Review on 🧭 Navigate Any Terrain with the Magellan Triton 500 Waterproof Hiking GPS by Jarrod Zuvers

I bought this device hoping to be able to download maps from TOPO NG. Unfortunately, this device doesn't work with Mac computers - at least not yet. And no word on when (if ever) that will happen. So if you're using a Mac, it might be worth waiting or looking elsewhere. Physically, the device feels solid, apart from the battery cover, which is made out of cheap plastic and doesn't sit flush with the device itself, leaving a noticeable mark. a gap you can see and feel. I don't think this detracts from the device as there is internal padding which is actually waterproof (IPX-7). You'd think Magellan would know what the SD card size is for their own product. On their website, they mention 2GB as the general limit for all their products. I actually use a 4GB card with no problems. Spring. One problem is that the device doesn't tell you how big the map is or how much free space is on the map. The corresponding pure PC software will tell you, but the device really has to provide this basic information itself. Speaking of which, the Magellan is seriously lacking in options, especially if you're used to using Garmin. Triton's UI is really sparse, and it's not just because the options are hidden; there are simply no options. The Garmin eTrex, for example, should have ten times as many screens, each with its own sub-menus. Hell, there are even games. With Triton you don't even have an alarm clock. Over-reliance on bundled PC-only software to do simple things like deleting files from an SD card. Those of you who think you can transfer the entire status map to the device should think again. Even though I have more than enough space for such a map, I get errors every time I try. 200 MB cards seem to be the limit so far. You can only activate one TOPO map at a time. So if you're driving through different areas that you have maps for, you'll have to switch to them manually when needed. The obvious solution is to transfer the entire US as a single map, but of course you can't. Another incredibly annoying and pointless limitation: when you use the device "offline" to explore a map or look ahead. To see what's going on, the device will automatically snap you back to its last known location after an extremely short period of inactivity. This makes it impossible to plan ahead or use the device as a digital map. What needs to happen is that the device shows you what you want to see, how you want it, for as long as you want - just like Garmin devices do. When you're done browsing, the ESC key should take you back to your last known position. In its current form, Magellan crippled Triton with a pointless and annoying time limit. I personally prefer the vector maps Garmin uses over the TOPO raster maps. Vector maps give you more control over what map elements you want to see. For example, if you only want to see contour lines, don't look at place names. With a grid, you don't have this ability because the device has no idea what information a TOPO map is conveying; It simply takes a bitmap and overlays it with its own vector basemap information. On the other hand, Garmin vector maps are not as detailed as TOPO maps (at least not yet). The Triton series would be much more attractive if you could use all digitized maps, not just TOPO. was ready. Hopefully firmware updates will fix most of these shortcomings over time.