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Cobra GPS 100 Global Positioning System with 18 Channels | 
| Brand: Cobra
Category: CE
List Price: $119.99
Buy New: $75.00
You Save: $44.99 (37%)
New (9) Used (4) from $42.98
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 42886
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: 10
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 15
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 4.7
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MPN: GPS 100
Model: GPS 100
UPC: 028377500107
EAN: 0028377500107
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 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 |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Offering incredible value and advanced technology, the Cobra GPS 100 features an 18-channel parallel receiver for faster satellite acquisition and WAAS for improved accuracy. It's ready for your adventures in the great outdoors with a built-in compass, altimeter, and clock. It's also waterproof to a 1 meter depth for 30 minutes. p Other features include: ul liWaypoints: Store up to 500 waypoints with names and symbols liRoute: Create 1 route with up to 50 waypoints liTrack Log: Automatically tracks your travel with up to 2,000 log points liTracks: Save up to 10 tracks from the track log with the ability to navigate the track path in both forward and reverse liLanguage support: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish li /ul bWhat is WAAS?/bbr GPS receivers have an accuracy of about 15 meters, but you can get to as close as 3 meters with a WAAS-enabled receiver. WAAS stands for Wide Area Augmentation System, which is a network of satellites and ground stations (in North America) that were designed to improve the accuracy and ensure the integrity of information coming from GPS satellites. Originally implemented by the FAA for aviation use, WAAS is particularly useful for serious outdoors enthusiasts as well as for precise in-city navigation. p bPower and Size/bbr The GPS 100 is powered by two AA batteries (not included). It measures 4.7 x 2.3 x 1.5 inches and weighs 5.3 ounces without batteries. p bWhat's In The Box/bbr This package includes the Cobra GPS 100 unit, User Guide and Quick Reference Guide in 8 languages, and lanyard cord.
Product Description
This 18 parallel channel GPS receiver continuously tracks and uses up 18 satellites to compute and update user's position giving quickest acquisition time of any handheld recreational GPS receiver available. Store up to 500 waypoints with names and symbols. Create 1 route with up to 50 waypoints. Save up to 10 tracks from the track log with the ability to navigate the track path in both forward and reverse. Choose from up to 100 map datums to compare with a paper map or other navigational reference. Choose from 18 position formats used to display the location coordinates. The GPS 100Automatically tracks your travel with up to 2, 000 log points. Selectable Data Fields function lets the user display up to 5 fields about their position or navigation chosen from: Accuracy, Average Speed, Bearing, Date, Destination, Elevation, ETA, Location, Maximum Speed, Odometer, Power, Speed, Time, Trip Odometer, Trip Time. Unit, User Guide and Quick Reference Guide support 8 languages including Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. Additional features include Compass, Altimeter, Clock, Indefinite User Data Storage.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Living up to my expectations. May 24, 2006
M Neill (New Zealand)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this unit to start goe-caching. So-far I have found it to be as accurate as any other brand providing, as the manual says, I have a "clear view of the sky". I have checked its positioning against every cache I have found so far and it is typicaly within 2 or 3 meters. Assuming that other geo-cachers use all sorts of brands I figure this is a pretty fair test. I am learning about the limits of the GP system itself along the way. I get the feeling some reviewers are blaming those limits on this unit (maybe because its price is very 'competitive'?) br / br / It is intuitive to use, I hardly had to look at the manual. The buttons are a little stiff. I like the rubber on all the corners of the case making so it can bounce around in my glove box without geting banged up. It is very waterproof. I have been caught out in some heavy rain and it hasn't leaked. br / br /It did take significantly longer than the 50 seconds the manual said to aquire a fix when I first turned it on but once it was 'warmed up' it was fine. Good batteries literally last for days on end, as long as you DON'T use the back light. The back-light seems to sap them in minutes. I accidentally left my unit on in power-save mode for two days on my coffee table with a set of batteries that had already done several hours daytime use. They were 'almost' flat after all that time. Not bad. br / br /Over-all this unit has meet all my exepectations and I recomend it for geo-caching. Got'a be the most bang-for-your-buck unit around.
 COBRA GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM January 31, 2006
Emeraldstar
WATERPROOF AND ACCURATE TO WITHIN 10 FEET! br /**WE RECOMMEND THIS ONE** br /*ONE OF THE BEST WE'VE SEEN ON THE PLANET* br /If your hiking, boating, or on a road trip, you can find your way with the GPS100 global br /positioning system from Cobra. br /The Cobra GPS100 is water proof, easy to use and twice as fast as other brands. br /18 parallel channel GPS continuously tracks and uses up to 18 satellites to compute and update br /user's position giving the quickest acquisition time of any handheld recreational GPS receiver br / available today! br /Stores up to 500 waypoints with names and symbols br /Create 1 route with up to 50 waypoints. br /Automatically tracks your travel with up to 2,000 log points. br /Save up to 10 tracks from the track log with the ability br /to navigate the track path in both forward and reverse. br /Choose from up to 100 map datums to compare with a paper br /map or other navigational reference. br /Choose from 18 position formats used to display the br /location coordinates. br /Selectable data fields lets the user display up to br /5 fields about their position or navigation chosen from: br / Accuracy, Average Speed, Bearing, Date, Destination, br /Elevation, ETA, Location, Maximum Speed, Odometer, Power, Speed, Time, Trip Odometer, Trip Time. br /User Guide and Quick Reference Guide support 8 languages including: br / Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, br /Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. br /Also features compass, altimeter, clock, br /indefinite user data storage. br / br / Model No: GPS100 br / Weight: 2.0 Lbs. br / UPC # 028377500107 br / br / br /
 Take everyone's advice July 1, 2005
Cobra Kai (Detroit, MI USA)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
DON'T BUY IT br / br /If cost is the issue buy a cheap Garmin brand gpsr. I naively bought this model when I got introduced to geocaching last spring, thinking I'd buy a cheap gps receiver in case I didn't like the sport. br / br /This device has many flaws. The gps unit only updated your location every 5 minutes or so. Reading the manual didn't help, I had to contact cobra so they could instruct me how to turn off their moronic "power saving" mode. br / br /I had several days where there was not a cloud in the sky, yet no connection to the satellites could be found. I routinely got different coordinates when standing in the exact same spot of my driveway, sometimes over 100 yards away from eachother. br / br /In addition, when using the goto waypoint feature, when you come about 100 feet from the destination, the gps would beep and display "ARRIVING AT DESTINATION!" Then any distance readings or compass bearings would disappear. I know gps is not extremely accurate, but 100 feet?! The packaging claims within 3 meters. br / br /Cobra's gps100 is pure trash. Don't buy it unless it's a gift for someone you really hate.
Don't waste your time... June 2, 2005
Teach (Midwest)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have used several GPS units (Cobra, Garmin, Magellan) and this is, by far, the worst of the bunch. Same problems as others have noted: no signal on a clear day in the middle of a field, lost contatct with satellites on a regular basis, HIGHLY inaccurate for both direction and elevation, and the compass is NEVER accurate. You'd be better of using blind luck to find your way around. Spend a little more for another brand and save yourself the frustration. Mine's going back to the store ASAP. (Now where's that receipt???)
No signal! December 27, 2004
geocacher
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
There is no signal. I got this unit for geocaching. In this "sport", you must have precise accuracy. Most of the time the accuracy reading is 40 feet or worse. This unit claims to have accuracy to within 10 feet. Even when there was not a single cloud in the sky and satalites are all around, there was very bad signal. I am probably going to return it for a Garmin.
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