As we were heading up Whitney, we left the radios on to test out the tracking, this came in handy when we each went up to the summit from trail camp at different times. Multi-Day Hiking: With an expected battery life of 14 hours, you will have to choose when you want to use the device, and when to leave it off. Garmin has done an excellent job though of tweaking this touchscreen to work more like today’s modern capacitive screens found in most every smartphone. What this really means is that it uses the old resistive technology of touch screens that require you to press firmly to register a touch. Garmin loves to tout the “glove friendly” touch screen display, which does work pretty well. We took the pair of Rinos up Mt Whitney, the Grand Teton, and hunting in the High Sierra, testing out each of the different features. IPX7 waterproofing provides peace of mind and adds to the overall quality build of the device. At least they knew that it was big and gave you a solution. We’ve gone over how you can turn your Smartphone in a Powerful off the grid GPS device.īecause this thing is about an inch smaller than a red brick, you most likely won’t be putting it in your pocket, but will instead be using the Garmin supplied clip and carabiner.
The screen is adequate to read the maps, but I’ve been spoiled by the 5″ display of most smartphones now, and trying to use this as a stand alone GPS units leaves me wanting the large screen of my phone. The size of the Rino 650t is pretty large, but when you compare it to the 2 devices that it would otherwise be replacing, it is pretty reasonable. With the double antenna horns, I can kind of see where the “Rino” name came from. Just about anyone who adventures outside has used a GPS, and has at least at one point thought how convenient a radio would be when they didn’t have one. Had Wes and Ty been carrying these while backpacking the Lost Coast last winter, they wouldn’t have lost their friend Mat.
Boaters, climbers, hikers, fishermen, cyclists, motorcyclists, outdoors bloggers… The overprotective parents who want to keep tabs on their children while they run aimlessly through the woods. A hunter who wants to tell his partner where he is, where the animal is, and where he needs to go, all while remaining completely silent. When multiple Rino units communicate with each other, they begin sharing location data for each unit to the other units, making it easy to visually see where each person with a unit is.Īnyone on a group outdoors trip of any kind in which the party may separate for any reason.
This one comes preloaded with Garmin’s 100k Topo and Bird’s Eye Satellite imagery that can be loaded from your computer. The Garmin Rino 650t is a combination handheld 5w GMRS/FRS radio and feature-packed GPS unit.
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