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planning on a few long multi day adventures this year and wanting a record of my travels. My current gps loggers (garmin watch or my phone) last about 5 hours max, I am needing something up to 48 hours of data logging over a space of 3 days.
There does not need to be any bells or whistles to it, no screen, nothing but the ability to track my position reliably.
Any recommendations?
External battery for your phone or garmin?
[url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Holux-M241A-M241-Bluetooth-GPS-Receiver-in-Official-Retail-Pack-/221587678116 ]This [/url] might do the trick - runs off a single user-replaceable AA battery (so you can keep it powered up by replacing the battery). I've got an earlier version and it logged an extended (three week) trip easily (set to record location every minute). The supplied software works OK - ie easy to export a route to Google Earth, and position tag photos (providing you remember to set the camera's time to coincide with the GPS time).
any Garmin eTrex, or similar (one with SD card slot that takes AA batteries)
Proper Garmin GPS with AA batteries - I have GPSMAP 64 - probably overkill as it has maps etc. You can set the track recording density so it doesn't fill up. From memory batteries last 24 hours.
If you just want it to purely log your ride and you don't need any data on the go, then this is perfect
http://www.expansys.com/mobile-action-i-gotu-usb-gps-travel-logger-gt-120-178536/
Press the button to start, press the button to stop. It's as simple as that. The battery has lasted me a week in the alps riding 6+ hours every day without needing re-charged. Just plug it into your computer when you want to get the data off it.
Forget all the Garmin stuff everyone's recommending and get yourself an I-GotU GT600 logger. It's a matchbox-sized box, with a single button for on/off, and it lasts forever. 80hrs is the claimed battery time, or more with less accuracy, and I'd say that's about right based on my experiences.
Edit: chart showing claimed battery [url= http://www.expansys.com/mobile-action-i-gotu-gt-600-usb-gps-travel-logger-193988/ ]here.[/url]
If they are really out of the way adventures, maybe something like a [url= http://www.findmespot.eu/en/index.php?cid=130&pk_campaign=trace&pk_kwd=website ]Spot Trace[/url] would be useful? I have one hidden on the motorbike and it reports my position every five minutes. You can set it to report more often and it's all auto-start-stop etc.
Battery seems to last a good 3 months, amazingly.
Rachel
not interested in another Garmin. Wanted something with less frills and small as possible. Ideally not needing to take/change batteries. As much start and forget as possible.
Seen those spot traces before, sure the wife would like those on me but pricey for occasional use, Am I right in saying yo need a subscription as well?
Those i-gotU's look perfect. Guess the format would be suitable for importing into garmin/strava/google maps?
It outputs GPX files. There's bundled software that gets the routes off the device then you can upload them to Strava etc
you need to use the software? Non pc user here can I just grab the files?
Also a review says 32 bit only? Surely not?
Non pc user here can I just grab the files?
Dunno if you can browse it like an external drive. I can check tonight.
Also a review says 32 bit only
I've got the higher GT-600 model and it works fine on my 64 bit machine
Here's the official site: http://global.mobileaction.com/product/product_i-gotU_USB.jsp
Looks like it's PC only
I'm on PC too, so no idea if this works, but [url= https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5729781?tstart=0 ]you could try this.[/url]