Magellan eXplorist 400
The Magellan eXplorist 400 is in the middle of Magellan’s eXplorist line of handheld GPS receivers. The eXplorist 400 features the ability to store unlimited waypoints, routes, and trackpoints on SD cards. You can add nearly whatever type of maps you would like to the eXplorist 400 such as topo maps, lake maps, or street maps. Maps can be downloaded via USB.
There is 8 Mb of built in maps available on the Magellan eXplorist 400 leaving 8 Mb of internal storage. This remaining memory can store 5 tracklogs, 20 routes and 500 POIs. The eXplorist 400 also comes with a Geocache Manager allowing you to download geocache details directly to the eXplorist 400.
You can expect to get about 17 hours of battery life from the Li-Ion battery. The device is water resistant so if it starts to rain while geocaching you shouldn’t have any troubles. The Magellan eXplorist 400 comes with a grayscale display which should be fine for many people. If you would like a color display, go for the Magellan eXplorist 500. If you don’t need the additional memory storage options via SD cards you can save a little money by opting for the Magellan eXplorist 300.
| Store | Rating | Best Prices |
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Compare all prices on the Magellan eXplorist 400 Handheld / Trail GPS ranging from $13.97 to $271.42. | ||
 | $23.95 | |
 | $199.99 | |
 |  In stock at Dick's Sporting Goods | $149.99 |
 | In stock at Team Store | $224.99 |
| In stock at Dick's Sporting Goods | $224.99 |
 | In stock at BoatersWorld.com | $122.31 |
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This was the best GPSR I ever owned. Unfortunately I lost it and my wife bought me a Bushnell Onix 200CR. Look for that review on here.
I never had a problem with this unit as far a it getting wet, but I worried about the way the back cover did not seem to seal all the way. There seemed to be a little gap. It got wet plenty of times and never gave me a problem.
This is a great unit!!
The Magellan Explorist 400 is perfect for avid hikers or geocachers. The unit is accurate and very easy use.
I had this Magellan Explorist 400 and needed tech advice. Ended up on the phone waiting for 50+ minutes before I recieved a mediocre response. I went for a Delorme and the Magellan sits in the drawer…The product is only as good as the support provided, especially for a new user.
I had an Explorist 400 for 22 months and loved it. It had an occasional problem with file maintenance (e.g., at times I couldn’t delete some files using the PC to GPS interface), but nothing serious until last week when I was in the process of storing a group of waypoint files to the unit.
It looks like a firmware error to me, but the result was that I ended up with a corrupted directory structure on the device and lost the protected memory basemap to boot. Since the unit is no longer in production, the only help Magellan could offer was sympathy and a small discount on a new or refurbished Triton. I haven’t decided to take their offer yet or not….