Comments on: Magellan Triton 2000

By: John

John — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:14:01 +0000

Just looking for input.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:39:25 +0000

Just updated to the 1.71 firmware. BIG improvement – much more responsive and lots of nice added features. Added information screens and the ability to turn the screens on and off – these two features alone bring it up to par with my Magellan 315 GPS that still works! Finally, it works the way I expected Magellan to work. (I also have a Garmin Legend eTrex in my stable of GPSs).

For all those that have given up on the T2000, try it again with the new firmware. I did use the T2000 all summer traveling through Scotland with the previous firmware, with acceptable usability and excellent accuracy and reception.

By: Gary W Breisch

Gary W Breisch — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:13:44 +0000

I gave up on mine and use the old simple one till I can afford a different one.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:47:52 +0000

I am having many of the same problems described here in this forum. Should I just give up on my Triton 2000 or should I keep banging my head against the wall?

By: grant

grant — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:00:29 +0000

i was looking @ T-2000 due to the customer loyalty program.
good discount on discontinued unit i own.
but think i’ll look harder @garmin 400t

By: Leo

Leo — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:44:27 +0000

Cass,
As someone looking to buy my first handheld GPS, you are an ideal source. I was interested in the Triton 2000, but this review link has cured me of that. Now I am looking at Delorme PN40/30. Since you use it, as well as Garmin, can you advise between the Garmin 60SCx and the PN40? Have you got Delorme’s Topo 8.0 (which is supposed to be state of the art)?

I appreciate your time.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:09:57 +0000

Thanks for your reply. Yes I have the V.1.46 firmware.
I never have gotten a good set of discs from Nat. Geo. The GPS setup gives two options, Elevation in feet or meters, ok fine, so you set it to feet and all is ok intil you get higher than 5280 feet, then it shows that you are at 1.XX miles in elevation. I have gotten to the point that I have completely given up on the try-ton 2000 (misspelled purposely). I cannot return it to mayjellin (misspelled purposely) because I put my trust in them and ended up waiting too long for them to resolve the serious issues with the unit. I am thinking of taking it out to the rifle range, gluing it to the center of a target at 200 yards, and sighting in my 300 Weatherby on it. I have thought of selling it to some poor unknowing soul, but I would have my own conscience to deal with, and knowing that I had ripped someone off by selling them this “thing” would bother me to no end. I will probably get a Garmin. A friend of mine has one, never has had a single snag or glitch with it, It does everything that it is supposed to do, it is reliable, user friendly, and it always gives elevation in feet !!!!!

By: Cass

Cass — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:31:41 +0000

Dave C,
* Former Triton 2000 owner here. Did some beta testing for them after the wreck of a product launch as well. The Triton was and continues to be a brick! Great idea. Horrible execution
* Big draw for me, like you, was the NG Topo connection. I have been a Topo! user since the days of Wildflower. Love those products. Still would like to see a viable product that uses those maps.
* Own and use both a Garmin 60SCx and a Delorme PN-40.
* You can get good 1:24k Garmin maps from hack sites for the Garmin, comparable to NGT. The coverage depends on what the shareware developers have put out there though. Look at http://www.GPSFileDepot.com to see if it will provide what you need. These will work on the 60, 76, Colorado, and Oregon series units.
* The Delorme maps are on par with the NGT maps if you get the download service ($30/yr I think.) Base map is fair, but you can download the same USGS maps the NGT uses. You also can get sat photos, aerial photos, etc. High quality. The handheld unit works very well. Desktop software is a brute to work with though!

By: Phil Lowry

Phil Lowry — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:35:13 +0000

yup

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:21:15 +0000

I think you mean the PN-40. If you have a PN-60 then we need to talk.