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eusty

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  1. Get yourself a bluetooth GPS which will only cost your £15 or so (plenty on ebay). Turn off your phones GPS and use this to connect to your phone and you'll find the accuracy will improve a LOT!

     

    I bought a Holux GPSlim236 for my Galaxy, before getting a Colorado :)

  2. I've looked at the eTrex second-hand on ebay, one thing though, do you know what the difference is between the 'H' and non-H versions, the H is the newer but the specs seem identical??

     

    The Dakota 10 looks very good, if I went for a dedicated unit it seems to have everything you'd need at a decent price :)

     

    But the question is why do I need one rather than the phone/BT GPS? I can see both advantages and disadvantages with no real killer reason!! :) If I was hiking across Dartmoor looking for caches then I could see a reason, but I doubt we'd travel more than a couple of miles from the car....

  3. I see your reasoning :)

     

    But what advantage would that give me over using the BT receiver connected to my phone? Although I'm technically competent (control & automation is my job!) my experience with GPS is very limited!! I would have thought the etrex would have had the same (or very similar) hardware to the BT receiver?

  4. I'm new to caching, and I have to admit it's very addictive!!

     

    I've posted this in the UK section rather than the GPS hardware one just to get a UK perspective of things :)

     

    Anyway it all started when someone mentioned caching and as I have a Galaxy S it was easy to give it a try.

    Now although the phone has a bad reputation for GPS it's not totally bad, but when I got the chance of a second hand CoPilot BTGPS3 it's a lot better than using the phone (not just on battery usage!).

     

    The problem is the CoPilot often doesn't get a fix, even though it sees 4 or 5 satellites with a good signal.

     

    I know some will say "get a proper GPSR" but I like paperless caching and a decent set is pretty expensive.

     

    So another BT GPS...but which?

     


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    • EMTAC MINI S3, which I believe is the same as the CoPilot
    • GLOBALSAT BT359C
    • Holux GPSlim 236
    • NAVICORE SIRF THREE

     

    All are SiRF III, so are any better than the others or are they much the same?

  5. I bought myself a cheap second-hand BT GPS (£7 of ebay!).

     

    Although the GPS on my Galaxy S (froyo) isn't that bad, the BT GPS was a lot better. Like you I'm not sure what advantage a dedicated GPS unit would offer as I don't plan looking for caches in really remote places.

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