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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Dave King and the "THING"
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<blockquote data-quote="Dave King" data-source="post: 21856" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Brent</p><p></p><p> I have a Garmin 12, it's about the 6th or 7th one I've had. I generally give them away as gifts to friends or guides. They have a "GOTO" button on the panel, something I believe is very important. Once a person gets lost or hypothermic rational thought gets lost too. The new GPSs have the "GOTO" feature buried deep inside, sometimes several menus deep. Getting to this feature is a mentally challenging proposition even when one is in normal frame of mind, certainly of no value to a "lost" person.</p><p></p><p>I don't leave my GPS on, I only turn it on to get a position fix. I don't use it as a compass and I don't use the compass feature on it even when it's working. I carry a standard lensatic (?) compass.</p><p></p><p>I do use Duracel batteries, the cheaper batteries are a waste of money and time. The Ultra have been used a few times, they're very good.</p><p></p><p>The elevation settings are not as good as the X,Y postions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave King, post: 21856, member: 3"] Brent I have a Garmin 12, it's about the 6th or 7th one I've had. I generally give them away as gifts to friends or guides. They have a "GOTO" button on the panel, something I believe is very important. Once a person gets lost or hypothermic rational thought gets lost too. The new GPSs have the "GOTO" feature buried deep inside, sometimes several menus deep. Getting to this feature is a mentally challenging proposition even when one is in normal frame of mind, certainly of no value to a "lost" person. I don't leave my GPS on, I only turn it on to get a position fix. I don't use it as a compass and I don't use the compass feature on it even when it's working. I carry a standard lensatic (?) compass. I do use Duracel batteries, the cheaper batteries are a waste of money and time. The Ultra have been used a few times, they're very good. The elevation settings are not as good as the X,Y postions. [/QUOTE]
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