I want one of these...

[Benner]

http://heinnie.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=0&P_ID=4963 ...but don't really know why. 

Anyone got one?

[Mike]

Don't need one, I leave bread crumbs.

Mike

[Mike]

Don't need one, I leave bread crumbs. But that wouldn't get eaten by roving bands of budgies.

Mike

[Benner]

Exactly 

[AHB]

Exactly 

It might get handy, Benner now you're bird whispering and all....  

 

[Mike]

Come here sick, little weak bird, let me pop you with my air gun.

Mike

[Neil]

They do look neat but they're not cheap (no pun intended).   The lowest I've seen them is around £50 including delivery but I still reckon that's too much.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Look's like a bit of pointless technosorcery to me

[John]

I would most likely lose it then we'd both be lost forever..................! 

[Magnus]

It looks nifty, but my phone has a full mapping GPS, maybe I need a backup though? 

[Screwtape]

So whats the battery life?  My phone also has real GPS but it's battery will be dead in 3 hours os its relegated to in car duties

[Chako]

I know a few people who use them to find their car in the parking lots.

[Sparky415]

That not a bad idea for shopping malls or Milton Keynes if your in the UK     

[Grant Lamontagne]

You can actually get an old GPS without the mapping software that will do that.  I have an old Magellan GPS300 that does that, only stores up to 99 entries.



I got it from a SOSAK member a while back for about $30, and it's waterproof so I use it for kayaking.  Plus, it measures speed, so I know how fast I'm paddling, which is nice since it's hard to tell you are moving at all when you are in the middle of a lake! 

Anyways, no one seems interested in these old GPS models nowadays- I'll bet you could obtain something like it for a song.  Sure it's not as portable as the one from Hennie, but I think it's a billion times more functional!

Def

[Magnus]

So whats the battery life?  My phone also has real GPS but it's battery will be dead in 3 hours os its relegated to in car duties

I have not actually measured it, but I would imagine that 4-6 hours with the screen and GPS on sounds about right, if it takes me that long with it bloody walking though I would think I have other problems.

[andre0407]

Given a choice, I would much prefer to rely on a good map and myself..

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Given a choice, I would much prefer to rely on a good map and myself..

[Benner]

Although maps are great, you can hardly hang one on your keys that covers pretty much everywhere like this would.  it also functions as a digi compass and I expect is the size of a largish one so you gain a lot of function without adding too much bulk.

[andre0407]

Although maps are great, you can hardly hang one on your keys that covers pretty much everywhere like this would.  it also functions as a digi compass and I expect is the size of a largish one so you gain a lot of function without adding too much bulk.

Yessir, I would agree that having a compass is important too.. how else to get one's orientation correct with just a map? To each his own, but I just have this inherent fear of relying on something that runs on battery power... :/ Maybe I'll get this to complement my basic navigation gear-- but not on it's own, at least for me.