Review on Water-Resistant Magellan eXplorist 300 GPS for Hiking by Mike Lawler

I'm in the infantry and we use what's called a plugger. It's huge, slow, and useless. In Iraq I used the Garmin E-Trex. The front panel is cracked but still works. When I got home I bought a new GPS. We switched to DAGGER, another terrible and unfriendly military GPS. I don't have time in the field to use the 12 steps to work on a product. Therefore we rely on civilian GPS devices. This model worked fine when I used the in-store demo, but I had to wear gloves when doing it. I often wear either tactical or weather gloves, and it's almost impossible to operate the buttons on this device while wearing gloves. My gloves are tactical gloves, close to the skin, and I have good dexterity in them. Still no dice. The e-trex is better because it has big buttons on the side that you just have to press. You can do this with one hand while holding a map, flashlight, rifle, or binoculars in the other. but not the Magellan 300. Working in a high-speed environment is uncomfortable. Because of the type of things I do, I often have to put my device away and take it out. A friend had a GPS watch and it worked great. To compensate for the fact that I plug it in and out a lot, I decided to keep it in a small pocket on the outside of my body armor. There are no dice. When I took it out to store yesterday I saw that the LCD was shrinking or something and had a big black spot on it. This GPS works great if you are just geocaching and can use two hands etc. can take up your time. If you find yourself moving fast at night, wear gloves, have a few things to keep your hands on and a few things that need your attention at the same time. I recommend abandoning this model.