Bushnell BackTrack Mini GPS Navigation, Portable Waterproof GPS for Hiking Hunting and Backpacking

Used it all over Utah

The unit is surprisingly small, a plus AND a minus. It is light and fits in the palm of your hand but that makes the display very small and difficult to read unless you have great eyesight. The buttons require a firm press. With that all said, the unit itself "appears" to work as advertised. But that's where anything good to say ends... This GPS is dependent on the phone app working for most of its functionality. And the phone app is CURRENTLY NOT WORKING. In reviews of the app, you can see that all but 1 person said they get an "unexpected error" message when trying to create an account or log in via the app. I made several calls to Bushnell tech support and sat on hold for nearly 45 minutes and spoke with 3 different people who basically couldn't help me. I finally spoke with someone, 4 hours in and after 2 days of calling, who admitted that the app didn't work and that the developers "no longer worked there" so there is no ETA on getting the app working... So don't buy one of these units, UNLESS you download, install and test the app on your phone first.

Compact, versatile, accurate, fast-charging... So what's not to like? The device comes well packaged with a little not very informative Quickstart Guide. After a couple of days I noticed , in tiny print at the end of the back of the only instructions in the box, "A complete instruction manual is available at www.Bushnell.com" . Not easy to find on the website either, but be assured if you look hard enough, you will find a 65-page multilinual manual for this device. It turns out that this is a far more capable GPS than the initial packaging suggests, with a good range of features and ease of use. The control buttons are small, but ok with a little practice. The cellphone app recommended with the device is mildly useful, and free. Would I buy again? Yes, because eventually i found the manual. Otherwise it's pretty useless.

I was hesitant at first to get it, seeing how many people complained about the data not syncing to their phone. I had no problems doing it, so I can only assume it's operator error on their part. Handy little device. I was able to get the data to sync to Gaia GPS on my iPhone. Not that I needed to, but I could. Hard to beat for the price. Nice little device if you just need a no-frills GPS with a long battery life.

This is a you-get-what-you-pay-for device. It adequately fulfils what I needed a GPS for, which was as a safety device to be able to verify that I've been travelling in the direction that I expected and to be able to retrace my path, and fulfils my preference for a GPS with a re-chargeable battery. On the down side, it is somewhat difficult to use, with the buttons being hard to press, and significantly over-estimates distance travelled (by an inconsistent amount that has ranged up to 60 percent more than the listed distances in trail guides). It also reported the elevation at High Point, New Jersey as 2023 feet, which is slightly more than 200 feet higher than the official elevation.

Returned two that didn't work. Lots of button pushing just to get it to record a track, then lots of button pushing to download a track.

i wanted something that was simple and didn't have tons of useless features on it. all i really wanted was a "breadcrumbs" map to help me get back to my truck when riding atv trails in northern new england- this does have a "breadcrumbs" map however, the map is just too small for it to be useful. the screen is so small that any trail ride over 2 miles gets condensed into a very basic line, and there's no zoom-in feature on the screen, so after riding 10 miles into a 100 mile trail, you literally can't tell where your turns are left or right because the map is so small. as seen in my photo, that's the breadcrumb trail of my 15 mile drive into work- through multiple neighborhoods and dozens of turns- you'd never be able to pinpoint the turns I took if trying to follow that breadcrumb map back- a simple zoom feature would've resolved this, but bushnell designers apparently never tested this gps off road to see how useless the breadcrumb map is. $100 is way overpriced- this is maybe a $30 keychain gadget at best. the entire gps is 3" tall x 2,5" wide, the screen is only 1.75 x 2" - about the size of a smart watch. I returned it for a refund. i would've kept it if it had a zoom feature.

DO NOT BUY THIS BUSHNELL PRODUCT unless you are in the market for some serious frustration. All the hype about their Bushnell Connect app they spout, it's so incomplete that you can't even get past the "unexpected error" message trying to set up an account. Without access to the app the device is left to work on its own without any help from your smartphone. I regret buying it as well as the case accessory. Based on looks fine, based on standalone use hardly workable, based on the Bushnell Connect app worthless. I am totally disappointed in Bushnell not caring enough to deliver a complete and user-friendly app to support their device. Not easy to use. App does not function.

Needed a backup GPS to my phone when daily treking when turning my phone off to save battery. It states 36 hour usage but I've obtained 72 hours myself!!!

I want to buy it again, but sales are closed in my region, please open it again, thank you.

This product is just as good as a gps without the memory but the price is what got me it exactly what I except for a backtracker would highly recommend if you want mini gps /backtracker

Excelente calidad y fácil de usar

Come da titolo il prodotto fubziona egregiasmente per un utilizzo spot semplice ed essenziale ovvero, si accende ed entra in funzione rapidamente, ha una buona precisione (Ricordarsi che indica il target a volo di uccello). Quindi per ritrovare il punbto di partenza di una escursione o ritovare l'auto va benissimo. Due sono i limiti: la app per androidi non funziona e da altra recensione mi risukta che non verrà aggiornata, e nel caso si registri più di un WP può confondersi sulla destinazione (Ovvero và verso target diverso da quello selezionato: Ero informato sul problemna App ma non rilevandone la necessità ho proceduto all'acquisto. Dispiace, invece, per la instabilità sulla destinazione ma, determinnando un solo Wp il problema non sussiste. Consiglio l'acquisto se si è ben consci della destinazione d'uso.