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Category Archive: Reviews
GLO-ing Support For Portable GPS Receiver
Wellington’s Geof Robinson (GC handle: xBoomstickx) rates his geocaching-related Christmas present.
“Santa was listening this year; I had been a good boy and got my Garmin GLO (US$99/NZ$139) for Christmas. What a difference an accurate GPSr makes!
Review: Exploring The Science Of Navigation
BOOK REVIEW The Science Of Navigation: From Dead Reckoning To GPS by Mark Denny (Johns Hopkins University Press) Paperback US$27.15/Hardcover US$65.00/Kindle US$16.50 Reviewed by Gerard Hyland (GC handle: GSVNoFixedAbode) “To paraphrase Douglas Adams, most geocachers no more know the navigational lineage behind their GPSr than a tea leaf knows the history of the East India company. Many of those geocachers …
Review: A Geocacher’s New iFriend
PRODUCT REVIEW iFriend: Rechargeable iPhone Speaker Amplifier Case US$45.38 at DS Styles By Sarah Jardine (GC handle: jardisliketardis) When kjwx asked if I’d like to review the iFriend portable speaker case for iPhone, I jumped at the chance. Having never owned an old-school GPSr, I use my iPhone as my primary geocaching tool. Billed as “one …
Review: Little Treasure At Rainbow’s End
BOOK REVIEW Rainbow’s End: A Romancing America title from Barbour Books by Valerie Comer, Annalisa Daughety, Nicole O’Dell and Cara C Putman Paperback US$7.99/Kindle US$6.99 on Amazon I’ve read more Mills & Boon-type love stories over the years than I care to admit but Barbour’s new title Rainbow’s End is the first to ever feature geocaching. …
Ammo Cans: The New Plastic Fantastics
Love the original, hate the sequel … right? That’s the way it normally works with movies, book, video games etc – or so I thought until I got to review MTM Case-Gard’s new take on that geocaching staple, the Ammo Can. Those heavy-duty war artefacts have been as traditional in the United States as well traditionals …
Review: Notes On A Scavenger Hunter’s Journal
BOOK REVIEW As Cumbyrocks and kjwx can read only three words on this book cover – and two of them name its author, Bernhard Hoëcker – Wellington’s Anne Dahse volunteered to review the German comedian’s first geotitle. Aufzeichnungen eines Schnitzeljägers: Mit Gëocaching zurück zur Natur by Bernhard Hoëcker Rowohlt, from US$14.07 on Amazon Reviewed by Anne …
Father Of Geocaching Not The Only One Fired Up
… Or how It’s Not About The Numbers discovers some rather forward material while reviewing a geocaching guide. Man’s discovery of fire pales in comparison to the invention of geocaching, if you believe our sport’s founding father. In the forward to Layne Cameron’s recently reprinted The Geocaching Handbook: The Guide For Family-Friendly High-Tech Treasure Hunting, …
GPS Review: Garmin Oregon 450
Reviewing a GPS unit that has been around for nearly three years is a bit like writing an article about a 1977 Ford Escort (which, interestingly, was my first car and a wonderfully simple vehicle for a young man to have). All are well familiar with it by now, its various strengths and weaknesses, and …
Case Study: Otterbox Defender Series For iPhone 4
I will never be an extreme geocacher but chances are I’ll always be a clumsy one. So when it came to buying a case for my new iPhone 4, there was really one option – Otterbox’s Defender Series. My brother has long been a fan of the trademark yellow and black Otterbox case that adorns his …
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