Best GPS?

[TimberWolf]

Good luck.

You'll ******* need it!

"Don't worry kids, it's only a little straight line on this map!"

First thing I do is pick up a tourist map from the Tourist office when on holiday, which works less than ideally. Plus a bit of Google mapping before hand. Annoyingly Google maps are too big to transfer on to the iPod Touch at sufficient detail.

[Churchill]

First thing I do is pick up a tourist map from the Tourist office when on holiday, which works less than ideally. Plus a bit of Google mapping before hand. Annoyingly Google maps are too big to transfer on to the iPod Touch at sufficient detail.

Have fun. From what you've posted you're a disaster waiting to happen. I hope you donate generously to Mountain Rescue.

[milanbenes]

and to sara

Milan.

[TimberWolf]

Have fun. From what you've posted you're a disaster waiting to happen. I hope you donate generously to Mountain Rescue.

I'm not navigating the Orinoco or climbing K2.

[Churchill]

I'm not navigating the Orinoco or climbing K2.

You'll be fine with a pair of flip-flops and a map from "Little Chef" then, sorted.

[TimberWolf]

You'll be fine with a pair of flip-flops and a map from "Little Chef" then, sorted.

You can keep the flip-flops.

[Paddy]

Ordnance survey maps have all the info you'd need.

GPS? Unless you're in the middle of a featureless desert what's the point?

If you are in the middle of Dartmoor on a foggy night you will get lost even with an OS map.

In order to get a fix on a position you will need at leased to line of sight fixed points in order to triangulate.

Big and expensive? I only need something basic. A step up from a compass I got in a Christmas cracker.

Most suitable found so far seems to be this:


ChannelGoods Portable Mini GPS with Keychain for: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

But only has two reviews, one says it's tulip and the other says it's great.

I would not go for something that small because:

(a) Battery size.
(b) Battery life.
(c) Sensitivity would be poor under trees when wet.

You need a proper hand held one that takes AA batteries and it should be waterproof.

[pacharan]

Got a Navigon with a 6"x4" screen. Bit bulky but once stuck on the windscreen, having a large display is really good.

[TimberWolf]

I would not go for something that small because:

(a) Battery size.
(b) Battery life.
(c) Sensitivity would be poor under trees when wet.

You need a proper hand held one that takes AA batteries and it should be waterproof.

Good points. I noticed that battery life was only 6 hours for that unit. Not good. Not sure if I can be arsed to carry something big around.

[doodab]

Garmin eTrex.