<p>Same reason for me - my eTrex vista hcx can handle abuse like being dropped in puddles, and its batteries will last morr than 24 hours - am lucky if my phone will do 5 hours with the gps on.</p>
<p>Graham</p>
<p>from my phone</p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">On 16 Apr 2012 20:00, "Derick Rethans" <<a href="mailto:osm@derickrethans.nl">osm@derickrethans.nl</a>> wrote:<br><br><p><font color="#500050">On Mon, 16 Apr 2012, Mitja Kleider wrote:<br>
<br>> Hello,<br>> <br>> I have a few questions regarding outdoor GP...</font></p>I have a Garmin eTrex Vista HCX now, and I like it a lot as it's fast<br>
and accurate. It's map rendering isn't so nice though.<br>
<p><font color="#500050"><br>> * If there was a device with open source firmware, would that be an<br>> important feature?<br>> * Are ...</font></p>Not for me; I already have no spare time :-)<br>
<p><font color="#500050"><br>> * Why would you but an outdoor GPS anyway instead of using your smartphone?<br></font></p>I hike a lot in rain and snow and... a dedicated GPS is a lot more<br>
accurate and has a much longer battery life- and can deal with some<br>
rain!<br>
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Derick<br>
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