Magellan eXplorist XL vs eXplorist 600

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Postby MrPolaris » Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:55 am

Do they actually email you guys back on questions like that?
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Postby MrBill » Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:01 am

Just spoke with them. 100 thru 600 are only water resistant.
The only one water proof to IPX-7 in the XL model.
This is for the world wide market. Some is wrong with the Canadian data on that web page.
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Postby MrBill » Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:08 am

I see the max speed on the 600 in 951MPH or for BC thats 1530.5km/H :shock:
Shit thats all :lol: :lol:
You would think Mach one would be fine, just in case Chadd had one on his quad.
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Postby Ken » Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:10 am

LOL...


Thanks Bill....Good info. I think when I upgrade...I'll go with the Water Proof version.....resistent ain't gunna cut it.


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Postby BearCat » Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:30 am

MrBill wrote:I see the max speed on the 600 in 951MPH or for BC thats 1530.5km/H :shock:
Shit thats all :lol: :lol:
You would think Mach one would be fine, just in case Chadd had one on his quad.
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Postby oldtrucks » Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:48 am

What would really neat is if they could integrate the speed part into some type of kill switch on the quad. That way when it saw a mud puddle coming up it could stop the quad before you hit it going too fast causing you to flip off and turn into a big sissy with a broken toe
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Postby BearCat » Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:04 pm

Oh Shit LOL!!!!

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Postby MrBill » Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:26 pm

Heres a cool one my old Garmin Street Pilot Color Map is IPX-7 rated. It's a year 2000 model.
I'm making a mount for it right now. Good old 5000 Al. and a brake.
Should be cool.
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Postby Mr. Miyagi » Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:37 pm

What would really neat is if they could integrate the speed part into some type of kill switch on the quad. That way when it saw a mud puddle coming up it could stop the quad before you hit it going too fast causing you to flip off and turn into a big sissy with a broken toe
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Postby MrPolaris » Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:04 pm

I concur with Ken that needing something that is waterproof is a must. I jsut wish it had the altimeter and other stuff the 600 had. I also do like hte AA batteries vs the re-chargeable as I would forget to charge it and can get hold of AA easier than a charging location most of the time
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Postby oldtrucks » Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:48 pm

MrPolaris wrote:I jsut wish it had the altimeter and other stuff the 600 had. I also do like hte AA batteries vs the re-chargeable as I would forget to charge it and can get hold of AA easier than a charging location most of the time
Dusty a good map will tell you the elevatio, but if you need both....
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Postby MrPolaris » Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:33 pm

nothing will ever replace a map and compas, but then again. . . I still remember the days of boy scouts when we were given just a few UTM cordinates and had to find our way. . .

So I went to REI tonight. . . the XL is the only way to go. . . the 600 is nice, but the display looks like a honda compared to the XL. . .
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Postby oldtrucks » Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:42 am

Dusty if you haven't bought it yet try http://www.tigergps.com , when I got mine they were lowest I could find
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Postby MrPolaris » Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:47 am

checked them out, they are cheaper than the other sites i was looking at by about 20 bones.
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