I've used my iPhone on airplane mode for a 5 day hunt, it didn't even use half the battery. to be fair I was in and out of bush so didn't really need it, only in the thick dense stuff was it handy for staying on track and choosing the right ridge to go down. I do also have a power bank but didn't use it. I use an app called Galileo. its good, I think you need to pay to use the tracking but I have the NZ topo 50s on it which are great. You need to load them into the Cache to be able to use it in airplane mode.
I'd be interested to know what other apps are available for the iPhone as i'd be keen to use tracking or other functions. tracking would no doubt chew through power at a faster rate.
My cousin and I looked at getting a rhino as the radio and the locating other party feature is cool. Cant justify it yet though.
There's always more toys to buy
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