Gadget Show GPS Test

[Adamsimpson100]

My dad is the guy who picked him up in the car at the end lol

[slugcat123]

that's hardly a river more of a stream.

[zwoerdkop]

OMG! Hysterically yours! What a rollercoaster of shit! We are talking about GPS and enjoying outdoor and nature. What are you selling apart from nerve-wrecking, panicking psuedojournalism and editing follies?

It is the last shit ever seen!

[clarkey1009484]

whats wrong with a map?!?!?!

[576ito1080p]

now put every UK 1:25K OS map and google map aerial/satelite image onto a hand held unit with a solar panel screen so it can charge itself,and be 100% waterproof in an rubber armour case.and i want the whole lot for £299:99 including mapping software on the unit ready to go from the box.

[sdpudde]

The Garmin GPSmap60 and 62 series are much easier to use and much better than Lowrance and Magellen. Not sure about Satmap as I haven't used Satmap before.

[j3tdir3ct]

no garmin colorado are dificult to use and have nothing with the user to do

thw wheel are not a good solution on these gps

the best and most accurate handheld gps today is gpsmap 60csx because the gps chipset there are built in these gps and not ind the newer models

[Tarzan07330]

@j3tdir3ct i have a 60Csx and my friend has an oregon 550t and his seems to be much more accurate...

[SuperKitemaster]

I have had numerous different gps units fr geocaching and walking across the moors, but have to say the colorado has been the best all rounder with the English maps installed. The zoom levels are excellent and have found more geocaches using this device more than the others. The extra's on this device are too many to list , the thumb wheel is brill once you get the hang of it. Anyway who would go walking with a device they havent become aquainted with, very dangerous!!!

[justdoingurmum]

what are u talking about - 879twist ?this is the exact video review we want to see, people who haven't got a clue about GPS's get to test them and find out how easy they are to use and not skilled map readers who will just find it a piece of cake !!!!

[879twist]

let do a real test shall we

forget the chick and old fart

hand it to scouts or army and let them simulate similar situations with them go

[thefinalresult1]

not a far competition the guy that won was obviously the most tech handy and the most athletic, it doesn't matter who you got what device the young would of finished 1st, the girl second, and the old guy would of gotten lost. not just cause he is old he just seemed off, to busy complaining even if he was tech handy or athletic, i have used the Colorado on 20 mile hikes with no problem, then again no gps has given me problems.

[ThirdDegreeWitch]

i have the misfortune to own a Colorado 300......total crap :(

[trex250]

The Colorado is useless. I was lucky enough to get my Garmin dealer to give me an Oregon in exchange of the Colorado. The Oregon line is brilliant and would probably have won this test?

[ddokkum]

Welcome into the world of electronics old timer. The Colorade is useless but the User too.

[ivolavor]

I Think that the problem of the Garmin was not really the Gadget, but the USER!!!

[LEXPIX]

Very cool.

[aleterra]

I am very happy with my Garmin Oregon 300 :)

[xangodango]

Having owned 3 different Garmins I am not surprised that he has such problems with it. All 3 have been badly thought through and for me, enough is enough. Also, you can't beat OS, so without it the other two will never compare.

[littlegoobie]

and right away, the colorado guy runs into the biggest problem with this unit. which is extremely short battery life when you're using controls and navigating screens a lot.

[sparkyinwa]

I have heard the Colorado wheel navigation takes some getting used to, but I have to agree the old bungler had the Garmin set up for failure by not having charged batteries, not re-calibrating the compass and not holding it level, he was holding it upright, the screen said right on it "hold level"

[bestSVMS]

a gps should be able to work if its not level

[sparkyinwa]

as you note the GPSr works fine in any orientation, though the antenna is more accurate in one orientation than another. It is the magnetic compass that needs to be level. So if you are on the screen following a bearing it won't work unless you hold it pretty close to the screen being horizontal. any of the other views are fine in any orientation.

[Helyzz82]

@sparkyinwa you are right, however, electronic (magnetic, not by GPS-position change) compasses actually work better when pointed downwards towards the closest pole, since the magnetic lines of the earth magnetic field have a 'dip angle'.

With mechanical compasses its close to level (since they are made to hang horizontal) decreasing its dip to a few degrees, but also making it less sensitive the closer it is to the poles. Dip angle is about the same as lattitude, so for england 50deg.

[sparkyinwa]

look at the clip at 4:19, it says on the screen to "hold level". If he had lifted the gps up with the sceen off level while facing the wrong direction the mag compass wouldn't update until he levels it out again

[arronjvance]

Also they should compare apple to apples on interfaces, if they wanted to talk about ease of input, use the Garmin Oregon instead since then they would both be touch screens. I have heard that you should manually reduce the amount of track-log to get more accurate results than the default.

[williamthebike]

still love the GARMIN Colorado and am gonna get a handheld GPS wich one shall i get?

[TheExquizit]

I agree with Zedith, if you want it to work you need to charge it first. Plus it seems the old man was a bit of a bumbler. Things might have been better with a less, how should we say, odd tester.

[michaelpoczynek]

Its too bad that SATMAP does not cover Canada. It looks very impressive.

[Jerraph]

I've got the Garmin E-Trex Vista C, had it a few years. Mainy use it to give me a grid ref. The batteries last ages, virtually indestructible, accurate to within a few metres. I've got the UK topo map loaded onto it too. Got me out of a few scrapes.

Of course, NEVER go out walking without your paper OS map.

[wins457]

The Colorado does have a technical learning curve to it, but it is WAAS enabled (close to 3 meter accuracy). Anything from Magellan is going to shabby, especially their North American customer service department. I never heard of Satmap and will be looking into this brand.

[uhhjomaymee]

wow english talk annoying...

[Zedith]

No way I belive that the Garmin is that bad. Of course the device does not work if you DONT CHARGE IT before you leave. Wonder how the results have been if some of the others had it...

[Group51]

You're saying that the Garmin gives inaccurate results when the battery is low? He clearly showed that the device was operating when he said that it was too slow to keep up with changes in direction.

[chrisb012]

The problem is that when he changed the batteries, he needed to re-calibrate the compass, otherwise it loses accuracy. I learnt this the hard way as well, but it is very easy to do, and once that's done, is spot on.

[LiamGarrigan]

any1 know the song on this clip...?? bout 3 mins in, i want it!!