GPSrChive Discussion Forum

Garmin how about giving users of your gnss receivers the option of choosing 1% gnss receiver powered on time for 1000+ battery life,
10% gnss receiver powered on time for 200 hour battery life, and 100% receiver on time for 20 hour battery life? Allowing users to choose there
desired accurace for their needs?

I believe your future costemers would appreciate the ability to precisely mark gold prospecting claims, silver claims, diamond claims, and even
simply geocache claims without having to devote hours and hours of position averaging, only to find out that their still 50feet in error!

Garmin you have done a remarkable job cycling the gnss receiver chip off and on using dead reckoning navigation until compass heading changes then powering the gnss receiver chip back on for quick fix then off again when compass heading remains constant (hiking, walking modes). But there are many needs for precision accuracy by leaving the gnss receiver on constantly for short selectable periods (user selectable).

Since the etrex-se line of products offer very limited map capabilites why not market the etrex-se/solar as the precision line of gnss position navigation receivers.

This is not the target market for the eTrex series, which have always been inexpensive entry level models.

There is possibility to trade off some battery life via logging interval or expedition mode, if you really need it. IME battery life on eTrex SE is very good, so there is a little need for battery saving modes. Unit can be turned off as well.

eTrex SE is basic GPS unit which is accurate enough (and comparable to similar devices in accuracy). I don't see your point of trade off between accuracy/battery life, as there is nothing very accurate about it to trade off or even possibility to affect accuracy in substantial way. Can more detailed battery saving mode be implemented? Maybe, but personally I do not see significant improvement over current settings.

Your point about 50 feet error is still not clear from other post.