Cobra GPS 100 Global Positioning System with 18 Ch
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Cobra GPS 100 Global Positioning System with 18 Channels
18-channel GPS receiver for faster satellite acquisition
WAAS-enabled for 3-meter accuracy
Store up to 500 waypoints
Create 1 route with up to 50 waypoints
Built-in compass and altimeter; includes USB port for PC connection
Rating: 1.33/5 from 3 reviews
Cobra GPS 100: only good as a paperweight
Rating: 1/5
This unit can almost never lock onto a satelite. When it does it is innaccurate. I am returning it.
GPS loses signal and cannot reacquire
Rating: 1/5
This is one of the worst GPS units I have used. The keys are not intuitive, the battery cover does not fit correctly (how can it be IPX7 water resistant compliant as advertised?), the unit loses GPS lock, when GPS lock is lost it cannot reacquire it.
The screens are nice in that you can configure the information, but the unit is not as flexible as say a Magellan Meridian.
Too Bad
Rating: 2/5
I am new to the GPS user world and had high hopes for this unit. Its primary use was going to be simple for hunting & hiking help. I have read several negative reports that describe fairly accurately the same troubles I have. To be brief, my complaints are: Accuracy - horizontally off by 100 to 500 ft, vertically (altimeter) off by up to thousands of feet; Satellite lock - unreliable no matter what is or is not overhead, even on clear days; Tracking - unit seems to freeze after first waypoint direction is established, but walking in that direction the unit does not always update and is unreliable.
I have other Cobra products that are great, however the most disappointing thing about thie unit is that the advertisement of features is at best inaccurate and at worst misleading. It seems that the unit is working like the rest, but certainly without the improved capabilities expounded by Cobra.
Update: Cobra replaced the unit with a new one with no questions asked. Still problematic but due to Cobra Customer Service being proactive, I raised the rating.