[txcas]

Originally Posted by Dave Potter

Battery life was also excellent especially considering the unit's compact size and weight.

Can you be more specific? How many hours can you get out of a fully charged battery? Thanks.

[txcas]

Originally Posted by Dave Potter

Battery life was also excellent especially considering the unit's compact size and weight.

Can you be more specific? How many hours can you get out of a fully charged battery? Thanks.

[Marcel_Proust]

The Belkin (also known as the Fortuna) is a much better device. I've used both. When upgraded with the new ROM from the Fortuna site, it is a next generation receiver that keeps tracking under even difficult situation. The new rom upgrade fixes some of the slow performance issues associated with the Belkin/Fortuna.
You can also get it for very cheap, once you find the discount code that was posted on these forums.
This is not a bad device, and has very pretty lights, but doesn't compare.

[timware]

I had the Fortuna and returned it for the Holux. The Fortuna/Belkin was running consistently 1-2 sats behind the Holux 230. I was able to compare this to another Fortuna and a Belkin with the same results. In fact, the Fortuna had less sensitivity then my Holux CF gps.

Perhaps the issues were firmware related. The v2 ClipOn is getting rave reviews, some reporting higher sensitivity than the Holux (ST vs ST mode).

I also had some cold start issues with the ClipOn. I know that was firmware related. I suspect that has been addressed as well.

Bottom line, cant lose with either. I dont like the non-replaceable battery thing.. but I found other things I didnt like about the Fortuna as well.

[Dave Potter]

Originally Posted by txcas

Can you be more specific? How many hours can you get out of a fully charged battery? Thanks.

I was surpised to find that the battery life was consistent with the manufacturer's claim of 9 hrs. In my experience, battery life is embellished on specs sheets - but in this case, the specs were pretty accurate.

[T-Will]

Does anyone have a link to a head-to-head GPS software review?

[yanathin]

Originally Posted by T-Will

Does anyone have a link to a head-to-head GPS software review?

Yeah, www.gpspassion.com has TONS of articles... They have exactly what you're looking for.

[Underwater Mike]

If the Clip-On was $40 cheaper, I'd snap one up. Just a bit too expensive for me. Wish I could go for the Holux, but the fixed battery is just a deal-killer.

[Underwater Mike]

Can you clue me in as to what the discount code might be or when it was posted? My search didn't turn up anything.

EDIT: Never mind, I found it and ordered one of the Belkin units. Geez, I wish I'd known of that code before I bought my BT cards 2 weeks ago!

Originally Posted by Marcel_Proust

The Belkin (also known as the Fortuna) is a much better device. I've used both. When upgraded with the new ROM from the Fortuna site, it is a next generation receiver that keeps tracking under even difficult situation. The new rom upgrade fixes some of the slow performance issues associated with the Belkin/Fortuna.
You can also get it for very cheap, once you find the discount code that was posted on these forums.
This is not a bad device, and has very pretty lights, but doesn't compare.

[gpspassion]

Originally Posted by jmbneaf

Dave,

Thanks. I already have a cable like that in hand.

-JB

Actually to use it as a "mouse GPS" (data flow) you'll need a specific cable that has an RS-232 controller built-in. A standard cable will work for charging though.

Since some have asked for a head to head review, here's a link to the Bluetooth GPS Shoot Out

[jmbneaf]

Originally Posted by gpspassion

Actually to use it as a "mouse GPS" (data flow) you'll need a specific cable that has an RS-232 controller built-in. A standard cable will work for charging though.

Thanks. The USB connector is very misleading. The spec does note it is a TTL (serial) output.

So much for it being a well rounded device; would have been nice to act as a USB GPS mouse and a BT GPS receiver - to much to ask for I guess.

-JB