[pct-l] GPS Woes and benefits

[rcluster at comcast.net]

Hi Gary, 

Well, pulling a figure out of my...uh....hat (yeah that's it...) 

Figuring that 5 minutes should be plenty of time to turn it on, get a lock, and write down or save a position....and erring on the conservative side....16 hours of battery life would give you 192 of those five minute "operations". If you did that a couple of times a day, that would be a bit over 3 months. 

This is a WAG of course. If anyone has actually tracked the battery life this way lets hear what you came up with. 

Ron Cluster 
Snowplow 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wright" <gwtmp01 at mac.com> 
To: "Pat" <krozby at zoominternet.net> 
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 10:31:13 AM 
Subject: Re: [pct-l] GPS Woes and benefits 


On Jun 28, 2010, at 1:22 PM, Pat wrote: 
>> Will last for 2-3 hiking days on continuously (8-10 hrs/day). 

I understand that some people like to have a continuous record of their journey but it seems like a lot of trouble to keep a GPS unit on continuously due to the battery drain. Can anyway comment on how long some of these unit's last if they are only turned on when 'needed' or perhaps just to pinpoint your location at the end of the day? 

Radar 

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