 As you know Dave I have the Bluetooth GT200 version of this; works very well in the field......the 200 can give you up to 160 hours of logging if you set the interval right.... ...and it only costs £45 from Pixmania  I have used the photo-tagging and the Google Earth export - dead easy (must be if I can do it  ) ..s' a porker at 50g though. You can recharge it with a Powerchimp or similar....although 160 hours is a LOT of walking... A good toy for a boy or girl. Don't thank me for telling you about it  
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 As you know Dave I have the Bluetooth GT200 version of this; works very well in the field......the 200 can give you up to 160 hours of logging if you set the interval right.... Don't thank me for teling you about it
Thanks for the tip Ed, they only sent me the 120 not the 200. You can prolong the battery life to 60 hours by setting the interval to 30 seconds - not unreasonable at walking pace really.
I've recharged it using a solar charger today - took about 4 hours so it could last a reasonable time in sunny climates. I'm thinking about doing a comparison between the i-gotU, ViewRanger and the Active 10 this weekend and see how they compare then try out the photo tagging.
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I think the 200 is the latest....but not sure if it uses any different chips or....no doubt you will know? How much does the solar charger weigh? The point about the button is well made...I am constructing a high-tech 'guard' for mine from small pieces of plastic
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 iPhone users are likely to have ready made charging functionality available as the chragers tend to consist of a USB charger unit with a standard iPhone/iPod cable. Did anyone else have the thought that this kind of device should cause the OMM etc. to change their wordings on GPSs so they are not an outright ban on GPS? OMM currently has a flat "GPS and mobile phones are not allowed" I would imagine there'll be quite a few teams who'd consider taking the extra 20g in order to have their route logged. In fact such devices could even be enforced by organisers on events with areas that are out of bounds.
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iPhone users are likely to have ready made charging functionality available as the chragers tend to consist of a USB charger unit with a standard iPhone/iPod cable.
The connection is not the standard mini/micro USB to USB, but a proprietory fitting similar to the old Nokia and Sony Ericcson connection
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 > The connection is not the standard mini/micro USB to USB, but a proprietory fitting similar to the old Nokia and Sony Ericcson connection Why do people do this? It's crackers. Or a ruse to charge silly money for a proprietary cable.
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The pixmania site says the 200 uses a SirfStar III chipset (well, it says 'antenna', but I don't think they mean that...) I'm very tempted... How weatherproof is it? Don't like the sound of the easy-off problem, but, as ed says, a simple ring of plastic glued to the thing will probably fix that. Silly design; it's one thing to try to copy Apple's styling, but you do need to think about the functionality, too...
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The pixmania site says the 200 uses a SirfStar III chipset (well, it says 'antenna', but I don't think they mean that...) I'm very tempted... How weatherproof is it? Don't like the sound of the easy-off problem, but, as ed says, a simple ring of plastic glued to the thing will probably fix that. Silly design; it's one thing to try to copy Apple's styling, but you do need to think about the functionality, too...
I've done a couple of basic tests so far: put it in the sink with the tap on at a reasonable rate to simulate hard rain then left it in the sink for 5 minutes and it worked first time. Dropped it onto concrete from about 4ft and no problems.
The central on/off button is very "soft touch" and doesn't have a positive click when depressed - you can only tell if it's on or off by the lights. I've found putting it in a matchbox works well for covering the button. The 200 weighs in at 37gm
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 Dave or Ed just wondering how well the 200 with the bluetooth conects to a mobile to give gps coordinates and if it would work with something like a sony ericsson w595.
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 Interesting stuff. I would suggest there is an increasing number of walkers out there who carry a bluetooth enabled phone. The idea of a low energy use GPS logger that you can occasionally check with your smart phone is superb!
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Interesting stuff. I would suggest there is an increasing number of walkers out there who carry a bluetooth enabled phone. The idea of a low energy use GPS logger that you can occasionally check with your smart phone is superb! Yeh i'll be interested to find out which phones are suitible for getting a display of coordinates grid ref on to pair up with the Logger.
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Thanks for the introduction... You know I found out that the online sharing site that i-gotU work with is pretty cool: www.a-trip.com You can find out some people share their walking / hiking trails on that site too. Most GPS loggers are simly a hardware with no good software.... don't even talk about how to share online. i-gotU, I like it!
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 A quick tip for protecting buttons such as this Go to Boots and purchase some corn protectors, they come in various sizes and are self adhesive. Usually do the job just fine Steve D
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