12-13-2007, 05:46 AM
I have a garmin hand heald, it has a path tracker, I can mark at least a couple hundred locations.
it is not the unit on the servey, if I find a spot in the woods I like I dont have to wory about marking my way in or out. I can find my way in the dark with this unit...
set back is, it is the size of a transister raidio, for you young bucks who have never heard of a transistor radio, use a cheep digital camera as a refferance size.
when weight is a factor, with batteries about a pound.
the one in the servey has an advantage, size, and size is a major factor, it looks like it could go on a zipper or gun belt hat pin...ect...
this unit may work as simple as marking where you are standing in camp or by your car, turning it off, and when you get to your spot in the woods and you sit there till after sunset you can turn it back on for a homing becon.
when I go out now, I have my gps coordinants emailed to some one just in case I dont make it back or call to let them know where I am they can send some one out to find me...
so to answer your question, yes I like it before it has even come out on the market.... It has some deffenat advantages...
now they all have a di
vantage, no matter what the price of the unit you buy, that is interfearance, solar flairs, dence cover like trees buildings, electrical transformers, heavy heavy cloud cover...
how ever, even during times of dence cover it is at the vary least a lighted compus wich will eventualy get you back to a road.
[signature]
it is not the unit on the servey, if I find a spot in the woods I like I dont have to wory about marking my way in or out. I can find my way in the dark with this unit...
set back is, it is the size of a transister raidio, for you young bucks who have never heard of a transistor radio, use a cheep digital camera as a refferance size.
when weight is a factor, with batteries about a pound.
the one in the servey has an advantage, size, and size is a major factor, it looks like it could go on a zipper or gun belt hat pin...ect...
this unit may work as simple as marking where you are standing in camp or by your car, turning it off, and when you get to your spot in the woods and you sit there till after sunset you can turn it back on for a homing becon.
when I go out now, I have my gps coordinants emailed to some one just in case I dont make it back or call to let them know where I am they can send some one out to find me...
so to answer your question, yes I like it before it has even come out on the market.... It has some deffenat advantages...
now they all have a di
vantage, no matter what the price of the unit you buy, that is interfearance, solar flairs, dence cover like trees buildings, electrical transformers, heavy heavy cloud cover... how ever, even during times of dence cover it is at the vary least a lighted compus wich will eventualy get you back to a road.
[signature]