Posted: 4/11/2009 12:26:36 PM EDT
| Anyone know of a decent gps for keeping track of miles traveled ( walked ) , and speed? My wife would like one for training. Nothing to bulky though. TIA |
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Anyone know of a decent gps for keeping track of miles traveled ( walked ) , and speed? My wife would like one for training. Nothing to bulky though. TIA Your truck ;p sorry. I used my trip meter in teh truck to find out what the loop walks were here to see how far i was running etc. Thought of using my garmin but the idea of it bounceing around makes me leave it at home. I am sure you could get one of the wrist mounted GPS units by garmin /magellean |
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I have a Foretrex 101 for this reason. It has issues with cloudy days, like any other GPS unit, but it does a nice job at what it was designed for. I used it to track a few routes around my neighborhood and then stopped carrying it. If that's all she's going to do with it, consider borrowing a friend's.
It has navigated my drunk ass out of the woods in the dark a couple of times however- and for that, it was invaluable. |
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I have a Foretrex 101 for this reason. It has issues with cloudy days, like any other GPS unit, but it does a nice job at what it was designed for. I used it to track a few routes around my neighborhood and then stopped carrying it. If that's all she's going to do with it, consider borrowing a friend's. It has navigated my drunk ass out of the woods in the dark a couple of times however- and for that, it was invaluable. Well we like to hike also so I would be nice to know how much ground we covered. |
| I have a Garmin eTrexH. It's great for simple things like getting your coordinates and tracking your movement and storing points to get to or back to. It does not have a color screen and cannot load maps but it only costs $80 - $95. I keep one in my GHB/BOB and I use it when I go on long bike rides to keep track of how far I have rode. It's a great little simple unit for the price. |