Bushnell GPS BackTrack Personal Locator
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Equipment Details
Manufacturer: BushnellBrand: Bushnell
Release Date: 2008-08-18
Model: BSHL-01
Color: Green
Product features:
- Compact GPS personal locator with intuitive 2-button design
- Returns you to your car, home base, or anywhere else
- Stores up to 3 locations; fits easily in pocket or purse
- Weather-resistant; operates on 2 AAA batteries (not included)
- Includes lanyard for easy transport around your neck
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Sports reviews of Bushnell GPS BackTrack Personal Locator
Customer Review: A good device, ironically, for those who know how to use GPS
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
The Bushnell BackTrack is an interesting GPS device with some great applications and some limitations that the user needs to know about. First, I have been using a Garmin handheld for a couple of years, mostly in off-trail hiking in the Pacific Northwest. I hike regularly but only use GPS when on tough cross country routes or in rough weather. I caution people against depending on them and that they should always be a backup navigation device. With that in mind, here is what I see after using the BackTrack:
The good:
- It comes on quickly and is very easy to use. It is easy to mark your location and seems to take you back close enough to get you out of a fix (remember, I'm not trying to find my car in a parking lot, I'm trying to find the parking lot)
- The interface is simple and very intuitive. It should be practiced, though, before your life depends on it.
- There are two situations where three situation where this device is worth it's weight in gold
1) Setting the first waypoint where you started gives you a straight line distance. It is very hard to judge distance off-trail and this gives it to you. Recently while going down a slot canyon in Utah we spent four hours doing what should have taken two. The BackTrack told me I had not yet over-shot our connecting trail. Pure Gold!
2) Using the three waypoints carefully, you can set up a route through tricky terrain. For example, first waypoint at where you leave the trail, second at key pass, third where you leave summit ridge. This use should point out how you kind of need to understand how to use GPS before depending on this.
3) It would work great for finding stashed gear (such as at the base of a climb) or a hidden camp.
The warnings:
- This is inexpensive GPS so it doesn't work well in canyons, deep valleys, mature forests, or on the north sides of mountains. These are a lot of the situations you will need GPS in, if you live in the mountains of the PNW or the Rockies.
- It would be easy to erase a key waypoint accidentally. I set all three at the trailhead when I leave even though that will be the car. Nothing more frustrating than overwriting your car with your second waypoint and your other two waypoints are in another state.
- There is no visual layout of your waypoints like on a regular handheld GPS. If you are a very visual person, this is fine but if not it's a limitation. I find myself doing a lot of trig in my head when using it (essentially because it is giving me straight line distances and I'm going someplace else).
In conclusion, this is a good device for the open, backcountry travel for getting back to where you need to go. It is also a nice second GPS for those who understand the technology and want an easier to use device from time to time.
Description of Bushnell GPS BackTrack Personal Locator
The Bushnell Backtrack- Never Get Lost Again with the easiest to use personal location finder. Just mark the location and BackTrack will help you get back. Use it at the mall and stadium parking lots, at the festival, the park, for travel or your next outdoor adventure.There's nothing quite as refreshing as a good hike or snowshoe trip, but there's nothing quite as terrifying as getting lost on the trail. Enter the Bushnell GPS BackTrack personal locator, which gets you back to your car or home base safely and easily. The BackTrack is a breeze to use, with an intuitive two-button design that employs GPS technology in its most basic format. All you have to do is mark the location of your car, campsite, or anything else (the BackTrack stores up to three locations) and then forget it until it's time to return. At the end of the day, just select the stored location and the BackTrack will display the direction and distance to travel until you return. You can use it to locate a treestand or trailhead, to find your car in a crowded parking lot, even to rendezvous with a group. Plus, it's extremely compact, so you can stow it conveniently in your pocket, pack, or purse.
The BackTrack is weather-resistant and operates on two AAA batteries (not included). It also comes with a lanyard for easy attachment.
About Bushnell
Bushnell has been the industry leader in high-performance sports optics for more than 50 years. The company's guiding principle is to provide the highest quality, most reliable, and most affordable sports optics products on the market. Bushnell product lines enhance the enjoyment of every outdoor pursuit, including nature study, hunting, fishing, birding, and stargazing. Indoors, the company's binoculars bring the audience closer to the action in fast-moving sports or the fine arts at theaters and concerts.
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