Bushnell BackTrack GPS Receiver Reviews

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Press the button, press the buttons and then go, come back, Thanks. Mushroom hunting in the NW Puget Sound with my two scatterbrained, non-compass/GPS-using parents was completely unrealistic until I purchased this product. I have less fear of becoming entirely bereft of civilization and watching my parents die of starvation with the handy Bushnell Backtrack thing. I looked at Garmin products and GPS etc. from Amazon.com The only reason I did not give backtrack 5 stars is because it takes several minutes to locate the satellite when you turn it on (when you wake it up from sleep mode it will find the signal much faster). I have used the backtrack many times now for camping and hiking and it works great! from Amazon.com Bought the GPS BackTrack for my wife who has early stage Alzheimer's. TheBackTrack worked as advertized as soon as I put batteries in it. from Amazon.com When we were in Hanoi, we had a general idea of where to go and we also brought 2 maps with us. We ended up getting lost from the path we were trying to take on the map due to lack of road signs in many areas. The great thing was that it didn't really matter if we got lost because when we were tired from walking, all I had to do was take out the handy dandy Bushnell BackTrack GPS and it guided us back to our hotel. The downside was that the accuracy was off by about 15 yards. from Amazon.com I have no sense of direction, travel frequently and run in strange towns. The Back-Track sounded like the perfect tool for me. from Amazon.com I installed the batteries after a short tussle with the back of the device, and took it outside, where I locked onto a signal in something between 1-2 minutes. I did take the advice of other reviews and decided to dispense with the included lanyard, which is somewhat insubstantial. I plan to get some thin rope at a local marine hardware store and rig up something similar to the one supplied with the Backtrack. I had a lanyard with a metal connector, and decided against that also because of somebody's review about keeping the device away from metal. from Amazon.com I read a favorable review of the BackTrack in a hunting/outdoors magazine last summer and was interested in trying one out - but the original $80 price tag (for such a basic unit) was a bit rich for me. Months later, the wife and I hit some of the local after-Christmas sales and - low and behold - there was a cache of BackTracks on clearance at 80% off. from Amazon.com I'm a gadget freak, so I had to have this, I bought it and tested it right away in different scenarios. Several times on open parking lots it locked the satellite signal within one minute which made me happy since some reviews say it takes much longer, I went shopping, and while I was outdoors it pointed me to the correct direction of my car, but following the backtrack it missed my car for about 30 feet, is not nice when you have a huge cart full of groceries and you have to go all the way around to the next row of vehicles in the parking lot because the device missed your car for even a short distance. IT DOESN'T WORK INDOORS!!! from Amazon.com I have several GPS devices which I use for various activities but I wanted something simple which would get me back to a set point without having to use a map, or which my family could use without me. For example, when on vacation I wanted to be able to find my way back to the hotel after a couple of hours of exploring, or hand off to my wife so she could find me after a stroll along a crowded beach. The Backtrack does that perfectly. It's dirt-simple to use (it has two buttons), it allows you to set three waypoints and will give you direction and distance to one of them from your current location. from Amazon.com This is a simple device but that is part of it's appeal. My wife has a high quality Garmen eTrex for hiking. We were using both on these hikes and, while the Garmen is great for tracking many way-points and tracking your whole trip, this Bushnell product is actually much easier to interpret and use to rapidly know which way your car (or trailhead or wherever you were you might want to go back to) is. Highly recommended. from Amazon.com

Released	1 year ago
Designation	Outdoor
Form Factor	Handheld
User interface	Keypad
Battery Type and Quantity	2 x AAA Batteries
GPS Type	Outdoor
Input Method	Keypad
MPN	36-0050
Special Features	Compass
UPC	029757360052
Weight	0.35 lb.

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