When it comes to battery life i think you need to treat Garmin's figures (they are up to) with a degree of caution to avoid disappointment. For the Oregon they quote 16hrs. For the 62s 20hrs. With rechargeables a figure of 60-70% of this is probably more realistic. Even then you'll probably need to turn the screen brightness down to achieve this. I always carry spares.
Dudley Sent from my iPad On 1 Feb 2013, at 02:54, "Steve Bennett" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 6:07 AM, Cartinus <[email protected]> wrote: >> The Garmins don't have a pure barometric altimeter. They combine the >> height from the GPS measurements with the barometric pressure. They are >> "auto calibrated" over a period of twenty minutes. > > > That's a configurable setting. You can use it as a "pure barometric > altimeter" if you really want. > > Personally I have the Oregon 550 and frequently use both the altimeter > and compass (not for mapping though). Both can be disabled if you > really want to save battery life, but even with both on, you typically > get 10 hours from a set of rechargeables. > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
