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Looking for a good GPS for hiking/backpacking... (and a good pack)
Posted on 10/24/16 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 10/24/16 at 12:16 pm
Maybe y'all of TD can help me out here. I've been getting back into hiking (did a lot of it back in the day in scouts).
I'm supremely confident that with a map and a compass I'd be just fine, and I'm not worried about getting lost in the wilderness and ending up on that show "I shouldn't be alive."
But hell, they make the units fairly cheap these days so I figure why not.
But here's the thing; I'm always going to have my phone with me (iPhone 7) and the maps feature only works while it is within rage of the cell network - the phone's GPS isn't a real GPS. So I was wondering if there is a GPS unit that would pair with the phone, and essentially allow me to continue using my phone as the GPS and I could keep the actual GPS in my pack? Anyone know of such a device? Or if they are any good?
Also, is the Backpacker still the place in Baton Rouge for hiking/backpacking gear?
I'm supremely confident that with a map and a compass I'd be just fine, and I'm not worried about getting lost in the wilderness and ending up on that show "I shouldn't be alive."
But hell, they make the units fairly cheap these days so I figure why not. But here's the thing; I'm always going to have my phone with me (iPhone 7) and the maps feature only works while it is within rage of the cell network - the phone's GPS isn't a real GPS. So I was wondering if there is a GPS unit that would pair with the phone, and essentially allow me to continue using my phone as the GPS and I could keep the actual GPS in my pack? Anyone know of such a device? Or if they are any good?
Also, is the Backpacker still the place in Baton Rouge for hiking/backpacking gear?
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Posted on 10/24/16 at 12:25 pm to SlapahoeTribe
I buy a lot of my stuff on REI's website
But backpacker is a good place to try stuff in person
But backpacker is a good place to try stuff in person
Posted on 10/24/16 at 12:48 pm to SlapahoeTribe
Posted on 10/24/16 at 12:50 pm to SlapahoeTribe
I always used the Garmin ones with an external antenna
Posted on 10/24/16 at 12:52 pm to SlapahoeTribe
Osprey Atmos 65 is what I have and it's the boobs.
Posted on 10/24/16 at 6:16 pm to JumpingTheShark
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Osprey Atmos 65 is what I have and it's the boobs.
Osprey makes great stuff but most people only need a 50.
I own the Osprey Aether 60 and Black Diamond Mission 50.
Posted on 10/24/16 at 6:49 pm to LSUintheNW
Have any experience with the Atmos 58?
Posted on 10/24/16 at 8:32 pm to SlapahoeTribe
I have an Inreach. Can send texts and also emergency SOS. Pairs with iPhone.
The mrs wanted me to be able to text just once a day so she knows I'm not dead yet when out of cell range for days.
I don't really know how to use the map features very good yet. But the texting is nice. Send her a message every night and GPs cords of where I'm camping.
The mrs wanted me to be able to text just once a day so she knows I'm not dead yet when out of cell range for days.
I don't really know how to use the map features very good yet. But the texting is nice. Send her a message every night and GPs cords of where I'm camping.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 8:04 am to jimbeam
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Have any experience with the Atmos 58?
No, but I've heard good things. It has great reviews too. Very light from what I saw when I Googled it.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 8:17 am to LSUintheNW
Probably my next pack. The negatives I've read are the straps are maybe a little too narrow.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 8:30 am to jimbeam
It's definitely geared to minimalist. That pack is half the weight of my Aether but it's built to carry serious weight.
I hardly ever do that anymore and wish I would've bought something else.
I use my Mission pack almost exclusively now.
I hardly ever do that anymore and wish I would've bought something else.
I use my Mission pack almost exclusively now.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 11:14 am to SlapahoeTribe
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