Magellan Meridian Color Handheld GPS Receiver

Pros: small, light, waterproof, COLOR
Cons: marginal battery life, slow screen refresh, not THAT small

First off, The Magellan Meridian Color is a great handheld GPS. It is small, waterproof (so they say) and shows everything in vibrant color. The screen is a good size, but not as large as more modern, in-car navigation systems. This is due to its ...

Pros: Waterproof, SD slot, 16 MB built-in memory, quick acquisition, marine features
Cons: Eats batteries, often clumsy user interface

This unit was highly recommended to me by a friend when I was looking for a GPS unit to use when kayaking on the coast of NC. I decided on it when I saw that it was waterproof, had a memory expansion slot, and included most marine navpoints and ...

Pros: Low cost, color is great, pre-loaded buoys, cans, nuns and lighthouses.
Cons: Short battery life.

I use this unit in the US North Atlantic. I have a 17 foot Newport daysailer that I take from the mainland New Hampshire coast to the Isle of Shoals, around Portsmouth Harbor, into Southern Maine and around Hampton and Rye NH. Before I had the Magellan, ...

Pros: Great display. Ergonomic design. Supports SD card.
Cons: Bad user interface. Bad communications. Bad support.

It's not all good news. I purchased this unit in Australia and the expensive maps that HAVE to be purchased from Magellan only to find that the unit didn't support street numbers. They told me that there would be an update in January but it never turned ...

Pros: performance, reliability, turn-by-turn directions, audible prompts, etc. (see review)
Cons: battery life, screen visibility in bright sun, not Mac compatible, no USB cord

This product blows me away. One small unit will serve your outdoor adventure needs as well as in-car-navigations needs. Pros: A. This device will... ...create turn by turn routes* ...give audible cues at turns and manuevers* ...allow the input ...

Pros: Accuracy, sat lock, user interface, durability, expandability
Cons: No easy way to carry it w/o buying a proprietary strap.

The more reviews I read of GPS units, the more happy I am with the Meridian series. I currently own two, one green and one gold. I would recommend spending the extra $50 to upgrade. The newer software that comes with the Meridian Gold (5.12) seems a ...

Pros: Nice picture, ease of use, not too spendy
Cons: batteries go quickly, often times it takes a couple of minutes to initialize

Bought this color gps online about a month ago brand new for 280 shipped to my front door. As with all my reviews, this is another short and sweet review. I've used it to find stores, mark my favorite fishing spots, and just usual playing around. I'm ...

Pros: Indestructible, Accurate, Easy-to-Use and Easy-to-read -- A great investment
Cons: Battery Life, Acquisition Time at bit slow

I love geocaching, so I got my wife (ha ha) a GPS. I did some research and found the Magellan Meridian GPS. I got it for about OneHundredandTwenty bucks on Ebay. Easy to Use Some GPS devices have a single button and a mouse-like thing. ...

Pros: Accurate, Color screen, detailed maps, expandable memory, Versatile
Cons: Confusing manual, Battery drain.

I wanted a GPS for my car, hiking, and boating. Meridian Color is what I bought and I’m glad I did. Batteries drain quickly when using the backlight. I recommend using Ni-MH batteries with an 1800 ma or higher rating. They seem to last longer than ...

Pros: Color screen, rubber armor, larger size.
Cons: Battery drain, cost, additional cost incurred buying memory, maps on CDROM, etc.

My wife bought me this unit as an upgrade to my older Magellan Map330. We do ALOT of geocaching and get lots and lots of use out of our GPS unit. I am writing this review after two seperate geocaching trips. The color screen is very easy on your eyes, ...

Pros: EXPANDABLE memory (MMC cards OK); upgradable; solid unit comfortable in the hands; battery life; features!
Cons: Might be too big/heavy for some people; No built-in place for wrist strap/lanyard;

I darn near bought a Garmin Legend, and decided to dig a little deeper - I wanted to be SURE it was the unit that suited me best. I stumbled across the Magellan Meridian GPS (base unit) for about the same price (actually the Meridian was a little ...

Pros: light, portable, detailed maps, expandable memory
Cons: confusing manual, maps not accurate, user interface could be better.

I never considered a GPS until I demoed one at a store and thought it could be the answer to my terrible sense of direction. I spend half my time lost on my way to an important client fumbling for maps and stopping to ask directions from startled pedestri ...

Pros: Great for geocaching, good price
Cons: basemap is pretty much worthless

I bought this unit to use primarily to go geocaching (see www.geocaching.com for information). Geoc ...

Pros: Excellent unit.
Cons: The Map Send Streets software is useless!

This is a very good GPS unit. The problem is that Magellan uses a map database vendor that is the W ...

Pros: waterproof, floats, high amount of variables can be put in, WAAS, price
Cons: Must buy additional software to get all the functions of this unit

This is the first GPS unit I have bought. I did a lot of research before I purchased this unit, which I will primarily use for fishing.
I wanted a unit that was 12 channel, provided mapping views (as compared to directional views only), and one...