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Old 08-20-22, 03:00 AM
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Originally Posted by unterhausen
What's the longest you have used a cellphone for guidance? I think I did it for a 100k. I didn't really like it. My phone screen is horrible in daylight though, I'm going to work on that with the next one. I found that it wasn't loud enough. I'm pretty sure in battery saver mode my garmin 830 would have lasted for all of PBP. I used a route that split the ride in 600k segments though, just to be safe since it's out and back.

Someone I have ridden with once used rwgps as a backup on a fleche, so 24 hours. He had his phone hooked up to a giant backup battery. I was trying to figure out if there was a woman talking to us before I realized he had his phone giving voice guidance in his back pocket.
My cell phone will last about a 200k and then it needs charged. The GoPuck external battery I carry has sufficient power to charge the phone 2-3 times if need be.
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