Thread: GPS for a horse

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What about one of those Garmin watch GPS units?

Originally Posted by Utemad

What about one of those Garmin watch GPS units?

garmin make some great gps gear, either a watch or bike computer.....

my bike computer has at least 10hr battery life, watch would only be three...

the watches have virtual partner where you can set the average i.e. min/per kilometre and at a glance you can see if you are in front or behind the computer....

Android mobile phones! I run explorer on my Samsung galaxy but any smart phone/ iphone has gps apps avail... some free. I'm sure you will find what your looking for.

many of the smartphones would do the trick, use 'sportstracker', I use it for walking but It should dothe same trick on horseback. Mines a nokia n97 mini.

gees however did endurance riders compete before gps lol
I wonder if one of the heart rate monitors the sports tracker website sell could be modified to read the horses heart rate...

Sports Tracker

My wife has an app on her iphone which is called endomomdo. she uses it for measuring her walks, but it will also measure and map by gps many other sporting persuits including horse riding.

Endomondo | Community based on free GPS tracking of sports

Don.

Originally Posted by 1976_michelle

many of the smartphones would do the trick, use 'sportstracker', I use it for walking but It should dothe same trick on horseback. Mines a nokia n97 mini.

gees however did endurance riders compete before gps lol
I wonder if one of the heart rate monitors the sports tracker website sell could be modified to read the horses heart rate...

Sports Tracker

Old fashioned stethoscope on the horse but i like ya thinking

depends on the length of the ride... personally I'd rather keep my phone fully charged in case of emergency!
second consideration - does she want mapping capability as well? if not, the cheapest garmin gps watches will do the job, but if she does, then a phone would be best I reckon....

third consideration is having the ability to mount it where you can view the data (or not) important? this might eliminate a number of the bike specific models.

background: I've used a garmin 310xt (watch style) for my ironman training and racing for years now. It does the job you would want (and much more) but costs circa $350...