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| Cobra GPS 100 Global Positioning System with 18 Channels | 
 enlarge | Brand: Cobra
Category: CE
List Price: $119.99
Buy New: $86.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 30035
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: 10
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 15
Dimensions (in): 7 x 6 x 2
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MPN: GPS 100
Model: GPS 100
UPC: 028377500107
EAN: 0028377500107
ASIN: B00009B1VR
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Living up to my expectations. May 24, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this unit to start goe-caching. So-far I have found it to be as accurate as any other brand providing, as the manual says, I have a "clear view of the sky". I have checked its positioning against every cache I have found so far and it is typicaly within 2 or 3 meters. Assuming that other geo-cachers use all sorts of brands I figure this is a pretty fair test. I am learning about the limits of the GP system itself along the way. I get the feeling some reviewers are blaming those limits on this unit (maybe because its price is very 'competitive'?)
It is intuitive to use, I hardly had to look at the manual. The buttons are a little stiff. I like the rubber on all the corners of the case making so it can bounce around in my glove box without geting banged up. It is very waterproof. I have been caught out in some heavy rain and it hasn't leaked.
It did take significantly longer than the 50 seconds the manual said to aquire a fix when I first turned it on but once it was 'warmed up' it was fine. Good batteries literally last for days on end, as long as you DON'T use the back light. The back-light seems to sap them in minutes. I accidentally left my unit on in power-save mode for two days on my coffee table with a set of batteries that had already done several hours daytime use. They were 'almost' flat after all that time. Not bad.
Over-all this unit has meet all my exepectations and I recomend it for geo-caching. Got'a be the most bang-for-your-buck unit around.
 COBRA GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM January 31, 2006
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
WATERPROOF AND ACCURATE TO WITHIN 10 FEET!
**WE RECOMMEND THIS ONE**
*ONE OF THE BEST WE'VE SEEN ON THE PLANET*
If your hiking, boating, or on a road trip, you can find your way with the GPS100 global
positioning system from Cobra.
The Cobra GPS100 is water proof, easy to use and twice as fast as other brands.
18 parallel channel GPS continuously tracks and uses up to 18 satellites to compute and update
user's position giving the quickest acquisition time of any handheld recreational GPS receiver
available today!
Stores up to 500 waypoints with names and symbols
Create 1 route with up to 50 waypoints.
Automatically tracks your travel with up to 2,000 log points.
Save up to 10 tracks from the track log with the ability
to navigate the track path in both forward and reverse.
Choose from up to 100 map datums to compare with a paper
map or other navigational reference.
Choose from 18 position formats used to display the
location coordinates.
Selectable data fields lets the user display up to
5 fields about their position or navigation chosen from:
Accuracy, Average Speed, Bearing, Date, Destination,
Elevation, ETA, Location, Maximum Speed, Odometer, Power, Speed, Time, Trip Odometer, Trip Time.
User Guide and Quick Reference Guide support 8 languages including:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian,
Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.
Also features compass, altimeter, clock,
indefinite user data storage.
Model No: GPS100
Weight: 2.0 Lbs.
UPC # 028377500107
 Take everyone's advice July 1, 2005
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
DON'T BUY IT
If cost is the issue buy a cheap Garmin brand gpsr. I naively bought this model when I got introduced to geocaching last spring, thinking I'd buy a cheap gps receiver in case I didn't like the sport.
This device has many flaws. The gps unit only updated your location every 5 minutes or so. Reading the manual didn't help, I had to contact cobra so they could instruct me how to turn off their moronic "power saving" mode.
I had several days where there was not a cloud in the sky, yet no connection to the satellites could be found. I routinely got different coordinates when standing in the exact same spot of my driveway, sometimes over 100 yards away from eachother.
In addition, when using the goto waypoint feature, when you come about 100 feet from the destination, the gps would beep and display "ARRIVING AT DESTINATION!" Then any distance readings or compass bearings would disappear. I know gps is not extremely accurate, but 100 feet?! The packaging claims within 3 meters.
Cobra's gps100 is pure trash. Don't buy it unless it's a gift for someone you really hate.
Don't waste your time... June 2, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have used several GPS units (Cobra, Garmin, Magellan) and this is, by far, the worst of the bunch. Same problems as others have noted: no signal on a clear day in the middle of a field, lost contatct with satellites on a regular basis, HIGHLY inaccurate for both direction and elevation, and the compass is NEVER accurate. You'd be better of using blind luck to find your way around. Spend a little more for another brand and save yourself the frustration. Mine's going back to the store ASAP. (Now where's that receipt???)
No signal! December 27, 2004
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
There is no signal. I got this unit for geocaching. In this "sport", you must have precise accuracy. Most of the time the accuracy reading is 40 feet or worse. This unit claims to have accuracy to within 10 feet. Even when there was not a single cloud in the sky and satalites are all around, there was very bad signal. I am probably going to return it for a Garmin.
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