Cobra GPS100

[Phil B and Phil G]

Can anybody recommend the Cobra GPS100? (I am in New Zealand. It seems more of an American/European brand) Thanks for a reply

Edited April 15, 2007 by Phil B and Phil G

[+jotne]

From what I have heard Cabra 100 is a wery bad GPS.

[GreatCanadian]

I think that very few here will recommend that gps. It does not have a good reputation.

[+Lunatic728]

Can anybody recommend the Cobra GPS100? (I am in New Zealand. It seems more of an American/European brand) Thanks for a reply

 

I hated mine, bought off of eBay for less than 90.00 bucks. I thought since it could connect to the computer and it had an SD card I thought it would be a cheaper option than one of the Garmin units.

 

The unit only had a Serial connection, so if I wanted USB I had to get another piece. The software seemed like it was written for windows 3.1 and had a good size learning curve to it.

 

The best I could with accuracy was about 25 or 30 feet while my Garmin GPS 18 for the laptop was right on the money about 7.5 feet.

 

So I sold it on eBay and got a Garmin GPSMAP 60C for a good price.

 

I would not recommend this unit to anyone.

 

Lunatic

[+Zork V]

From what has been written about these units, AVOID !!

[+Anrx4you]

I own a Cobra100.

 

Problems I have:

1) low battery life

2) no maps

3) software freezes

 

I don't recommend it for geocaching unless you just need to get co-ordinates of where you are stashing a cache. It is a pretty out-dated piece of equipment.

 

On the plus side:

1) It's built like a Sherman tank

2) It has an altimeter

 

I think a fair 2008 price is maybe 25-35 U.S. dollars. Garmin and Magellen are quality machines (I prefer Garmin), and everything else will "get you by".