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Any tip for a Garmin to track Speed and distance ?

Chicagokitejumping - 2-3-2018 at 10:05 AM

What would you recommend for tracking the speed ,distance in a buggy - blokart ? must be easy to use with a good battery and good price ... any tips ?

Thank you !

Randy - 2-3-2018 at 10:41 AM

I have a simple Garmin etrex 10 which works very nicely. Tracks speed and distance showing max speed, average moving speed, time moving, time stopped, etc. Has many other functions that I have never used. It may no longer be made. There are some later versions (etrex 20, 30,?) which are probably available. Ebay or Amazon. Got mine at REI on clearance for $80 a year or so ago. Nice thing about garmin (may be true of other brands too, but I don't know) is that the files can be uploaded to GPSVisualizer.com and maps made and files converted to text. I enter mine into a spreadsheet and get speed reading every 30 seconds or so. Here are some maps of a recent session. (Not - I was walking through the woods, not riding....)





MAP2018-2-27.jpg - 110kB

MAP2018-2-27b.jpg - 107kB

Randy - 2-3-2018 at 10:47 AM

We had a discussion of this on another thread recently.

http://www.powerkiteforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=33786#pid32...

Chicagokitejumping - 2-3-2018 at 03:29 PM

Thank you ! i appreciate the info ! look good