Does anyone use the Magellan 210?

[+~Mark~]

Since my son Z-man of B-man got hooked we have been going caching together. No problem, except he wants to get out on his own so I picked up a 210 the other day dirt cheep. Now here is the problem. I have a Garman Etrax h and I am not sure which unit I want to keep for my own. It took me a while to figure how to put Geocache points on the 210, but once I got that figured out I like the way you can look at the descriptions right on the unit. So I guess my question would be in the field which unit performs better? I know I will be using one in one hand, and one in the other for a few days, but I was just wondering if anyone else had experience with both units.

[+Nachtraaf]

Technically I think the Etrex H is better when speaking of accurancy, but the 210 is indeed a handy device. Maybe you should agree with your son to change each cache day :-)

 

As it is your son, is it so hard to share the two device between both of you? :-)

[Pestepan]

For me the explorist 210 would be better

 

 

Since my son Z-man of B-man got hooked we have been going caching together. No problem, except he wants to get out on his own so I picked up a 210 the other day dirt cheep. Now here is the problem. I have a Garman Etrax h and I am not sure which unit I want to keep for my own. It took me a while to figure how to put Geocache points on the 210, but once I got that figured out I like the way you can look at the descriptions right on the unit. So I guess my question would be in the field which unit performs better? I know I will be using one in one hand, and one in the other for a few days, but I was just wondering if anyone else had experience with both units.

[+~Mark~]

Technically I think the Etrex H is better when speaking of accurancy, but the 210 is indeed a handy device. Maybe you should agree with your son to change each cache day :-)

 

As it is your son, is it so hard to share the two device between both of you? :-)

 

I think he knows how to share, but I have not learned that yet . No, it seems that we are caching at the same time, just not in the same area.

It is that 17 year old thing. He would rather cache with his friends than his old man. I’ll show him though, I will beat him to all the FTF.

Edited February 29, 2008 by meeisenb

[+Evshro & son]

I love my 210, but remember that it has been discontinued. I was moving up to the Triton, but after hearing the horror stories and remembering my own tech support experiences I opted for the Garmin Colorado (so far no bugs and I love it).

[+~Mark~]

I love my 210, but remember that it has been discontinued. I was moving up to the Triton, but after hearing the horror stories and remembering my own tech support experiences I opted for the Garmin Colorado (so far no bugs and I love it).

 

Oh, I grabbed this unit for almost nothing . I have a Nuvii 200W, and an Etrex H, so I kind of lean towards the Garmin. I have to say; once I upgraded the firmware I am going to let Z-Man use the Etrex H. I need glasses to read , but not to walk in the woods . With the upgraded firmware, and the addition of the large font screen the unit made my mind up for me . I have heard some nasty things about Magellan’s customer service , but for how cheap I got this one if I ruin it I think I will just replace it.

[+casadelrut]

you can get an Explorist 500 LE for about the same price as the 210 these days. The 500 is far better, with added geocaching functionality, color screen, and SD card for storing extra maps, routes, waypoints, etc. I had a 210 and upgraded to the 500. I'm glad I did.