Get about four hours use in the day so I don't run it all
the time. Just use it when I want confirmation where I am
and all that sort of thing. Use it to note gps grid
reference of where I've taken a photograph from. I know I
could use a waypoint but that means unclipping my gps of the
harness of my sac which is a bit difficult to do.
As I am not into multi day walks keeping it charged is not a
problem. I just charge it up from the car in the evening, if
it needs it, ready for the following day.
As for fragility, well it's a bit like drop it and its
costly, so I don't. I keep it in the plastic cover case that
it came supplied with inside a zipped padded nylon case. Its
usually kept in the sac lid pocket inside a poly bag. In the
rain I just prat about and open everything whilst its still
in the poly bag. In the dry it sometime ends up a pocket on
a jacket or cag for ease of use but I am very aware that if
I slip it could get expensive.
Biggest problem was the connecting lead getting in the way.
That's now been solved with some velcro loops which hold the
cable onto my sac.
Been using the setup now for 18 months with no problems
other than the screen is getting rather scratched but that's
not through walking rather through use whilst I'm doing
consultancy/training in a shop floor environment.
And as a last comment before I am dropped on from a vast
height I do use a map and compass as well. Neither system is
primary, both are used in conjunction with each other and it
does provide me with a great deal of delight.
Mike Mason
"Jim Hutton" <
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> On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 22:08:14 GMT, "Mike Mason"
> <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Yes an garmin vista with an ipaq 3850.
> >
> >Use Tomtom Navigator 2 for roads
> >
> >and
> >
> >OziExplorerCe and/or Anquet for hill walking.
> >
> >Use a simple data lead whilst walking
> >
> >and
> >
> >a rather more complicated one in the car which supplies
> >power to the Ipaq and the gps and allows exchange of
> >data. Power is sourced from the car cigarette lighter.
> >
>
> How do you get on with battery life of the ipaq while
> walking ? Is it practical to have it turned on all the
> time ? And there have been issues of fragility and
> waterproofness raised when this setup has been discussed
> before - any comments ?
>
> Jim Hutton