[gps-talkusers] Re: trekker experiences
- From: "Dianne B. Phelps" <d.bphelps@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 13:18:10 -0800
I am here in Northern, California and certainly don't have the weather
issues you are discussing, but using the Voice Sense with Sense Nav, I am
having trouble hearing. I had an external speaker which I tried, but it
didn't work well, probably because it is old, but like you, I don't want ear
phones when I am on the busy streets. Have a couple more things to try and
will check an electronics store for suggestions, but that is my major
problem with any of these. I have to hear them or they are useless.
Dianne
-----Original Message-----
From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 7:19 AM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: trekker experiences
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.
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