Magellan Website wrote:
Magellan Triton 2000 - North America
Large color touch screen, 2 MP camera, voice recorder, LED flashlight, and SD-card expandability enable you to take pictures and capture sounds, to record your adventure as you navigate and store the information to share with others or reference yourself later. 3-axis electronic compass, built-in barometer and more 2 Mega Pixel camera
Voice recorder & flashlight
Color touch screen (2.7" QVGA)
Shoot! No wonder it's on the clearance table. Who'd want one of them if it also doesn't cook and serve you a hot breakfast in your sleeping bag every morning; and cook and serve you gourmet cuisine in camp every evening?
Basically, a camera, flashlight and voice recorder ... seems like overkill to me. I already have all of those, I don't want them in my GPS. And although it seems to have the basic goods covered, I've seen so many products loaded with additional (and in my opinion redundant) features that the basic package is lacking. Like those all in one tools my son-in-law gave me some years back. It's so full of stuff it's nearly useless and it's relegated to the junk drawer. Even using its screwdriver is a lesson in futility.
I guess I'm just a simpleton. I just like things uncomplicated and simple. And as I get older, that trait gets stronger. Don't get me wrong, I like new technology, but if it's too complicated, or to too jammed with "stuff", I'll pass it by.
If I was buying one of the Triton series unit's I'd pick one of the low end models and save money. Because I've already got several LED and regular flashlights, a 7 megapixel camera, and a digital voice recorder with likely far more memory than the Magellan has. And I like a basic GPS or a basic mapping unit that's usable - plain and simple.