Originally Posted by
KD5NRH
Not sure how I missed that. Guess I was expecting it to be a big bragging point, considering how bad GPS battery life used to be. (Had a Lowrance GM100 back in the day that ate 4AAs in about 3 hours, and both a Garmin and a Magellan that would eat two in less than two hours.)
The Garmin Edge units do much better than that. Not 22h. But with navigation and the map displayed, I get 8+ hours out an old 800.
Originally Posted by
KD5NRH
That's the main reason I want the GPS function elsewhere. OTOH, airplane mode battery life is pretty darn good with the screen off, so if I can find an app that will deactivate airplane mode, sync email, check voicemail, and Facebook Messenger, then turn airplane mode back on, at configurable intervals or set times, that might be a good option so I don't forget to power up and check at rest stops.
I don't think there is such an app but I'd like to be wrong.
The facebook apps are notoriously horrible for battery life.