Magellan Triton 400 Handheld GPS Receiver

I made this purchase based on the company literature and hype provided on this machine on the web.I expected an easy to use hand held GPS with a short learning curve. This unit is not simple to use nor user friendly for a novice user. I have an earlier unit that works far more intuitively but had a steep learning curve. If you are looking for an easy to use, right out of the box unit this is not it. I have had it for a little over a week, read all of the literature, spent several hours in the field and I still cannot get the results I expected. I do like the unit size ,if that matters at all. I wish I had done far more research before making this purchase, I am sure there are better choices especially given the simplicity in use of car systems these days.

I bought this for riding ATV's and its great for it! This is a simple system to use and is durable and reliable it can pick up to 20 different channels and has great reception. If your buying a Magellan product this is a good pick and value !

This item is super easy to use. I just took it to work and played around with it and figured everything out with ease. There's not a whole lot I have to say other than I am happy with the product and I use it almost everyday. It works like a champ and acquires satalites quickly. Good piece of kit.

PROS: OUTSTANDING handheld device....accurate, easy to use, quick updates and easy downloads. COLOR screen!

Cons: The color of the unit! RED? Come on.....give us something a little more universal in color. Even BLACK would have been better.

This Magellan Triton 400 Handheld GPS Receiver is extremely easy to use for the common man.It will guide you anywhere you need to go.

I use my Triton 400 with National Geographic Topo maps to navigate through, and find my way back from, the many miles of trails in the National Forests surrounding my home in Northern Arizona. We mostly ride them on our ATVs. This unit is compact, very accurate and easy to use. I find that all Forest Service Rds and most trails are shown on the TOPO maps, making it very easy to select routes and the backtrack feature ensures you find your way home. One cactus or rock looks pretty much like any other Cactus or rock out here.

I read a lot of reviews about the Triton 400, both positive and negative, before I bought mine. The most common complaint in the negative reviews was that it was too hard to learn how to use it. I found this not to be true at all. Although it’s not the most intuitive electronic gadget I’ve used, it is not difficult to master. The on line manual is complete and concise and will step by step you through the options. Just play with it a bit and you’ll be fine.

If I have one or two complaints they are 1, the screen is very small (it’s a compact unit) and a bit hard on my 65 year old eyes. The other is that, although the Magellan manual is pretty good, the National Geographic Topo one is not. Many of the functions and options in the map PC application must be discovered via trial and error. They are very good maps but the progrsm is not very user friendly.

fast shipping good dealthe item was pictured correctly and was spelled out exactly the seller promised i am delight ed with the sale

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I bought the Triton after having a Explorist 210 and a Explorist 400 for the last couple of years. It was more af a impulse buy as the other GPS' still work fine but since I already owned the National Geographic Topo State series maps I liked the idea of being able to load them onto my GPS.
The tracking mode seems to be more accurate than the Explorist series, I assume because of the high sensitivity receiver being able to get a better signal when under the trees. It was not a huge difference but the Triton track exactly corresponded with the map trails while the Explorist track was more jumpy i always figured that it was from losing the signal but am not sure of that and like I say it was more a factor of my nature then an actual problem.
The color screen is nice to work with after only having B&W and the quarter VGA resolution is great.
I had used Vantage Point with the Explorists previous to this but always thought that it sucked because of the very basic base map compared to using them with NG Topo but now that I have been able to download maps from National Geographic to the Triton and from there import them to Vantage Point I seldom use the Topo program since VP is more user friendly (For Me).
As soon as I received the Triton I upgraded to the latest firmware. This went off without a hitch and I have not had any lockup problems as described by some.
The thing that I don't like about the Triton is the shorter battery life. Even though it is against the recommendation, I use NiMH rechargeable batteries. and very soon after putting in freshly charged batteries I am down to 3 out of 4 bars on the battery strength gauge. This is natural since a NiMH cell puts out 1.2 volts versus 1.5 volts for a alkaline cell. Not too long after that I'm down to 2 out of 4 bars and a low battery warning comes on but from there the unit does last for quite a while, I have never had to change batteries out in the field but I have also never done a actual time test.
Another thing that I don't like is that the volume level for the alarms, even on the highest setting, is not adequate.
The attachment point for a lanyard is quite small and it is a PITA to get one attached to it.
One other thing to look out for is information on the web. I read somewhere that the Triton could use only a 2 Gig SD card so when I ordered the GPS I also ordered a 2 Gig card and this was not adequate for the NY State maps that I wanted to put on. I tried a 8 Gig card and it worked no problem. I now have most of New York State on the unit at 1:100,000 & 1:24,000. I don't know if that was a real limitation previously or not but I am happy it isn't now.
One thing that I hope will change with a later firmware update is on the Current Location screen. One half of the screen has no data fields on it and I would really like to see that space filled up with user configurable data fields, For me the more data available on a single screen the less that I have to go searching around for the info that I want.
As some have mentioned, sometimes the menu system is less then ideal, it will take you a while to remember where everything is at but for most of the everyday features that is no problem.
All in all I am well pleased with the Triton 400 and would not hesitate to recommend it to a friend.

Good Price- newer model- great price on shipping, got here fast. Needed it for work not for play. It does all the things I need. So the information about the product was very accurate. Has worked well so far. Just so that you know had to return to Magellan to get updated was missing some information.

Exactly what I was looking for, and so wonderfully priced. It's nice and tough so I feel good about walking around in the hills and mountains with it, knowing that even if I drop it its going to be protected. Couldn't be happier.

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Very quick shipment, arrived Christmas Eve, as predicted. Very happy with entire transaction. Good price and seems to be good GPS.

Hard to use.
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My boyfriend uses it to go geocashing and says it works great. Pinpoints well, and the battery lasts a while.

Excellent satellite aquisition and accuracy. Mine froze once during the new firmware/software install. Otherwise great little gizmo for running around the countryside. Don't be afraid of reading the directions before installing the batteries and doing full updates after you understand the directions... it may take some thought process. ;)

It's a pain in the rear to load and get the maps to display they have a problem in there loading program

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Takes a bit of getting used to, very little instructions included. The on/off switch broke after two weeks on a brand new unit. I had to send it to Magellan for warranty repair, a 3-4 week delay. My main reasons for purchasing this model is to find the cords of eagle nests that I will be monitoring this breeding season and to do a bit of geocaching. Needless to say I have not gotten to do either. The price was good and the features available fit my needs. Looking forward to seeing it in action!!!

I purchased this GPS to use for live tracking on a netbook with National Geographic TOPO! software which it is advertised to be compatible. The National Geo support team advised me in this direction through several email communications. Once the GPS was connected to my netbook and the software, I discovered that the live tracking fuction does not work with the Triton unit, unlike all other compatible GPS devices.

I have not experimented with downloading the topo maps to the GPS device. This was not my purpose in purchasing it. Seems like a very basic function which should work with the unit. I'll be selling my Triton and purchasing an Explorist which works flawlessly.

While I haven't tried other functions of the GPS, the lack of live tracking on the software for which it is advertised to be compatible is inexcusable.

Unit seems to work.
Features appear that they could but useful.

Software will not work, Therefore GPS unit is worthless for its intended purpose.


Expensive, but attractive paper weight.

product is complex. need some study before you can really use features. but it is nice and complete. the only thing is that you need some other softwares if you want to see your trails using Google Earth.

What I Like: Easy to figure out (mostly) the GPSr itself; small; accuracy; different mode (geocaching, etc); expandable memory slot (SD card); rugged; water proof;

What I DON'T Like: Very basic base map; hard to figure out program to install on PC that came with the GPSr; the program to that came with the GPSr is ONLY compatible with PC! (very discriminating against Mac users)

I read many reviews before deciding this, and I was pretty confident that I will be in love with this product, but I must say it was very disappointing. I read that this product is good product for first-time GPSr owners, but it is not so true. The worst part was finding out that the computer program that came with the product is NOT compatible with Mac. It's good for what I use (geocaching), but if you want to use this product for more, this is definitely a disappointment. Next time, I'll buy GPS from other company with much more usability and ease of use.