My garmin geko 201 is frustrating that way although I love how small it is; I'd throw it in my pack and after a days hiking find out that it had run out of batteries. I find they usually last 8 to 12 hours. The pack weight of carrying a bunch of batteries is also not insignificant. Nevertheless it has saved me once or twice. One time I was returning from a day hike up a peak in tongariro in white out snow conditions and it helped me stay on track; another time I dropped a petzl led headlight while random walking around some cave entrances in an alpine meadow in the rockies and it helped me find that gear again... which otherwise would have meant curtailing the trip...
- a On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Lars Aronsson wrote: > Mike Cattle wrote of the TrackStick: > > > While it does look like a thumb drive, be warned that it is a > > little bigger > > It operates from two AAA-size batteries? How long do they last? > The brochure (almost) says you can tape it to your employee's back > and forget about it, but that hardly holds if you have to change > batteries every day or two. Active GPS receivers tend to use up > batteries. Is there an external antenna connector? > > > -- > Lars Aronsson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
