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Mine came with an adaptor that lets me use "AAA" bateries but I've not tried it.

My opinion on Magellan Explorist 500 If anyone cares here is my situation and thoughts. I have a Garmin Street Pilot 2110 for driving on my job but it must be plugged in to the car to run. So I had a Magellan Meridian that I use for Geocashing but it died. When looking into a new unit for geocashing I did not need the directions on the street. Magellan offered me a “trade-in” discount on a refurbished unit and any accessory I had for my old unit (up to three items), if I mailed them in to the company. After price shopping I went with the refirbished Magellan Explorist 500. Likes and dislikes: It fits in pocket but the screen is small; however, the screen resolution is higher and it gives a good view of the map. The Exporist series is much faster to zero in on the location. I have walked up to the cache when the unit said I was 50 feet away. The new unit does not have that trouble. My Garmin came with detailed maps as part of the purchase prices. No local maps came with the unit but they did have a coupon for a local map for $10 (normally $60 to $80 I think). When my Garmin had trouble and Best Buy was no longer stocking that unit I called Garmin for help. I spoke with someone in Texas who was very helpful and took owner ship of the problem and figured out what needed to happen, then did it. When my old Magellan Meridian had trouble I reached someone in India who was hard to understand. After they walked me through steps to test the unit they offered me the trade in program. I wanted to know if I could get an extended warranty and they did not know so I was told to hang up and call the sales department. Once I reached the sales department they said the extended warranty was not available and informed me they could not handle the sale of refurbished unit I would have to call the tech support back.

Put your hands in the air and turn around slowly. or Can I have your licence and registartion? (I real should slow down between caches.

I agrea. I take road trips on a regular basis and might time rest breaks of fuel stops around such a search. Maybe a searches by exits couple be created and then show everthing with in a set distance (1-5 miles) from that exit. Then by selecting a stretch on interstate you would get all of the exit searches that were applicable. I'm not a programer but this does not seem to hard to me. Then again what do I know about setting up a web page. I just think it would be convienant.