Comments on: DeLorme Blue Logger 60 Hour Battery http://www.gpsreview.net/delorme-blue-logger-60-hour-battery/ GPS Reviews for Garmin, Magellan, TomTom, and other GPS Systems Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:27:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bruce http://www.gpsreview.net/delorme-blue-logger-60-hour-battery/#comment-33790 Bruce Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:01:26 +0000 http://www.gpsreview.net/delorme-blue-logger-60-hour-battery/#comment-33790 Like the Earthmate BlueLogger before it, this sounds like a great idea. The BlueLogger was a GPS receiver with no UI (has one button and two LEDs). It used a blue tooth connection to connect with your laptop and your mapping software provided all the display. It also logged directly on the BlueLogger memory so if the laptop decided to shut down at the wrong time, you still had the track log of everything you had done. It was a great concept and it worked some of the time. The problem was that it was not dependable. Sometimes it would boot and connect, sometimes not. It would never run for more than a few hours without locking up or stopping. You often had to pull the battery out to reset it, and sometimes that wouldn't even do the trick. I was NEVER able to get it to work for a full Jeep trip, even a one day trip. I have reverted to my old and reliable Garmin GPS 12Map and the wires to hook it to my laptop. I do love the DeLorme TopoUSA software and use it all the time. My other concern is that 400 sq km is not much data when dealing with a what a vehicle can cover when off the pavement. I will wait until DeLorme has a piece of hardware that users find to run flawlessly and consistently and there is an obvious reasonable priced mechanism to get the additional data. DeLorme, please keep trying. I am sure you will get it right. Like the Earthmate BlueLogger before it, this sounds like a great idea. The BlueLogger was a GPS receiver with no UI (has one button and two LEDs). It used a blue tooth connection to connect with your laptop and your mapping software provided all the display. It also logged directly on the BlueLogger memory so if the laptop decided to shut down at the wrong time, you still had the track log of everything you had done. It was a great concept and it worked some of the time.
The problem was that it was not dependable. Sometimes it would boot and connect, sometimes not. It would never run for more than a few hours without locking up or stopping. You often had to pull the battery out to reset it, and sometimes that wouldn’t even do the trick. I was NEVER able to get it to work for a full Jeep trip, even a one day trip. I have reverted to my old and reliable Garmin GPS 12Map and the wires to hook it to my laptop.
I do love the DeLorme TopoUSA software and use it all the time.
My other concern is that 400 sq km is not much data when dealing with a what a vehicle can cover when off the pavement.
I will wait until DeLorme has a piece of hardware that users find to run flawlessly and consistently and there is an obvious reasonable priced mechanism to get the additional data.
DeLorme, please keep trying. I am sure you will get it right.

]]> By: Adrian Bolden http://www.gpsreview.net/delorme-blue-logger-60-hour-battery/#comment-885 Adrian Bolden Mon, 20 Mar 2006 03:18:06 +0000 http://www.gpsreview.net/delorme-blue-logger-60-hour-battery/#comment-885 Hi James, I'm the president of Alti-tech. The -total- time is 60 hours of operation, and we could modify the unit to accept an external antenna for you if you let us know which antenna you would be using. The price of our unit does seem high, but this is due to the fact that we don't make nearly as many GPS power cases as DeLorme makes Blue Loggers! All our manufacturing and production is done in North America even our Li-ion cells come from a Canadian source. Our unit has an internal charger and Li-ion battery that replace the battery in the Blue Logger. If you need to keep the GPS Power Case running longer than 60 hours, we could attach a small 5W solar panel that would extend the run time of the unit by powering during the day. Feel free to contact me and ask any questions, we have the ability to modify units to meet your needs. Regards, Adrian Bolden, President Alti-tech Engineering Inc. ph 604 215 9400 alti-tech@telus.net www.alti-tech.com Hi James, I’m the president of Alti-tech.

The -total- time is 60 hours of operation, and we could modify the unit to accept an external antenna for you if you let us know which antenna you would be using.

The price of our unit does seem high, but this is due to the fact that we don’t make nearly as many GPS power cases as DeLorme makes Blue Loggers! All our manufacturing and production is done in North America even our Li-ion cells come from a Canadian source.

Our unit has an internal charger and Li-ion battery that replace the battery in the Blue Logger. If you need to keep the GPS Power Case running longer than 60 hours, we could attach a small 5W solar panel that would extend the run time of the unit by powering during the day.

Feel free to contact me and ask any questions, we have the ability to modify units to meet your needs.

Regards,

Adrian Bolden, President
Alti-tech Engineering Inc.
ph 604 215 9400
alti-tech@telus.net
http://www.alti-tech.com

]]> By: GPS Review http://www.gpsreview.net/delorme-blue-logger-60-hour-battery/#comment-880 GPS Review Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:40:14 +0000 http://www.gpsreview.net/delorme-blue-logger-60-hour-battery/#comment-880 Hi James, The following PDF file might help answer some of your questions. (<a target="_new" href="http://www.alti-tech.com/docs/AT_GPS-case_docs.pdf" rel="nofollow">Power Case</a>) To answer the first question, installation requires that you remove the original battery to install the Blue Logger in the case. So you don't get 60 + 8 out of the device, just the 60. I don't have a definitive answer to your second question, however looking at the diagrams I don't see much room along the side for an external antenna. (The external antenna mount on the Blue Logger is beside the last "e" in the word Earthmate along the side.) Hi James,

The following PDF file might help answer some of your questions. (Power Case) To answer the first question, installation requires that you remove the original battery to install the Blue Logger in the case. So you don’t get 60 + 8 out of the device, just the 60.

I don’t have a definitive answer to your second question, however looking at the diagrams I don’t see much room along the side for an external antenna. (The external antenna mount on the Blue Logger is beside the last “e” in the word Earthmate along the side.)

]]> By: James from Houston http://www.gpsreview.net/delorme-blue-logger-60-hour-battery/#comment-879 James from Houston Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:10:02 +0000 http://www.gpsreview.net/delorme-blue-logger-60-hour-battery/#comment-879 I have a question concerning this product. 1. With this device along with the Blue logger would the full life of the unit be 60hrs+8hrs = 68 hours? I guess the question really should be, where does the extended life come from? Does it conserve the battery life, or have an alternative battery source inside the power case? 2. Since I don't own the blue logger or the power case I need to know if a GPS antenna would be able to hook up with this unit inside the power case? I'm planning on purchasing 6 blue loggers for myself, however seeing that this power case is even more expensive then the actual blue loggers, I am wanting to know if it is even worth it, or If I have to make my own battery extension devise in my garage. I need more then 60-70 hours eventually per unit, but as of now, I'm trying to determine if getting this power case would benefit me until that time comes. Any advice? Thanks -James I have a question concerning this product.

1. With this device along with the Blue logger would the full life of the unit be 60hrs+8hrs = 68 hours? I guess the question really should be, where does the extended life come from? Does it conserve the battery life, or have an alternative battery source inside the power case?

2. Since I don’t own the blue logger or the power case I need to know if a GPS antenna would be able to hook up with this unit inside the power case?

I’m planning on purchasing 6 blue loggers for myself, however seeing that this power case is even more expensive then the actual blue loggers, I am wanting to know if it is even worth it, or If I have to make my own battery extension devise in my garage. I need more then 60-70 hours eventually per unit, but as of now, I’m trying to determine if getting this power case would benefit me until that time comes. Any advice? Thanks -James

]]> By: Jeremy Giles http://www.gpsreview.net/delorme-blue-logger-60-hour-battery/#comment-654 Jeremy Giles Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:31:31 +0000 http://www.gpsreview.net/delorme-blue-logger-60-hour-battery/#comment-654 Thanks for the write-up! It's nice to see that the GPS Power Case is starting to get noticed - we've been so busy working on some of our other projects that we haven't had much of a chance to follow up on the Power Case press release. Swing by our website - www.alti-tech.com - to see what we're been up to. Cheers, Alti-tech Thanks for the write-up!

It’s nice to see that the GPS Power Case is starting to get noticed – we’ve been so busy working on some of our other projects that we haven’t had much of a chance to follow up on the Power Case press release.

Swing by our website – http://www.alti-tech.com – to see what we’re been up to.

Cheers,

Alti-tech

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