What Cheap GPS Logger?

Mark Elvin
Mark Elvin Posts: 997
edited February 2011 in Road buying advice
I'm looking for a stand alone GPS receiver purely for logging my rides. Not worried abot cycle computer functions etc, just after a logger that will track my route/speed etc in a GPX file as the app I use on my phone drains the battery after about 3 hrs.

I have had the Holux 245 suggested which looks good value.

Can anybody suggest something half decent please?
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    What do you consider "cheap"? The Garmin Forerunner watches are around £100 - is that "cheap"? I'm sure they can be had for less secondhand.
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  • Mark Elvin
    Mark Elvin Posts: 997
    Well, the Holux is around £50 online & has good reviews.
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  • kingrollo
    kingrollo Posts: 3,198
    Try the classified section - I got a garmin edge 205 for £75 - probably one of the best VFM purchases I have made. I use it mainly as a mile logger - but the other stuff has proved useful - I used to plot a route over some stonking hills - before winter set in.
  • gary.hounsome
    gary.hounsome Posts: 296
    What phone do you have? The cyclemeter app on my iPhone runs for 6 hours and uses only 3/4 of the battery life.
  • Mark Elvin
    Mark Elvin Posts: 997
    gary.hounsome wrote:
    What phone do you have? The cyclemeter app on my iPhone runs for 6 hours and uses only 3/4 of the battery life.

    HTC Desire, which has awful battery life.
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  • bartimaeus
    bartimaeus Posts: 1,812
    I have an iGotU 120 - just under £40 from Pixmania inc shipping. Now I can find out where I've been on my mountain bike.
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  • niblue
    niblue Posts: 1,387
    I went with one of the Garmin Forerunner 305's that Amazon were knocking out for £105. Might be a bit more expensive than the cheapest tracking but I find getting the HR data alongside the speed/distance/gradient useful plus you can also add a cadence sensor and track that as well.
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    have a look at the bryton ones.

    Had a play with one yesterday and seems like a great product for the money.
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  • robz400
    robz400 Posts: 160
    Can you get runkeeper for the HTC?

    I use it and its exellent - has a very useful site which it automatically downloads to for analysing and recoreding your rides....

    It was free in Jan but normally £10
  • ADIHEAD
    ADIHEAD Posts: 575
    Endomondo is fantastic and runs on the Desire. I'm using it on my Motorola Android phone as a stop gap until I finally take the plunge and get a Garmin 500.

    http://www.endomondo.com/login
  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    ride_whenever wrote:
    have a look at the bryton ones.

    Had a play with one yesterday and seems like a great product for the money.

    But the Bryton 30 isn't actually cheaper than a Garmin Edge 500.
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  • Mark Elvin
    Mark Elvin Posts: 997
    Bought the Holux 245 in the end, it's really rather excellent for £40.
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  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    Decathlon used to do a watch style GPS, almost identical to the old Garmin Forerunner 01 series. Geonaute I think they were called.


    edit: ooooppss sorry I see you've bought something now.

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