excellent a/v, thank you. i am just stating metal detection and purchased a magellan 315 gps. this seems to be a good unit for beginners. wondering in a wooded area looking for relics should be much safer. will continue watching your series. thank you again.
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Just an idea I've purchased a portable charger for my I phone and carry extra batteries for my GPS. Oh, also take a map and compass and rain poncho. Coast Guard moto Semper Peradus (always ready). Good hiking, for me there is nothing as great hike on a wilderness trail..
So I was at school today and I have this teacher where you can do anything in her class, while I was grinding fortnite mobile on my phone the assistant principal came in and saw me on my phone. So I said I was researching math but he saw through my bull crap and gave me detention. So I am in detention right now, thanks for the vid I guess.
Great video, very helpful, thanks! I have an old etrex vista cox that I want to test. I’ve tried some smart phone apps, but they use up about 75% of my phone charge. I put it on airplane mode when there’s no cell service so it won’t use my data. I feel the Garmin GPS (or Magellan) is more dependable - just always carry 2 extra AA batts! LOL!
Folks, handheld GPS units like this will soon be vanishing. Smart phones will take over almost all applications. Smart phone GPS apps have free maps, much better screen resolution, easier interface, and are much much less expensive. Search RU-vid for "Gaia GPS" to learn about one of the best ones.
okay if both your cell phone battery is not dead, and as long as you have cell coverage. if you're actually lost, i dont want to rely on my iphone, the battery would be dead by 2pm if i used the mapping app. this unit saves my battery phone and will run all day without cell coverage.
Steve, you bring up a common misconception. You do NOT need cell coverage to use a smartphone GPS app like Gaia. the GPS chip works fine all on it's own. Carrying an aux battery and a tiny charging cable is cheap and light (about $20 and 4 ounces). Sure, if you are using your GPS constantly in tricky terrain, than a dedicated GPS may be a good choice. But if you are using a GPS more as an occasional check to ensure your map and compass are keeping you on course, then a phone is prolly better for most users. Try the phone app and see if it suits your needs.
you're totally right. and yes, iphone gps is very accurate, maybe even more than this. everyone has a different use case. in my case, i want a dedicated device to track where i'm going on vacation so i can geo tag my photos from my DSLR later (and other cameras) so for the price, its only a few $ more for this than a GPS logger and i think way more reliable. with a pair of lithium e3 batteries, you can get a few days of continuous run time and not worry about making sure the app on your cell phone is actually working correctly. for me, its worth $150 for a dedicated logger that does more and i can clip it to my bag and forget about it for the day.
Nice tips Ive just started doing some trails in western Australia, I have done 4 trails so far and each one was extremely poor with the signage, one trip was 15km and had 3 signs! There were several forks in the trails with no indicators and it became a bit daunting ,I had to use my phone gps to kind of help me head in the rough direction back. I must go and get a GPS like your one soon BTW you sound like Kevin Costner!
I think you missed to mention the necessity of use the COMPASS and AZIMUTH so you know in which direction you are walking and in which direction you need to go.
Was looking forward to part 3 until I realized there isn't a part 3. I really liked both videos, mainly because I am still a GPS newbie-I'm just waiting for the Etrex Vista HCx I got for dirt cheap to show up next week when my buddy come down from "up north". I had an old Etrex Legend, but I got rid of it because I wanted to eventually get a color GPS like my Astro dog tracker. Now my daughter wants to start geocaching, so I'm doing the You Tube crash course on using a GPS... {:~) BK2, hey? I was going to get one, but then I ended up getting a great deal on an ESEE 5, so now there's no need for the Becker. Both are great knives, though.
hi smith, i'm glad i came across your video, i found it very easy to follow your instructions .watched #2 as well, liked them both. i hope you post some more. izzy
This is great. Just what I wanted to see. I have not used a hand-held GPS but of course I have used many car GPS's - and have 2. These 'off road' are a bit different and I really like the "breadcrumb" feature. I just ordered, from Costco, the Garmin GPSMAP 62SC.. and we'll see how that does. Good video, appreciate your time making it.
hi I have a Magellan 110 gps I got 2 weeks ago .but do not know how to delete WAYPOINTS and TRACKS can you or someone on here please do a video on how to DELETS them please .please by the way love the place looks like a good place to go camping for a few days
Thank-you! very nice indications, effective and practical !.. Count you'll add something more detailed for advanced functions, like managing maps, plannong routes on pc and then transfering to gps, ... Bye for now.
Very nice tutorial on the handheld GPS, thank you and look forward to more educational advice on the trail. Are you a teacher by profession by chance? From sunny south Florida.
Man this guy is ALOT like me! XD He must be my brother from another mother!! That's one of the things that makes me love and long for the outdoors as well: getting away from people and all that noise of the city!! XD It's so true! These are very valuable, true, and educational videos.
Excellent real World intro to gps video for beginners! That's pretty much exactly how i play with -- er umm i mean: test my navigation equipment. ;D Although Bethlehem doesn't have such awesome falls! Is the breadcrumbs term from your gps or manual? i've actually thought thought of the trail track feature as the digital version of leaving breadcrumbs behind you. XD Also; very cool using Gordon Lightfoot! Hey, know of any FREE dowloadable gps maps sources? i've had no luck on that.
hi lorne, i know magellan makes good products but have you ever tried garmin products. garmins 24k topo maps are wonderful and have routable roads and trails.. if you venture on major trails chances are that the trails are routable on the device. if you go on trails that arent routable then you can upload yout track online for other people to try out. plus you can download trails that other people have used.
