We showed you the fine Magellan eXplorist 210 last February, and the eXplorist 500 is also near and dear to our hearts, and now the company has made a good thing better with the Magellan eXplorist 500 LE, adding the ability to also use AAA batteries in case its lithium-ion batteries run out of juice while you’re out there in the middle of nowhere.
https://gizmodo.com/magellan-explorist-bundle-154065
This is one highly capable navigator, too, with unlimited expansion with SD cards, USB connectivity and a 14-parallel-channel GPS receiver that gives you accuracy down to 9 feet. Its under-4-ounce weight and 4.6-inch height fits easily into the pocket or pack, making it the ideal trail companion. We’re also liking that 2.3-inch high-rez color screen. Available now, it’s about $225.
Press Release [Thales Navigation, Inc., via uber gizmo]
