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Garmin Fenix The Fenix has been around for a while now but Garmin are releasing a military version all in black with a few upgrades. I have had the Fenix for around three months now and I can say that I am converted it’s a GPS and a watch all thrown in to one which saves me a hell of a lot of space, time and batteries. The watch is charged up by USB from the mains or a laptop and a full charge in watch mode can last up to 4 weeks when used in conjunction with the GPS at times for things like grid references it knocks it down to around 2 weeks depending on how you use it but saying that all you do is put it on charge over night at the end of the week and its charged again ready to go. The functions of the watch do take abit of getting your head around and the logic if not used to this type of device can get you a bit worked up but once you have got it then your set up. It has different ways of displaying the time and date to suit preference and you can set it up in different modes i.e. Mountaineering and so on. You will need to have a play around with to find out which one best suits your needs but Mountaineering is the one I have put it on as it allows me to be able to have a one button press to get the grid up on screen. It has the normal stop watch function time and date and compass, the best bit though is the GPS if like me you have had a watch and a decent one at that and a gps in your pocket of grab bag well this combines the two in one and the gps is very quick and very accurate. You can turn it on and off while leaving the watch function still active. When the GPS is on I have no problems in obtaining a gps signal while inside a B6 armoured vehicle and not with my are up against the windscreen it gets while just sat in the car normally and it finds the satellites very quickly. You can set up which gps screens you want to see just like you do on a handheld and which order you want to see them in then it’s a simple case of just pressing the up or down buttons on the right hand side of the watch which makes it very simple indeed. I have mine set up for Afghanistan with the MGRS Grid system and the right datum’s and the screen is big enough unless you wear jam jars to be able to read it off the screen very well. Maps can be found on the internet for the Fenix but I would advise to do some of your own testing first and load the maps on one by one as it can slow the watch down to a crawl and the more way points you put the worse it gets but just for a normal map say of Kabul of Kandahar will be just fine and you will get the roads up on the screen, it’s not a TomTom by any stretch of the imagination but it’s not supposed to be but you do get basic maps on it and way points but who needs that out there in this roll I don’t know, it’s the grid reference to hand or wrist in this case that matters and it will get you as close a grid reference then any GPS out there on the market. I good kit bag buy this watch you will not go wrong with it. For more info see Garmin’s website and for prices shop around abit I got mine for a very good price. 8
SurfacePro 3 L aptops and tablets play a major role in the job we do today, they are a means of communicating with home and a place to order kit. If like me you have gone through a few laptops in your time working away, you must be sick and tired by all the new models that come out on a regular basis. Out now is the new Microsoft Surface Pro 3 which combines a tablet and a Windows laptop. We have had one for a few weeks now and all I can say is its very impressive. Until now a tablet has been very limited and you have not been able to do what you to with a normal laptop. Until the MS Pro 3. It’s a 12 inch tablet which, when combined with a keyboard, turns in to a fully functioning laptop. The tablet itself does not come with a keyboard and we would recommend the Microsoft keyboard that’s made for the Surface. It’s a bit pricey but worth it and works very well. On the tablet you will find a USB 3 port and a Micro SD card slot; not the world’s gratest amount of ports but it just about does for what you will need when working away. Starting up the machine (either in tablet form or laptop) it boots really fast with the 8 GB of RAM onboard and Windows 8.1, then you are into normal Windows like before. With a built in webcam and headphone socket it makes for an all-round machine… Just what we have been waiting for! It comes with Microsoft Office already installed so there is no need to buy and that’s a plus. Prices are still a bit steep but they should come down in time, like every new laptop that comes out. We don’t think you will go wrong with this little work horse. YOU CAN: CHARGE CAMERAS IPHONES & SMARTPHONES GPS TWO-WAY RADIOS AND MORE This is power without boundaries. When your batteries fade or you find yourself way off-grid, the award winning powermonkey extreme gives your devices the power to keep on going. With Powertraveller, you can at www.powertraveller.com iPad, iPhone and iPod are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries
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