New Slimmer Battery

decay · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 23, 2006 Posts: 16

Just read this article:
http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/news/article/mps/uan/6406

Looking good.

Bosun · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:06 pm Post subject:

Hmm..............interesting.

I wonder why Satmap don't preview these things on their own site or via customer e-mails or even on this forum.

The protective case ( obviously I haven't seen one yet ) does appear slightly expensive for a silicone rubber jobbie at £40 ( plus £5 P&P I imagine ) I thought it may have been a bit more substantial for the money.

Don't think I will bother with the slimmer battery,never had any problems with the units size,seems OK to me.

There is a software update due out shortly as well so we will have to see what that brings.

Ian

davidor · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 117

I do sometimes wonder what exactly goes on in Satmap's marketing department. It seems that committed supporters (like nearly everyone here) and customers are the last to know about anything.

Regarding the silicne rubber case - if it is anything like the one I had for my Garmin eMap it will be a disappointment as it wasn't long before it strted to split.

4ndynorfolk · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:25 pm Post subject:

There must something else to this slimmer battery.

The standard battery cover has splines and foam for the aa cells. Get rid of them, and the unit could be much slimmer, with the same battery.

4ndynorfolk · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:43 am Post subject:

There must something else to this slimmer battery.

The standard battery cover has splines and foam for the aa cells. Get rid of them, and the unit could be much slimmer, with the same battery.

stevendunn99 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 22, 2009 Posts: 20

axys · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 01, 2009 Posts: 37

The Slimline Power Bundle is listed in that link at £40, £10 cheaper than the fat bundle, so its cheaper, but its unknown at this stage what you get for your money. Ideally, one should be able to buy just the slimline battery and housing to supplement the main bundle - if that is the case, its an expensive battery. All the other 'bundle' costs appear to be unchanged. Personally, I dislike all these 'bundles'; you inevitably have to buy things you don't want to get the bits you do - more profit to Satmap - why not just a list of accessories to pick from?

mikealder · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:33 pm Post subject:

As its a reduced capacity battery pack I wouldn't be interested in it, I am more than happy with how the active10 sits in my hand while in use, what would be interesting is to see the actual capacity of this new battery but I would always go for the largest capacity with a portable device, if this new cell manages to save a few grams I see little point.
To be honest my active10 is now attached to the mountain bike so its not getting much use walking, the bike offers much greater capability for external very high capacity power packs that can be used to power the lights and the SatMap for well over a week! - Mike

bazbailey · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 14, 2008 Posts: 5

A bit off topic Mike but what is the setup on your bike to get the extra battery power as you mentioned?

mikealder · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:35 am Post subject:

Its home made comprising of six industrial grade NiMh D size cells with a capacity of 13,000mAhr these are all housed in one of those tool holders that look like a water bottle, power to the Active10 is via a car charger lead, power to the lights is tapped off at three volts and goes via another quick release connector.
A single point charger is all thats needed to top the bottle up, I have some pictures from when I made this somewhere on the PC, if I can dig them out I will post it up within its own thread - Mike

satmapian · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 14, 2009 Posts: 59

I agree with Mike. Battery life is is key. The unit is about as big as I would like, but I wouldn't trade volume or weight for less battery life. And of course if your slimline battery does give out, it's going to be less straightforward to swap it for some spare AAs

PloddinPedro · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 25, 2007 Posts: 229

mikealder · Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:54 pm Post subject:

I don't tend to ride the bike in the wet, and if I do the active10 will be powered only from its own rechargeable battery with the cover attached to the charging connector on the base of the unit - Mike

PloddinPedro · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 25, 2007 Posts: 229

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