Review on Navigate with Confidence: 🧭 Magellan Triton 300 Waterproof Hiking GPS by Ben Demers

After 3 hours of frustration I couldn't load the map. In fact, I couldn't even get the TOPO NatGeo map in the right format to load onto the Triton 300. Neither the Magellan manual nor the NatGeo manual provide instructions on how to format the map for export to the device. Did I say export? ? The NatGeo TOPO software does not have a map export feature; It only exports waypoints, tracks etc. NatGeo TOPO is also disappointing. The quality of their cards is terrible. Support for Magellan products is almost non-existent. Their website is useless to import maps into their GPS devices. I also have an Explorist 400 which was very difficult to load MapSend maps the first time, but it has an SD card and once I figured out how to load maps onto a map it was relatively easy, to switch cards. . Not so with the Triton 300; it doesn't have a memory chip and doesn't play well with the VantagePoint. Aside from the missing SD card, the Triton 300 only has about 24 megabytes of usable memory after installing the software. I don't think you can get a lot of map information in 24 megabytes of memory. Other comparisons to the "old" Explorist 400: While not in color, the Explorist has a larger display, is much brighter, and the buttons are much simpler. use. The 400 is also lighter (important if you're a backpacker). Ironically I also have an old Magellan GPS 310 and it does exactly the same thing as a Triton (no maps) except it shows sunrise/sunset/moon and fishing days. All in all, I only had $100 left over that I spent on an inferior National Geographic TOPO for California. Four Triton 300s were donated to my search party to help search the Sierras. You were useless. Luckily all the volunteers knew how to use a map and compass and preferred their GPS. So there is no success story here for Magellan and their Triton 300s. So four Triton 300s are donated to a local charity; I receive a small tax deduction; and use my Explorist 400 again and be glad I didn't spend money on that POS. And, oh, Nat Geo owes me a free ticket because the one I bought was on a two-for-one sale.