Well, at minus 40 or even as warm as minus 30C which is just a little below minus 20F, you need to keep electronics inside your clothing or the electronics become unreliable according to most manufacturers literature. For a time I tried using WayFinder on my phone in a large mitten but it is really hard to hear. I didn't have a bluetooth headset but I don't much like head sets when I am out traveling in the snow, sounds already being muted.
Reading a couple of lines of braille at intervals when you want to be alerted to an intersection just doesn't cut it.
Now that I am retired I can just choose to stay home under blizzard or cold conditions but then neither do I have need for GPS in my living room.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Kaufman" <wa9top@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 9:52 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: trekker experiences
I tested my old PK at minus 10 F, it worked fine. I could pull off a glove, read a line and put the bglove on. I had time for maybe two lines if I was quick. It would have been hard to have a braille only option at those temperatures, but the Braillenote and the GPS worked as well as the polar fleice arctic hood, down filled coat and mittens, snow pants, and snow boots rated to minus 50 DG F. I had long hunters underware jeans and a sweatshirt under the cold weather stuff. It all worked except I shatered a roller ball cane tip, just by hitting an ice block.So my advice, is for solid cane tips at those temperatures.To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode):http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htmAdditionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.
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