Magellan Triton reinvents handheld GPS. Triton 300 is amazingly easy to use with a smartly designed interface and simple menus that make navigation fun and effortless. The full-color crystal clear display shows all your maps and navigation information in brilliant, easy-to-view graphics. Instantly view all your maps, locations and saved tracks and waypoints using the intuitive scroll pad and direct-access buttons. Unlike other complicated devices that require you to scroll through screen after screen, Triton 300 gets you to the information you want in two or three clicks. The next-generation handheld GPS for precision outdoor navigation. Click to enlarge. Simple menus, instant access buttons, intuitive scroll pad and [Read More...]
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Nothing but frustration. Works fine for a few hours and then constantly locks up (pressing any button has no effect). I wait for more than 10 minutes and it still does not do anything. Ended up having to reboot by removing the batteries… except removing the batteries causes you to loose the current trail data. This would happen daily. Work fine in the morning and then a mess by the afternoon.
Very poor instruction manual (basically no info and website was useless as well) I’m an engineering but I still like to have some reference manual explaining functions that I don’t understand.
VantagePoint software was not very good either.
Battery life is horrible. I don’t have any other to compare with but leaving it on to record a trail I don’t get more than 10hrs of time with a set of alkaline AAs (with back light off of course).
Will be returning this until a few more versions of firmware go by or more likely I will buy a Garmin instead. National Geographic TOPO maps sounded cool but if you can’t get the stupid thing to work what is the point?
Purchased 12/2007 tried to update firmware and software but already had current versions.
Firmware, Date - 1, 24, 0,
After approximately 20 hours of using the Triton 300 in the field, these are my impressions.
The good:
Quick to power up and initialize.
Rugged construction and feel of case.
Clear bright screen.
Navigation fairly easy and intuitive.
Good battery life.
Compatible with National Geographic 1:24000 maps
The bad:
User manual is incomplete leaving out a lot of necessary information. Some of the information is just plain incorrect and unit will not function if directions are followed.
Unit locks up (every time) after connecting to TOPO! and Vantage Point (Magellan’s software) requiring a battery to be pulled out to reset the unit.
Approximately 15-25 times in the twenty hours, upon pressing a key the unit would lock up. A continuous sound would emit as if the key was being held down. The only alternative was to pull the batteries out to restart.
Magellan tech support (India) claimed they would have one of their Senior members call be back within the hour to help with some issues. 20 days later….still no call.
Much difficulty connecting for map and waypoint transfers.
Overall Impression:
A ton of aggravation I could have done without!It is very obvious Magellan rushed product rollout despite tons of bugs in the software and inadequate documentation(Manual).
Recommendation: Unless you love frustration, wait for them to work out the bugs.