Re: Are PDA sat navs robust?

Bitstring <96DF78A58at84u@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, from the wonderful person Andy Tate <a.tate@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said 

Hi,

I am about to upgrade from my old Garmin GPS12 and am torn between
something like a Garmin 76CMap or Garmin Quest and using one of the newer
PDA's with an add on (maybe bluetooth) GPS mouse and software.

My main worry is how robust are the PDA alternatives ?  It would seem they
offer lots of 'fun' in choosing and running different software etc but do
they stand up to outdoor hiking use and being placed in pockets.  My old
unit has never let me down and you can even sit on it by mistake with no
harm to the unit.

They are not as robust, or waterproof, as a proper (hiking type) GPS (with the possible exception of the defective 60C I had). However worse than that (you can after all stick them in a wet pack) they are heavier and have very limited battery life.

A pity, because it would be nice to tote a camera/MP3 player/GPS with real OS mapping/Cellphone/Email device around the hills .. Hmm, no, Ok, maybe not .....

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