Check out my tax return toy. :O

[Rufio]

I got my tax return, and i decided to buy a little toy, and then save the rest.


this is what I got!

 

[sygyzy]

Do you know anyone else that has one?

 

[Rufio]

yeap a whole bunch of my airsoft buddies use the RIno series

 

[sygyzy]

That's interesting. I imagine you play scenario airsoft to justify needing a GPS.

 

[cerebusPu]

dont you need like two of those? a lesser model will work with it right?

 

[cerebusPu]

oops..i posted too late. is it very useful with airsoft/paintball??

 

[kermalou]

what is it good for?

 

[jadinolf]

There's one born every minute.

 

[gsaldivar]

The "Peer-to-Peer Positioning" thing looks cool, but not worth $380 a radio IMHO.

 

[Rufio]

hahahhahha lot of haters in this thread.

i travel and hike a lot, and this is just a way to kill two birds with one stone -- it has gps in it as well as walkie talkie functions.

i paid much less for the radio anyway nothing beats having awesome electronic hookups!

 

[compudog]

Cool! I'd like to get one for my dad. He hikes the Appalachian trail and uses FRS too. Nice find.

 

[Rufio]

this thing is so dope...
i have been tracking my movements all nite.
ahahahaha

 

[warcrow]

Holy crap that thing is awesome!

 

[MacBaine]

Originally posted by: Rufio
this thing is so dope...
i have been tracking my movements all nite.
ahahahaha

You aren't the only one who's been tracking them....

AH!

 

[Shawn]

It's kinda cool though I'd have no use for one.

 

[Rufio]

i was in the car while my g/f was driving...tracking my movements.
then i checked out the electronic compass..

and then we went up a hilll, and it measured the elevation.

Then i got a trip summary of the distance we travelled, avg speed, blah blah.

Then i picked up some FRS channels w/people talking on them (near the mall). I talked back.

Then i thought, what a great toy!
AHHAHHHAHAHA

 

[ApacheXMD]

cool, i got a rino 110 for 50 bucks. I don't know anyone else with one though
It's a cool little unit. Pick up a cable for it, and you can hook it up to a laptop for some wardriving or *real* navigation.

I use mine to find my car in the parking lot now. I can't wait till i take this thing camping! I wish I had friends with rinos. I can't help but feel I'm wasting it.

-patchy

 

[srvblues00]

You should get involved in GeoCaching. It's a blast!!!

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: Rufio
i was in the car while my g/f was driving...tracking my movements.
then i checked out the electronic compass..

and then we went up a hilll, and it measured the elevation.

Then i got a trip summary of the distance we travelled, avg speed, blah blah.

Then i picked up some FRS channels w/people talking on them (near the mall). I talked back.

Then i thought, what a great toy!
AHHAHHHAHAHA

Did you randomly stumble across a channel with people talking? That's quite the luck you have considering there are so many channels and subchannels.

 

[ApacheXMD]

There's a scan feature on my Rino 110, that scans all the channels, and "subchannels". So there's no luck involved at all. Just click on Scan, and it'll find the channel, and subchannel with activity.

The subchannels aren't really subchannels, they're just squelch codes. and it merely filters out everything that's not on your code. So if you're on Channel 4, Code 12, you only hear broadcasts on 4(12). But everyone on Channel 4 and NO code, will hear you too.
And there are still FRS radios sold without the subchannel feature.

-patchy

 

[Rufio]

ApacheXMD that is a killer price! Also, if u are ever in LA, we can bust out our Rinos. HAHAAH

srvblues00 i'm checking it out now.

sygyzy we were near a mall, and they use those FRS radios all the time in the stores - like GAP, Banana Republic, etc etc. And ApacheXMD is correct on the scan features.