elevation of the lodge,She said 2000 ft.My GPS said 1995 ft.I'm a down hill skier so I don't think I'll use it for Cross Country but maybe.I checked the cordinate I got with the one stored in the unit say Vancover and Fairbanks Al. plus the other destinations we stayed at they were almost identical.I think it's very easy to use compared to the Garmin Mod.12 and much better grapics I recomend it highly.
Customer Service: Haven''t needed their service as of yet
Similar Products Used: Garmin Mod.12
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Summary: I love my GPS 315. It is very easy to use, locks onto a signal immediatley, and has intelligent and useful screens that make it easy and fun to use. I find that the sun and moon locations on the screen are very helpful. I have dropped it in snow several times when skiing, and have never had a problem with its water resistance.
Customer Service: 10 days before the 1 year warranty expired, I slammed my GPS315 down on a cement step, and put a crack in the display. Just days after I sent it, I recieved a brand new GPS in the mail, the best custo
Similar Products Used: Garmin GPS 3 (too heavy, too long to acquire position)
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