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| Magellan SporTrak Pro Handheld GPS | 
 enlarge | Brand: Magellan
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 25765
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: 20
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 3
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MPN: 980616-02
Model: Pro
UPC: 763357103670
EAN: 0763357103670
ASIN: B000064189
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 Unit Locks Up - Customer Service SUCKS! February 2, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This unit worked great for the first year or so...though it didn't get much use.
Then it started locking up...just after the warranty expired of course. It has happen 3 times and now I have a very expensive paper weight!
The first time it locked up was becuase of an incomplete download of the MapSend software. I had been throught the process before, but for some reason while loading an update the unit locked up.
So after trying numerous times to get help from Magellan via telephone and email and finally getting a response that was no help at all, I had to sent the unit back to them for repair. It cost me $15 each way for shipping and Magellan charged me $95 to fix it.
Once it finally got sent back (about a month later) the unit worked for a few more weeks and then one day when I turned it on it went into eternal restart mode over and over again and finally locked up on the start screen. The only way to turn it off was to remove the battery pack. So, once again I had to pay for the shipping each way and the repair charge of $95 and wait.
Then, once again the unit failed the same way it did previously. So, now I have a $500 paper weight because of the initial $250 purchase price and cost of sending and repairing the unit twice.
Bottom line is: DON'T BUY IT!
Technically GREAT, but limited March 11, 2005
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I bought this in the Warrior Pack with MapSend Worldwide and MapSend Topo. It works great, has all of the capability expected. But it is not perfect.
Pros: Easy to use, accurate navigation, large screen, VERY Rugged.
Cons: Uses a DB9 parallel connector to hook to the PC. This connection is not on all PCs and not on most laptops. I had to purchase a DB9 to USB cable to hook to the PC. Parallel connections are slow. The 4-color gray scale screen is difficult to use for navigation. It is impossible to tell the difference between a topo line and a stream. Does not pick up well in forested areas or in metro downtown areas.
All in all, I would not recommend this due to the limitations of the 4-color gray scale screen. I would recommend either a 16-color gray scale system or a color system, such as the SporTrak Color.
 Just an incredible deal. February 21, 2005
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
I didn't spend a lot of time researching GPS units, just an afternoon googling around the web. The Magellan looked pretty good, features and memory wise, so I bought one. They were just on the market, and I stole one cheap because it wasn't a Garmin, and of course it couldn't be as good, so a couple of early ones sold cheap. That was in June, 2003.
At first, I just enjoyed owning one and being able to download detailed maps from my laptop that would cover a whole state at a time. It only has 24mb of memory available for map loading, but it turns out to be plenty. I usually never used it unless I was lost in a strange city.
I bought the 12v car adapter and started using it like a car GPS, small screen but it was useful. I gradually began to notice some other funtions, like the built in speedometer that seemed to be more accurate than the one in the car. From what I understood of civilian GPS accuracy, that shouldn't be right - then I found about WAAS, and the increased accuracy it offered, and gee whiz - the Sportrak already had it built in.
Gradually, I started looking to do more with GPS, and I had a German friend tell me about using the unit with a laptop as a really big screen in car GPS unit. Hmmm... I was given some old Microsoft map software (Mappoint) and figured I was going to have to buy a new unit to make that work.. but pushing a few buttons .... good grief this thing has the NMEA 2.0 function built in too! It can talk to Mappoint and all kinds of other aftermarket software. After looking around for an updated package, I bought Delorme Street Atlas which is an amazing talking package. It doesn't cost much, and the detail and functions are great.
I started to get interested in Geocaching, and lo and behold on one of the GPS nutcase sites, I found a test of the Sportrak where it basically trounced a Garmin 76s for positional accuracy. http://gpsinformation.net/mgoldreview/sportrak-pro-rev.html
SO I'm still trying to figure out if I need another GPS. The Sportrak Pro is certainly a great deal, and superior especially for accuracy to any other unit in it price range, even today. Since a already own a laptop, I have a very sophisticated GPS unit that I load in the car for vacations and business trips, and that cost me far far less than the $700 to $1000 a good in car unit costs.
Accurate, durable navigation tool February 20, 2005
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I've had my SportTrak since May of 2004 and have enjoyed it very much. I've used it while hiking in both Texas and Louisiana in hot, muggy conditions and it's never missed a beat. I've dropped it on the road more than once and other than a scratch or two on the body, you'd never know. The built-in North American map contains the primary highways you'd expect, but it also shows a surprising number smaller roads as well. It's gotten me out of trouble more than once. With the MapSend software, it's even better. I use it on road trips as well as while hiking and wouldn't trade it for anything currently on the market.
Solid But Flimsy August 27, 2004
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This GPS does exactly what it's supposed to do. I haven't had the opportunity to load any maps into it yet, but the navigation aids included in the on-board memory are pretty good. My only complaints are that the clip for attaching a lanyard to is way too easy to break, and that connecting the serial cable is cumbersome. My lanyard clip broke off after only a few cache hunts, and the serial cable has to be screwed on (literally) to the unit.
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