Magellan triton 300

[8feetN16paws]

Will this work for a beginner? If so, how can I download the cache? Thanks.

[+GunnerMac]

I use the Triton 400 and load caches .loc and .gpx with Vantage Point software that was included in the box. This GPS is fairly easy to use for geocaching.

 

Good Luck

[+SkellyCA]

I use a Triton 400. I believe the only difference is that the 400 will take an SD card. The T300 will work great for caching. You do need to use Magellan's VantagePoint software. I believe it's free on the website if you don't have the disk.

 

I made this step by step deally..

 

You need to be a premium member to download gpx files. If you are not a premium member, follow the same procedure using the .loc files, except for the use of pocket queries; and you will not get the info listed at the bottom, only the location of the caches..

 

You can use either step 2a, 2b or 2c to get the caches from the website in VP.

 

1. On the page of a cache, click GPX eXchange File and save it to your hard drive; I organized mine into different folders, basically by city(I usually name them the same as on the website; make sure that the file name ends in .gpx)

 

2. Choose option a, b or c.

a. Upload the .gpx file into Vantage point; from Vantage Point software, click the Import Icon, 3rd from the left; then select the file from your hard drive. You can only do one file at a time, pain in the butt.

 

b. To import multiple gpx files at once, open the folder that contains the gpx files and open VPSelect the files(hold down CTRL and click the ones you want); then drag them into VP

 

c. Create a Pocket Query; unzip zip it; then import in into VP.

 

3. Transfer the file to GPSr. Connect your unit the the computer via usb. Then Click the Transfer From PC to My GPS icon where it says Snyc. Then a window will popup and to can select waypoints or geocaches; I uncheck both boxes. Then click the plus sign next to geocaches; then chech the boxes next to all the caches you want to transfer; it'll do how many ever you select. Then click OK and let it do it's thing.

 

What you will get on your Triton is…

 

1. Name

2. Description. A long and a short Description

3. Cache Type

4. Coordinates

5. Distance from current location

6. Hint

Edited October 20, 2009 by SkellyCA

[+Arrow42]

I own a Magellan triton 400 and I'm mostly happy with it... but I don't think I would recommend it to someone looking for a GPSr. I don't think Magellan has any respect for the Geocaching community... the paperless geocaching is missing vital information (like size, geocode, logs, etc.) and I've found a number of geocaches that would actually crash vantage point if I tried to load them into the GPSr.

 

That said, at the 130$ price point I think the T400 has the best feature-set on the market. If you can get past some of the quirkiness I think you will be successful.