this may be a silly question , but is it free to update maps?..is there a monthly service fee for this?
Hmm. This product in itself seems a bit worthless. Whats wrong with onstar?
Or for heavens sake you lazy people, use a map.
Nope, all free
I wish I could connect to my laptop, I wish it spoke, and I wish it was color… all for this price, I would definitely get!
I’m not buying … I already went for the Lowrance unit for $139 at woot awhile ago.
Buyer beware! Check to see if additional maps are needed for detailed views. The Lowrance only becomes truly effective when you buy a $99 regional map (Northwest for me).
I’m more of a Garmin person myself, ill stick to my Legend.
Can you get maps for places outside of North America? Otherwise, why does it speak so many languages, and only has maps for where most people speak English, Spanish and French?
Yikes! Save your money if you plan on using this thing to cache. The inability to download waypoints is a MAJOR reason not to buy this thing.
theres no monthly fee for the GPS itself. It doesn’t say anythign about a computer plug in so I’m not sure how it would update. I think it has a US map loaded in it and thats what you get, I don’t know if it can be updated
Its pretty cool, but I’d rather spend another 100 bucks and get somethign a little nicer.
So very close to what I wanted but alas…Decent unit, great price. I just wish it was a vehicle GPS unit. Maybe next time.
Great for hiking or camping. I have the Explorist 500 and I love it. The 300 has only 8MB memory. This should be ok for the casual user.
No you don’t have to pay a subscription to use a GPS.
No, it doesn’t make toast!
One thing I have seen with GPS units is that their “directions” sometimes leave something to be desired. My parents have an upscale unit and the damn thing told them that, no matter where they went in the DFW metroplex, they were supposed to first go to downtown Ft. Worth. Hell, I live 20 minutes from downtown, so the only place they might possibly go that would require them to go to downtown would be if that was their destination.
No, but if you plan on caching I suggest you pass. The fact that you can’t download waypoints is a BIG turnoff.
Obviously written by someone who has never used a GPS. OnStar and GPS units aren’t even the same product. I’ve used my Garmin E-Map virtually every day for the last several years and love it. This one looks comparable to it, but I’m concerned about the detail level of the maps.
As a girl who gets lost on just about every trip (no matter how short or how many times I’ve been to this place) Can’t you explain that she’s is allowed to use it also.
Or you could just use the “It’s not like I’d actually “stop” for directions” approach.
Anyways Good luck!
Is this a good deal? Is it actually gray scale?
Speaking as “that” girl that should be nicknamed “u-turn” should I buy this?
Some of us don’t drive GM products.
As for using a map, it’s sometimes difficult to get detailed maps of everywhere you are going.
OK, so my main question regarding GPs things – what does it cost to get service? I’ve stayed away from purchasing a GPs thingy for my Treo 650 b/c of the price and the data service requirement (tho wiriting it off as a busness expense almost makes sense).
Seriously, it’s a $105 now and then how much down the road? and can it tell me if Houston’s a parking lot at the moment?
I own a Magellan GPS unit, another unit though. I looked at this as a spare unit but I think it’s lack of major features is a MAJOR turn-off. The specs at Magellan(the manual in fact) give me the following concerns:
8 MB memory is nothing for a GPS unit, nothing in the specs shows that you can add a memory card, and or, upload newer maps via a cable. I.E., you get what you get and can never update your maps, that’s lame.
If you want an inexpensive unit that you’ll only use casually for hiking and driving on major roadways then go for it, but I think it’s rather disposable with the lack of being able to update the maps on it.
Patrick
According to Amazon’s review, some like it and some hate it. Not a navigational tool for driving apparently as it does not have street-level maps.
But what’s this? One reviewer says there’s a hack available to get PC connectivity going?
Oooh. This just got more interesting. If anyone dares or has dared to tinker with this gizmo to extend its functionality, let us know.
Still, I think I’ll stick with my trusty Delorme Earthmate USB which uh, has a PC connection. Because it’s a PC-based GPS solution. 
Cheers,
Adam
This has no expansion capacity. See: http://www.thegpsstore.com/Magellan-eXplorist-Comparison-Chart.asp
to compare the various Magellan units.
I am looking for a new GPS, Woot, but this isn’t it…