These are the things that I need to be able to do on the trail: Navigation, Photography, Communication, Writing, Entertainment, Backup
Canon S95
Unfortunately rather too little used. It's a great little camera.
Did not use the tripod once.
Kingston MLWG2
This is a fantastically useful and versatile tool (see Kingston website).
Amongst many other things I could backup my camera card to a USB stick in the field.
Battery packs
They all performed well. I got 17 days of phone use at the end of the trail without a mains recharge and was still only 75% through the second battery pack.
My only complaint with the battery packs is that the Anker one has a very poorly designed switch which sits proud of the body and is all too easy to turn on. This would matter little were it not for the completely useless LED flashlight feature, which in time would drain the battery were it to turn on in a pack. I taped on a foam surround to prevent the button being pressed accidentally.
Although it was sunny enough for solar I would not have had the same amount of power available for the weight, given that I would still need some capacity (a week) to cover for periods when solar charging was limited.
Devices
iPhone 5s, Canon S95, Garmin eTrex 20, Kindle Paperwhite, Kingston Mobile Lite G2
Media
SD Cards, Micro SD Cards (and adaptors), USB sticks
Power storage
10,000 mAh battery pack (Parkman)
16,000 mAh battery pack (Anker)
4,640 mAh battery pack (Kingston)
Chargers
Two USB chargers (1 x iClever two port, 1 x Apple charger for iPhone)
Convertor from US to European plug
European plug version for Apple charger
Cables
I usually have two of every cable.
USB - Lightening (Apple)
USB - Mini USB (Garmin)
USB - Micro USB (All others)
Reviews
iPhone 5s
Performed flawlessly. For most navigation functions it is much better than a dedicated GPS. Probably not as good as a standalone camera, but more convenient. Panorama function is pretty good.
Benefitted from good phone signal most of the time.
Dusty conditions not ideal so should probably get a case for it.
Performed flawlessly. For most navigation functions it is much better than a dedicated GPS. Probably not as good as a standalone camera, but more convenient. Panorama function is pretty good.
Benefitted from good phone signal most of the time.
Dusty conditions not ideal so should probably get a case for it.
Garmin eTrex 20
No major problems this time. In the past it has corrupted its own files and been unable to boot up until fixed with a computer.
It did its limited job adequately well.
Boot up time seems especially slow compared to phone.
No major problems this time. In the past it has corrupted its own files and been unable to boot up until fixed with a computer.
It did its limited job adequately well.
Boot up time seems especially slow compared to phone.
Kindle Paperwhite
This got very little use. I read mostly on phone and used that for PDF documents too for which it is far better. Battery life is outstanding.
This got very little use. I read mostly on phone and used that for PDF documents too for which it is far better. Battery life is outstanding.
Canon S95
Unfortunately rather too little used. It's a great little camera.
Did not use the tripod once.
Kingston MLWG2
This is a fantastically useful and versatile tool (see Kingston website).
Amongst many other things I could backup my camera card to a USB stick in the field.
Battery packs
They all performed well. I got 17 days of phone use at the end of the trail without a mains recharge and was still only 75% through the second battery pack.
My only complaint with the battery packs is that the Anker one has a very poorly designed switch which sits proud of the body and is all too easy to turn on. This would matter little were it not for the completely useless LED flashlight feature, which in time would drain the battery were it to turn on in a pack. I taped on a foam surround to prevent the button being pressed accidentally.
Although it was sunny enough for solar I would not have had the same amount of power available for the weight, given that I would still need some capacity (a week) to cover for periods when solar charging was limited.
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