Cobra GPS 500 Handheld GPS Receiver Reviews

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We have had problems similar to the ones that many of the other reviewers have had with their Cobra 500. The first unit we had worked marvelously for over 10 months. from Amazon.com I was lost in the woods, due to the Cobra500, since it is unable to lock on any satalites, when a skunk tried to attack me. I threw my Cobra500 Gps at it, sending the skunk away. from Amazon.com The bargain GPS I got seemed to work fine on the trip home from town, except the build in maps only list major roads. I spent the money on the interface cables, power cable and mapping CD roms only to discover that the 500 will not allow map detail information like roads to be uploaded! What then is the point? from Amazon.com The unit works brilliatly as a paperweight to hold your map in place so you can orient by compass. First time out with the GPS as our guide, we stayed lost for 6 hours. Stupidity on our part to be sure --- for getting lost in the first place AND for thinking the Cobra 500 would do a lick of good helping us find our way. If it locks, look fast, it's going to lose the lock. from Amazon.com I purchased a GPS500 for geocaching, mainly attracted by the low price and "FAST" acquistion feature. Screen resolution is terrible, acquisition times vary from 6 minutes to never, accuracy (compared to friends' GPS units) was way off, and it proved to be utterly unreliable in the field. from Amazon.com Recently upgraded a cobra 100 for a 500... first time out, it failed, leaving me in the woods all night 'till I got a bearing on the sun in AM... from Amazon.com At the same time my father bought a Garmin eTrex unit and it's much better. I now regret all the fun I've made about his GPS and mine because mine has 18 satellite connection and his just 12. Fisrt of all the Garmin connects in about 45 second while the Cobra in 2 minutes. Meanwhile the Garmin gets 9 sats the Cobra only gets 5. from Amazon.com First day I got it, it had trouble connecting. Second day, it wouldnt turn on anymore. from Amazon.com I purchased a GPS500 for geocaching, mainly attracted by the low price and "FAST" acquistion feature. Screen resolution is terrible, acquisition times vary from 6 minutes to never, accuracy (compared to friends' GPS units) was way off, and it proved to be utterly unreliable in the field. from Amazon.com I was lost in the woods, due to the Cobra500, since it is unable to lock on any satalites, when a skunk tried to attack me. I threw my Cobra500 Gps at it, sending the skunk away. from Amazon.com

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The Cobra GPS 500 features 18 parallel channels for faster acquisition time! Base Map includes continental U.S. state boundaries, Canadian political boundaries, European country boundaries and hundreds of worldwide cities.

Specs

Released	over 3 years ago
Form Factor	Handheld
Display Size	1.1 in. x 2.1 in.
Receiver type	18 Channels
Antenna	Built-in
Accuisition Time - Initial Time	50 sec
Accuisition time - Hot	10 sec
Accuisition time - cold	35 sec
Battery Life	22 Hours
Battery Type and Quantity	2 x AA Batteries
Built in memory	2 MB
Depth	1.5 in.
Enhanced accuracy	WAAS enabled
Enhanced position accuracy	< 9.84 feet
Height	4.7 in.
Map capabilities	Download maps
Number of routes	20
Resolutions	128 X 64
Trip calculator	Maximum speed, Odometer, Trip Timers
Update rate	1 per second, continuous
Weight	0.33 lb.
Width	2.3 in.

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