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Satmap Active 10

If you want a pure outdoors navigational device that gives you an exact fix on your position on a familiar OS map, then the Active 10 is hard to beat.

Reviewed: 3 February 2009 by jon

What's It For? We first tested the Satmap Active 10 GPS almost a year ago, this is a follow-up to our original test, since Satmap has upgraded the unit several times since then. Essentially it's an outdoors-specific GPS unit that shows your track, direction of travel and exact position on an ... Continue reading

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Vladislav Spassov

I bought my Active 10 few days ago. My first impressions of the device are very positive. However, my impressions about the flexibility of the mapping system are strongly negative. The reason:

You are entire Continue reading...

David Marshall 3

Great bit of gear and once you are used to it works perfectly but it a bit over the top for my needs,but thats what happens when the wife buys you out door gear! Continue reading...

David Marshall 3

Great bit of gear and once you are used to it works perfectly but it a bit over the top for my needs,but thats what happens when the wife buys you out door gear! Continue reading...

Mudit Jain

Superb, I'd challenge it to be beaten (or beaten up!). Continue reading...

Simon Parker 2

The main advantages to me of my new Satmap over my existing Viewranger / GPS 60 CS are:

- waterproof ( I have been using my 5800 in my map case )
- GPS reception is much more sensitive that the GPS60
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Mick Boddy

A great bit of kit but my bigest gripe is that the neck strap is secured the wrong way round. Grab it, lift to look at map, it's upside down! Small fault but very annoying.

Posted: 10/02/2009 at 09:50

DandyMountainMan

Take it off from around your neck. Turn the landyard round 180 degress ona vertical axis and put it back on so that the screen lies against your chest. Then when you want to look at it the map will be the right way up.

Posted: 10/02/2009 at 10:00

Mick Boddy

Thanks for your idea, but what is the point of looking at the battery compartment all the time. Wearing it that way round will also cause damage to the screen eventually.

Posted: 10/02/2009 at 10:20

DandyMountainMan

You need to a nice soft yummy tummy for it to wobble against!

FWIW, I keep a small GPS in a pouch that hangs off one of the shoulder straps. If you want the screen to be visible all the time, maybe you can adapt strap-a-map-to-me to hold the GPS there.

Posted: 10/02/2009 at 10:37

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	OS mapping on screen, outdoors-friendly hardware, stand-alone option plus intuitive interface.

	Still waiting for Mac compatibility.

Price: £299.00
Year: from 2008
Weight: 256g
Website: http://www.satmap.com

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