GPS recommendations

[schmalts]

I use my Samsung Galaxy 5S with BCN and Locus maps. I have my GPS, Phone, and camera covered all in one unit.

 

[Ben Lamb]

Anyone elses Oregon 600 go through batteries like it is a crack addict? I can't figure out if I have something set up wrong. I hardly make it through a day on a set of batteries.

Are you using Lithiums?

My Etrex goes through the alkaline batteries in a few short hours. Lithiums last easily all day.

 

[ShootsManyBullets]

I was just about to ask about these lithium batteries too

 

[Schaaf]

I usually use the lithium batteries. I may have had too high of expectations, is it normal for lithiums to last 1-2 days on a GPS?

 

[airlocksniffer]

I can get about 2 days from my eTrex 20 on regular old alkaline batteries. I keep the screen brightness all the way down during the day and really don't use it to navigate much, more just tracking progress.

 

[ssssnake529]

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge with Backcountry Navigator and hunting map package.

I will never carry a dedicated GPS again. The phone is lighter, has a nicer screen, and performs other functions as well as GPS.

 

[gregt9146]

I just got back from our 7 day hunt and I changed the batteries once in my 62s, I also use the lithium's batteries and the unit is turned on the moment I leave camp till the moment I return to camp that evening.