Freerunner in real world

[Aleš Horák]

Hi,

I am using for more than a year:
    - very cheap universal bike phone holder - I have only Czech shop
URL, but I believe there should be many of such holders around.
http://www.mnshop.cz/zbozi-822-univerzalni_drzak_pro_pda_a_mobilni_telefony_na_kolo.htm
      this one costs about EUR 12

    - portable power supply
http://www.portablepowersupplies.co.uk/usbliionbatterypack.htm. it
will give you about two full battery rounds, so you will get something
like 15 hours of battery life with GPS on. now I am also using a front
bike bag
http://www.alfa-sport.cz/cyklisticke-brasny-riditka/sport-arsenal-brasna-na-riditka-510
to hold the power supply (and a camera, my wallet, ...).

bye,
Alef

2009/9/14 rhn <omcomali.rhn at porcupinefactory.org>:
> Michael Pilgermann wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> last weekend I went for a small cycling tour and I thought, with gps in my Freerunner and track load capabilities of tangogps there is no need anymore for physical maps - I took the Freerunner with me.
>>
>> I was really impressed, how smoothly the whole thing was working. No problems with the GPS; no problems with tangogps either.
>> However, two small problems:
>> - I could not attach the phone properly to my bike; had to put it in a front bag and this was somehow a pain; also with some troubles with the sun making the reading from the display rather hard
>> - The power capacity was just enough to bring me from A to B; another (longer) trip might result in troubles / me getting lost :(
>>
>> So my question: has anybody got any experiences with
>> - attaching a Freerunner to a bike (maybe even incl. sun protection)
>> - using some additional batteries?
>>
>> Thx in advance for you input; greetings
>> Michael
>>
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> Once, I used a "USB battery v2" from Hackaday (4 AA batteries) that I soldered myself. It made the FR work twice as long, but the main battery was drained to 0%, what doesn't sound healthy.
> My not-so-new batteries seemed not to be able to provide the phone with enough power for it to boot.
>
> Cheers,
> rhn
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