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GPS Data Logger for Hike

  • 06-01-2010 06:14PM
    #1
    paperclips
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    Hi,

    I am looking for a recommendation for a GPS data logger for a hike that I am going on. I need the following: replaceable AA battery and SD card memory. I won't be near electricity for a while so need to be able to swap the battery and to change the memory card if it runs out of space.

    Anyone got an opinion.


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  • #2
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,549 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Why restrict yourself to just a datalogger when you can have a full blown GPS? All of the Garmin etrex models with a micro SD card such as the etrex Vista HCx, or etrex Legend HCx as well as the 60CSx can be put into a mode where they continuously write a GPX file of the track with a file name made up of the date, i.e. 20100106.gpx. You don't have to do anything except switch it on and it will record. Plus you have the facilities of a proper GPS as well should you need it.

    No need to worry about changing memory cards ... the total size of the GPX files for a 2 week trip I did last year, about 320km, was only a measly 3MB.


  • #3
    mrmac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,967 ✭✭✭mrmac


    +1 to either the Garmin Vista HCx, Legend HCx or the 60CSx - all excellent.

    I used the Legend HCx for awhile, and it's great. Highly recommend it. The 60CSx is supposed to be a great unit, and highly regarded by hikers.

    I have a Garmin Oregon 400t now, which is very good, but I wouldn't recommend it, as it can be very difficult to see the screen in bright sunlight.


  • #4
    paperclips
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭paperclips


    Alun wrote: »
    Why restrict yourself to just a datalogger when you can have a full blown GPS? All of the Garmin etrex models with a micro SD card such as the etrex Vista HCx, or etrex Legend HCx as well as the 60CSx can be put into a mode where they continuously write a GPX file of the track with a file name made up of the date, i.e. 20100106.gpx. You don't have to do anything except switch it on and it will record. Plus you have the facilities of a proper GPS as well should you need it.

    No need to worry about changing memory cards ... the total size of the GPX files for a 2 week trip I did last year, about 320km, was only a measly 3MB.

    It's a fair point. First do any of the Garmin have swappable batteries?

    I don't really need a GPS Map but so if I can get one without it that's cheaper then I would get that.


  • #5
    mrmac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,967 ✭✭✭mrmac


    Sugar! Should have said that all the above mentioned models, take two standard AA batteries. I have a few NiMH rechargeable batteries that I bring with me, as spares.

    Here's a link to the Legend HCx on Amazon. Not a bad price, and you can check out the user reviews.


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