Bushnell Bear Grylls Edition BackTrack D-Tour Personal GPS Tracking Device, Orange/Black

The Bushnell Back Track works well, will get you back to where you want. This a simple GPS that is a no brainer. I own other GPSs with more features however I seldom use it and when I do I must review the manual. No so with this Back Track, it is simple to use and it gets you to the points you entered. Once you are moving it points the direction accurately, remember to keep it away from your metal rifle or you will get faulty direction. This edition has 5 waypoints; I like that better than the 3 waypoint edition as I keep the hunting cabin, my deerstand, my ATV, plus 2 others you can use when tracking, or driving deer. You also have elevation, temperature and time. Buy it, you won't be disappointed, just remember it is a basic GPS only.

I would not have paid the extra money just to have the Bear Grylls name on this if it was not upgraded somehow. It states that it marks ten locations when the regular Bushnell only marks five locations. This one also only marks five locations. This is the only reason that I purchased this one. I am a photographer and would have liked to had one that marked more locations. Why wold anybody pay so much more for something that does the exact same thing? $78.95 for the regular red version, $103.36 for the green regular version, and $120.00 for the Bear Grylls version. They all do the exact same thing except the Bear Grylls version was supposed to mark 10 locations and the other two mark five locations. I even called Bushnell and they cannot understand why it is listed on this site and a couple of others this way. It is listed right on the package as only marking 5 locations. I am not happy and do not just want a refund. I want what I paid for. A BackTrack D-Tour that marks more then 5 locations. I saved the page and printed the page for when it gets changed so that nobody can claim that it has never stated that it marked 10 locations. Please find a way to make this right by me. This is nothing but bate and switch in order to get rid of merchandise that is left over in the warehouse before they start to sell the updated versions. It will get you back to your location within about 20 yards. The one that I received does not have the cookies so I am waiting on the replacement to see how that works. Cookies help you follow the exact trail out that you took in. That way you are not left just following an arrow back to your starting point. You never know what might be in between the two points if you have to follow a straight line. You could run into something like a river that you then have to find your own way around. I cannot wait to get my replacement. I will let you know how the actual one works after I get it.

The device itself does what I wanted which was to track my day hikes and add them to a map so I could review my little mini adventure. I don't want to use my phone and the device is great I have no complaints.The software has been CRAP. I cannot get it to show my hikes and the software itself has caused issues with my MacBook Air and also with my Windows laptop. I have uninstalled and reinstalled numerous times and the result is always the same: my computer slows down and the software will not link to the gps. I cannot get any feedback from Bushnell and have given up on them. I read reviews and it seems like the software works well for other just not me. I am looking for something else.

This is an interesting gadget. Most of the time it seems quick to lock onto satellites, but a few times it has taken a very long time for no apparent reason, even with a clear open view of the sky. Also, it is very sensitive to being near metal. It has a lot of trouble with directions when in a car. However, I have walked with it quite a few times now and found it to be quite reliable and accurate when away from man-made metal objects. It might be off a few degrees at times, but hey, I can seldom walk in a perfectly straight line to my destination anyway. I have not experienced the large deviation (180 degrees error) reported by some other people unless there was metal nearby. (One time I was standing near a cast iron drainage cover and that threw it off significantly until I moved.) As with other GPS devices, I would see this as a useful tool in the tool kit, but don't leave your brain at home and rely entirely on this.

I got this and at first liked it. It is a basic GPS unit, fairly easy to use, but a number of small details added up to a big disappointment. First off, the battery life is poor, enough so that the Trip feature, unless you're out for an afternoon stroll, is nearly useless. If you're out longer than an hour or so, you're unlikely to finish the trip before the unit runs out of juice and forgets all about the trip you're taking. I was willing to live with that, as the other navigational features seemed robust and useful, plus the unit picks up satellites quickly and doesn't let them go.I started using the upload software that allowed me to upload trips and that was kind of cool, but when I tried to share them on FB, the only thing that I managed to share was a picture of the device and a little HTML code. Not a showstopper, but not what was promised.Then, a couple weeks into my ownership, the LCD display developed a series of horizontal lines that obscured the display and made me wonder how long the thing was actually going to last.Bushnell is a well respected name in optics; I have a pair of Bushnell binoculars I bought almost forty years ago and they still work great. I was hesitant to pick up a GPS made by them as it's not their first line of products, but their reputation for quality and Bear Grylls's endorsement made me put my concerns aside. Sorry to say, I was wrong.