Been looking for a GPS unit to aid in hiking.
Is this a good unit: Garmin eTrex 30 TOPO GPS Bundle?
Thanks for any help.
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Been looking for a GPS unit to aid in hiking.
Is this a good unit: Garmin eTrex 30 TOPO GPS Bundle?
Thanks for any help.
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Franklyn
What do you guys do about battery life on your smart phones? My Android battery wont last 2 days with the GPS enabled.
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Franklyn
What do you guys do about battery life on your smart phones? My Android battery wont last 2 days with the GPS enabled.
Old Guy said Solar Chargers...
That is useful for a LONG trip... for shorter trips... there are LOADS of external batteries out there.
EnerPlex, Tenergy, Anker. With lots of different mAh capacity.
So many out there... some with huge capacity. Even with a solar charge you will probably want
something like a external Tenergy with 2600mAh capacity to charge up during the day..
Then use that to charge your electronics at night...
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Some phones now (read : JKW's iPhoney) have a REALLY NICE BATTERY and will last
a few days with GPS enabled... she may say more...
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I guess the smart way (les weight) is for me to get a smartphone. Thank you all for the input.
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I guess the smart way (les weight) is for me to get a smartphone. Thank you all for the input.
You might want to consider going with an inexpensive AT&T GoPhone edition of a Lumia Smartphone as discussed in this sub-thread of the REI thread:
http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?17,79179,79201#msg-79201
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snorkus
I guess the smart way (les weight) is for me to get a smartphone. Thank you all for the input.
You might want to consider going with an inexpensive AT&T GoPhone edition of a Lumia Smartphone as discussed in this sub-thread of the REI thread:
http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?17,79179,79201#msg-79201
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