GPS Systems and Reviews

Hiking with the Uniden Trax438

Getting out to enjoy the outdoors is a pastime that many wish they could take part in more often. Whether you’re inhaling the crisp air of fall or tromping through the woods looking for game, there is something exhilarating about getting outside to enjoy nature. Of course, with much of nature cut down or plowed away to make room for highways and subdivisions, it can be more than a notion to find a place to get out and enjoy the great outdoors, let alone make your way through it without getting lost when you finally find it. This is why many outdoors enthusiasts rely on the Uniden Trax438 to help them find their way through trails, across rivers, and even in valleys.

Hike the Trails

So you’re ready to go outside and you’re wondering now how the Uniden Trax438 can help you along the way. Well let’s create a scenario to get you started. Suppose you’ve driven to a location that you’ve always wanted to walk through, but were too afraid of getting lost. Assuming you’ve used the system to get to your location, you can remove it from your dashboard to begin using it as a handheld device.

The Uniden Trax438 automatically can determine your coordinates as you begin to take your travel by foot off the road and into what is normally considered to be uncharted territory. Once you begin traveling, it can keep track of where you are now and also help you map out where you’re going next, all via the Trail Book navigation program that displays its on your touchscreen display. If you want to find a lake that has always been described as “well hidden” behind the woods, the device can find that location for you. And if you want to trace your way back to where you came from, just be storing the waypoints in the system, you can make your way back to the car, reattach the device to your dashboard, plug in the next destination in the system, and make your way out of the area just as easily as you made your way in.

Travel by Road

Though the Uniden Trax438 was works well for those who love to spend time outdoors, it is also perfect for the person who prefers to travel inside of a comfortable vehicle. If you love to travel by car but always seem to get turned around when you visit a new location, you can trust in the system to get you where you need to go. By just plugging in your address as a departure location and the destination as the location you want to reach, you can easily get started on your journey. The device comes with a large 4.3-inch color TFT anti-glare screen that allows you to view both 2D and 3D maps of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands with no trouble. And if you want to load even more maps onto the system, you can download them onto the internal 2 GB flash card.

Enjoy the Extras

Integrated Radar Detector – If you’re like a lot of people, you don’t like thinking about whether a police car is nearby when you’re traveling between cities and want to step on the accelerator a little bit. This is why the Uniden Trax438 is a great option for those who want to be alerted when police speed check radars are nearby. This radar detector can not only determine this, but also what speed you are traveling, what your average speed is, your total trip time, estimated time of arrival, total miles traveled, and time stopped.

Turn-by-Turn Voice Navigation – This device offers guided instruction to any location with turn-by-turn voice prompted navigation. This means, instead of having to look down to read the screen for instruction on which turn to make next, you can simply keep your eyes on the road and what for the system to tell you your next move. 

POIs – If you love to make stops along the way when traveling, especially in new cities, then you’ll love the integrated POI database, which keeps an updated listing of ATMs, restaurants, hotels, repair shops, gas stations and tourist attractions by the millions.

There are other features you can enjoy with the Uniden Trax438, whether you’re on foot or in a vehicle. Some include a trip computer, trip book, external antenna jack, stereo earphone jack, and much more. But even those to cover the entire list of features you can take advantage of with the Uniden Trax438. So if you’re interested in learning more, don’t be afraid to do more research. And if you’ve learned all you need to know, then get out there and get your own!

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Why a Hand Held GPS Is Right for You

Have you seen someone walking around on the street or on a hiking trail with a contraption in their hand and wondered what they had? It’s possible that they were using a hand held GPS device to navigate to the location they were trying to get to. Mapping and navigation devices have become very popular among those who love to travel in their cars, on their motorcycles, or even on their boats, but they are also very useful to people traveling on foot. So let’s take some time to look at why they are so popular and how they might make a difference in your daily life.

About Hand Held GPS Devices

Before we take on the idea of picking up one of these devices, let’s look at the difference between them and standard portable units. Many people are used to using the ideas interchangeably, but typically the portable unit simply means that you can take your unit in and out of your car and into another and it will still work as effectively. However, the portable units are usually not as useful when you take them on a trail or boat. Instead, they mount to your dashboard and help you navigate roads and highways.

On the other hand, the hand held GPS units are more versatile and allow you to take them off the roads and into areas that may not normally be picked up by these devices. You might be able to pick up remote trails, rivers, valleys and more, so that if you want to go camping, hiking, biking, or boating you can still find your way around effortlessly. Below, we will look at the specifics of some of these units and how you might find a way to make them useful in your life.

Hiking on a Trail

If you love the great outdoors then there are a number of hand held GPS devices that can help you find your way around whether you are in your car or decide to venture outside for a walk. One in particular is the Magellan SportTrack, which was created for those who love to hike, as well as those who enjoy game hunting and fishing. It offers nine large graphic navigation displays that cover a wide variety of areas away from roads and highways and even is WAAS enabled with a quadifiler antenna so that you can pick up information from all 12 satellites orbiting at the same time.

While you are trekking along outdoors, you can store up to 20 different routes you’ve taken so that if you ever come back to the area you don’t have to worry about remembering the trails you took. Also, you can store up to 500 waypoints and 2,000 tracks. If you are outdoors with the intention of hunting or fishing, you can use the unit’s calculator to determine where fish and game are located in the area. And if you are dependent upon light to get the job done, the unit can determine the Sun and Moon positions for you.

Playing Golf

Believe or not, there is a hand held GPS device that helps you improve your golf game. The GPS Golf Pro is a position system with let’s you same time and improve your skill level simultaneously by informing you of how fare you are away from the front and center of green at all times. In addition, you can determine how other golfers are fairing while on the green. It has an electronic scorecard that contains yardage, par, handicap and other scoring information. And it determines the last shot distance as well.

Keeping Track of Your Dog

If you have a hunting dog, or a family pet that you worry might wander off, then the Garmin Astro is a unit you may want to consider taking advantage of. It has a high-sensitivity tracking collar that you simply place on your pet’s neck, as well as a bright color screen that you hold as you track your pet. With this device, you can track his location in no time, even if he has wandered into dense cover that seems untrackable. Even more, the unit lets you know if he is walking, sitting, running, on point, or treeing.

A hand held GPS device has many functions that can be very beneficial to the everyday person. So take time to explore these and other units on the market that might help save you time and effort when spending time doing what you love. You never know, a hand held GPS device might end up being you next best friend.

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