Thread: Hand held gps

Rhino looks good but havevto use proprietary battery. Cant carry a bunch of AAs if on a long trip. Same screen size as my dakota 20. Garmin touch screens are the way to go and with NZGPS forum maps you can use it as a Car GPS too.

Originally Posted by scottrods

Rhino looks good but havevto use proprietary battery. Cant carry a bunch of AAs if on a long trip. Same screen size as my dakota 20. Garmin touch screens are the way to go and with NZGPS forum maps you can use it as a Car GPS too.

you can get a AA battery pack for the rhino.

I think the saying rhino is the future is a bit of a stretch, they are clunky heavy units, old school soft touch screen, shitty display. Actually all dedicated GPS have a seriously shitty display, i cant believe they havent gone to a better LED screen like any $100 smartphone has. My rhino battery lasts for a week easy if you only use it when you actually want to see where you are or for short periods lke 20min at a time to mark a tricky spot. If you leave it on all day the battery will be dead in 1.5 days. The radio is a good but i dont actually use it much.

I reckon the future of the gps is a phone that has a better in built gps locater. That way it would act as my GPS, camera, torch when required and be smaller/lighter. I still carry my phone as well as my rhino at the moment so would save some clutter