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<blockquote data-quote="Ridge Runner" data-source="post: 298709" data-attributes="member: 3775"><p>Hand Held GPS units are a must because in the Bush if the GPS in your phone runs the battery flat then you loose your Coms and then you are screwed, with a Hand Held GPS you can get new batteries in any Store and carry heaps of them with you, The GPS in a Phone should only be used as a last resort.</p><p></p><p>When I go off, I use a Tomtom satnav, And a Tablet and I have Satnav in my Phone and I also have extra heavy duty batteries for the phone and I also have A Hand held GPS and an older Garmin Street Pilot III which has maps in it or I can use a clear screen that will only display only my Data. Which can be Dash mounted or Hand Held,</p><p></p><p>Using a Phone as a Main GPS unit is asking for trouble. Because the GPS in a Phone will Eat Batteries.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ridge Runner, post: 298709, member: 3775"] Hand Held GPS units are a must because in the Bush if the GPS in your phone runs the battery flat then you loose your Coms and then you are screwed, with a Hand Held GPS you can get new batteries in any Store and carry heaps of them with you, The GPS in a Phone should only be used as a last resort. When I go off, I use a Tomtom satnav, And a Tablet and I have Satnav in my Phone and I also have extra heavy duty batteries for the phone and I also have A Hand held GPS and an older Garmin Street Pilot III which has maps in it or I can use a clear screen that will only display only my Data. Which can be Dash mounted or Hand Held, Using a Phone as a Main GPS unit is asking for trouble. Because the GPS in a Phone will Eat Batteries. [/QUOTE]
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