Originally Posted By balzaccom
Ok. In general I agree with the replies here, but I do have on item on my wish list.

I currently take a small camera on my backpacking trips, which can last for more than a week. I turn off the display screen, and my camera lasts for the full week and more with a single battery.

I'd like to take along a GPS unit, because no matter how many maps I take, I always wish for one more. But GPS units don't have batteries that last a week or longer. At best, they last a few days.

So I'd like a single unit that would serve as both camera and GPS, and would have a battery that lasts at least a full week in the back country.

Oh--and I want it to weight less than a pound.


Perhaps a GPS unit with an e-paper display updated twice a second or so? That would lower the current draw of the screen, but the receiver would still be power hungry.
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