Episodes

  • GPS Training Podcast – number 107

    GPS Training Podcast – number 107
    Mar 1 2025
    In this episode of the GPS Training podcast, we cover: 1. Suunto Range of Watches We break down Suunto's latest lineup, highlighting the differences in display types, battery life, size, and navigation features. From the vibrant AMOLED screens of the Race and Race S to the solar-powered, ultra-long battery life of the Suunto Vertical, we compare how they stack up against competitors like the Garmin Fenix 8. We also share real-world insights from the Spine Challenger North winner, who put these watches to the test on a gruelling 160-mile challenge! 2. Exclusive Interview with Paul Grundy We’ve got a special mid-month episode featuring Paul Grundy—don’t miss it! 3. Best GPS for Mountain Biking – TwoNav Roc If you’re looking for the best GPS unit for mountain biking, we explain why the TwoNav Roc is a top contender. With compact design, robust durability, high-accuracy satellite tracking, and cost-effective mapping, it’s ideal for riders tackling tough trails. 4. Andy’s Top Tips This month, Andy shares practical tips on getting the most out of your GPS devices, including: Suunto Race Quick Controls – How to quickly access key settings during activity. TwoNav Display Optimisation – Keep the display on for real-time tracking but conserve battery with quick adjustments.
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    42 mins
  • GPS Training Podcast – number 106

    GPS Training Podcast – number 106
    Feb 20 2025
    In this special 'mid-month' podcast we interview Paul Grundy, winner of the Winter Spine Challenger North 2025
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    1 hr and 39 mins
  • GPS Training Podcast – number 105

    GPS Training Podcast – number 105
    Feb 1 2025
    In this month’s podcast The New Montana 710/ 710i and 760i Outdoor GPS Shop Podcast Garmin BaseCamp and other route planning options Andy’s Top Tips 1. Garmin Montana 710, 710i and 760i What are the differences between the 710, 710i and 760i? Upgrades - - USBC – we put an an adapter - Double the memory – 16gb to 32gb - The ability to download free Topo Active maps other regions – also via wifi now if you add wifi via Garmin express first this should change - Improved battery life – 18 hours > 24 hours Garmin Montana 710 Garmin Montana 710i Garmin Montana 760i Review - New Garmin Montana series of outdoor GPS units 2. OGPS Podcast What is the Outdoor GPS Shop How does it vary from GPS Training Abigail and Ian (AI), the hosts Outdoor GPS Shop podcast - https://outdoorgpsshop.podbean.com/ Shorter episodes on x 1 subject Review - Coros Apex 2 Pro Essential walking kit The Garmin GPSMAP67 – review Weather in the Hills Mobile phone app or GPS unit? An introduction to Abigail and Ian Saturday morning – Winter Safety Sunday morning – The Power of Dual Frequency Please do hunt out on whatever platform you listen to podcasts in and give it a listen. It has really grown on me and the more episodes we put out the better the AI is learning, I listened to the review on the Coros this morning and could not fault it 3. Garmin BaseCamp and other options Garmin BaseCamp – extras prox alarms, covert routes to tracks, lots of tools for trimming down easily, no wifi required, allows TBT routes for National parks or cycling Maps can be slow to load, split into regions more complex Free OS planner – free & simple, maps will get updates, no turn by turn no extra tools as Basecamp , only GB not abroad Memory Map – Familiarity if have been using for along time Quo OS own app/online planner OS does have a snap to path mix and match ,More tablet / mobile phone friendly then connect app on phone to transfer works well Garmin Explore App – free , can use with no wifi , for GB maps not detailed no OS, can be slow syncing careful not to wipe routes of unit already – have added new videos to online resource Etre SE & Solar that have no maps will transmit GPS signal to explore app to see yourself on explore map Pros/ cons of each Andy’s Top Tips Garmin New 710, 760 do have a slightly larger capacity battery but there are still things you can do to help: Tap power button backlight down Main menu setup display – backlight time out 30 secs, battery save on screen off after 30 seconds Setup wifi off if not using + Setup Phone off if not using Setup – system – Satellite change to GPS only If you are leaving screen on not on Map TwoNav If you import route into device from OS sometimes no elevation you can add it as follows: From maps menu make sure you have a 3d map selected i.e westerne Europe relief or the UK-Ireland high res 3d From routes menu select your route , tap on route top of screen and if no elevation after tapping route to see overview screen select 3 white dots bottom right – select Edit and select import altitudes - Video just added to online resource Mod 6 unit 6
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • GPS Training Podcast – number 104

    GPS Training Podcast – number 104
    Jan 1 2025
    What would you like to see from GPS Training in 2025? In this month’s podcast What would you like to see from GPS Training in 2025 - 1 min 40 sec GPS Training Options for 2025 - 5 min 15 sec Post TwoNav catch-up - 19 min 55 sec Andy’s Top Tips - 27 min 18 sec 1. What would you like to see from GPS Training in 2025? Asked for questions for TwoNav in the last podcast and had a good response, many thanks for that – More about that later So what would you to see from GPS Training in 2025? Video ideas Training ideas Product ideas Please just email – office@gpstraining.co.uk 2. GPS Training options for 2025 Online resource- £50.00/ year (included free with and GPS purchase) Support packages - Bronze, Silver and Gold- £80.00/ £125.00/ £145.00 / year (included free with and GPS purchase) Group training courses over Zoom- £74.99 Nationwide two-day training course- £195.00 for 2-day course 1:1 over Zoom - 2 hours- £89.00 1:1 in person, Northumberland, get in touch 3. Post TwoNav catch up Outdoor Expo – NEC – 22nd and 23rd March 3. Andy’s Top Tips TwoNav – Units display set to go off after 30 seconds during use We have found as there is a quick screen off button that a lot of customers prefer to set as screen on and simply use the screen off button - From 3 white bars bottom left – main menu – settings – System – Display & Brightness – Set Shutdown screen to never you can also adjust brightness here and turn of auto brightness, I prefer nighttime view No From systems settings – Keys option – Power: Short Press Lock This also stops accidental screen movement if in a pocket Garmin – GPSMap67 series keys lock – tap power button once then select Lock Keys – Power Button unlocks Montana 700 series as default double tap power button takes screen off you can check this in main menu – Setup – system – Power Key – Double tap screen off
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    39 mins
  • GPS Training Podcast – number 103

    GPS Training Podcast – number 103
    Dec 1 2024
    Winter walking, an update from Zoleo, a look back at 2024 and Andy's top tips. In this month’s podcast Winter walking – some things to think about Meeting with Zoleo last week A look back at 2024, what would we like to see for 2025 Andy’s Top Tips 1. Winter walking – some things to think about 1. Batteries 2. Powerbank, don’t forget your cable to charge your mobile phone or wireless charging 3. Escape routes, planning for the worst-case scenario - watch a video - planning your walk. 4. Two-way satellite communication – this has become a lot more affordable over the past year with Garmin’s £7.50/ month contract 5. Headtorch/ torch 6. Extra clothing/backup clothing 7. Biffy Bag / Foil Bag If anything we have missed, drop us an email Andy's video - contents of his rucksack ahead of the Spine Challenge race. 2. Meeting with Zoleo last week - Bristol John - VP - Vice president of sales Roadpost Inc. Prevails in Arbitration Against Beam Communications Pty Ltd. TORONTO, Nov. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Roadpost Inc. is pleased to announce that the arbitrator in its case against Beam Communications Pty Ltd. has rendered a decision in its favour, finding Beam in material breach of the 50/50 ZOLEO Inc. joint venture agreement between the two companies. The arbitration decision is final and binding, compelling Beam to sell its joint venture share in ZOLEO Inc. to Roadpost at fair market value. Should the parties be unable to agree on fair market value, it will be determined by an independent professional valuator. The purchase price will be paid 25% at closing with the balance due in three equal annual payments. Roadpost is confident that ZOLEO device supply will continue without interruption during this process. The joint venture agreement and related documents clearly define the mechanisms, including price, through which all necessary IP for manufacturing and operations will be acquired by ZOLEO Inc. pursuant to Beam's share sale. It is Roadpost's view that the device IP must be rolled up at no additional cost to ZOLEO or Roadpost. So what does this mean for you, the end user? Nothing short term Long-term lots, as Roadpost (who won) can now progress with new features, new devices etc Exciting meeting to hear about some of their plans and also to pitch some of our ideas So let’s see what the future brings Whilst we are talking about meeting with manufacturers we have TwoNav coming to see us early this month, any thoughts/ ideas from you the listener would be appreciated. 3. A look back at 2024, what would we like to see for 2025 TwoNav has to be the out subject of 2024 Garmin Fenix 8 – it’s been very well received Lack of new Garmin handhelds, inReach Messenger plus only new device, fingers crossed this will change in 2025 4. Andy’s Top Tips All about battery saving: All GPS Devices Garmin / TwoNav Wifi / Bluetooth off, Backlight down, how long backlight on for use screen off buttons , battery save mode etc, gps only, north up, if screen on all of the time do not leave on map AA batteries units make sure setting correct in system Watches As above + optical HR off Spare batteries and power-banks keep in inside pocket next to body for warmth, Eneloop or lithium better in cold
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    41 mins
  • GPS Training Podcast – number 102

    GPS Training Podcast – number 102
    Nov 1 2024
    What training opportunities do we have coming up in 2025, Fenix 8 - 6 weeks in and Andy's top tips. In this month’s podcast What GPS Training courses do we have for 2025 Garmin Fenix 8 – 6 weeks in 1 thing that we each would encourage any GPS to do – the one action you would encourage every handheld GPS user to do Andy’s Top Tips 1. What courses do we currently have? 1. Online resource - £50.00/ year (included free with and GPS purchase) 2. Support packages - Bronze, Silver and Gold - £80.00/ £125.00/ £145.00 / year (included free with and GPS purchase) 3. Group training courses over Zoom - £74.99 4. Nationwide two-day training course - £195.00 for 2-day course 5. 1:1 over Zoom - 2 hours - £89.00 6. 1:1 in person, Northumberland, get in touch A video looking at the training options can be seen here 2. Garmin Fenix 8 – 6 weeks in Full review on the Garmin Fenix 8 - watch/ read it here 3. When teaching on a GPS Training course - What 1 thing that we each would encourage any GPS to do – the one action you would encourage every handheld GPS user to do 4. Andy’s Top Tips TwoNav - Route Off course alerts change distance & volume Main menu – Settings – Activity Profiles – Alarms – Data Fields Deviation from Route – Maximum – enter distance (Min off) Terra, Aventura Have different Tones options All units have Option to Repeat alarm on or off and how often to repeat , 15s, 30s, 1min, 2min, 5min Volume Top toolbar from map page Audio muted or change volume Garmin - Push Button Units GPSMAp65,66,67 – Add Shortcut applications to page button A good example satellite page to check grid ref & accuracy using Page button From Main menu setup – Menus – Page Sequence – Edit page sequency – Add page – applications – Satellite, another example 66, 67 only flashlight
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    55 mins
  • GPS Training Podcast – number 101

    GPS Training Podcast – number 101
    Oct 1 2024
    Coris Vertix 2s, new inReach contracts, the all-new Garmin inReach Messenger plus and Andy's top tips. In this month’s podcast First thoughts on the Coros Vertix 2s - 2 min 09 sec. New inReach contracts - 14 min 10 sec. New inReach messenger plus - 28 min. Andy’s Top Tips - 33 min 55 sec. 1. First thoughts on the Coros Vertix 2s Robust tough sapphire screen sunlight readable, titanium bezel, big battery not all the bells and whistles but so easy to use. For a none solar watch battery is great Bigger screen very clear data boxes Scroll wheel works really well as per other coros like lock screen to stop accidental stopping of activity but can still scroll though screens off course alert virbrate seems stronger and works well ease of use, app simple, routes transfer easily Maps not as details but so easy to see line in fromt of you and have handheld with os maps for those more difficult navigation, on 16 mile route yesterday used watch 90% of the time only looked at handheld couple of times Coros Vertix 2s - more here 2. New inReach contracts SOS only (Garmin call this inReach enabled) - £7.99/month - inReach Enabled has no annual fee and includes unlimited SOS and pay-as-you-go pricing for other features. (You have to have contract in place for at least x 1 month) 10p / check-in 10p / trackPoint 50p / message/ weather 1 off payment – Activation fee - £39.99 Garmin inReach products - more here 3. New inReach messenger plus What is the Garmin inReach messenger? - £199.99 Up to 28 days with a message or location sent every 10 minutes with full sky view; up to 14 days with moderate tree cover Up to 6 days with a message or location sent every 2 minutes with full sky view; up to 3 days with moderate tree cover Up to 46 days with a message or location sent every 30 minutes with full sky view; up to 23 days with moderate tree cover Up to 1 year when powered off What is the inReach messenger plus? - £429.99 ( 30 second voice message, photo’s) -- NEW -- The ability to also send voice recordings, photos and group messaging on the Garmin Messenger™ app Up until now Garmin’s inReach line used Short Burst Data (SBD) to send messages, but with entirely new hardware, the Messenger Plus uses Iridium Messaging Transport (IMT) to send messages 300 times larger than SBD. That means it can support photos, 30-second voice memos, and 1,600-character texts (previous inReach text messages couldn’t exceed 160 characters). Battery Up to 120 hours of text message or location information sent every 2 minutes in power-saving messaging mode; up to 70 hours in performance messaging mode. Up to 600 hours of text message or location information sent every 10 minutes in power-saving messaging mode; up to 110 hours in performance messaging mode. Send up to 250 multimedia messages on a single battery charge. Up to 1 year from power off Note: Battery life estimates assume use with a full view of the sky. Battery life may be significantly reduced by obstructions or dense trees. Garmin inReach Messenger Plus - more here 4. Andy’s Top Tips Coros Watches When on map or elevation plot screen If you do press in scroll wheel you will see + - icon to use scroll wheel to zoom in and out – remember to press back button when finished or when screen unlocked scroll wheel will not move to next screen as still in zoom mode back button cancels Remember you cannot pause or stop activity from map or elevation sreen but any other screen Mac recycle bin for TwoNav maps or Garmin Topo Active, make sure you clear if you have deleted from devoice otherwise when device connected and bin can be seen it still shows that the device has this memory taken
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    43 mins
  • GPS Training Podcast – number 100

    GPS Training Podcast – number 100
    Sep 14 2024
    The new Garmin Fenix 8, Irish mapping for a TwoNav GPS unit and a new GPS Training course for 2025. In this month’s podcast It’s our 100’th episode Fenix 8 – what has changed Irish mapping for TwoNav NEW – GPS Training courses over Zoom for 2025 Andy’s Top Tips 1. It’s our 100th podcast Sorry it’s a little late in the month, normally it is the 1st of every month. Holidays and very busy at GPS Training If you do not already do please subscribe to the GPS Training podcast on whatever platform you listen to us on 2. Fenix 8 - what has changed? AMOLED screen – no longer EPIX Fenix 8 – AMOLED Fenix 8 – SOLAR Additions – - AMOLED comes in three sizes: 43/47/51mm - Solar comes in two sizes: 47/51mm - Solar edition only - New edge ring solar panel is far more efficient, and no longer covers display, improving clarity - New sensor guard protects microphone and barometer (between buttons) - New leak-proof button design using inductive buttons, so no actual hole in the case – Added recreational scuba diving/apnea features, down to 40M with EN13319 certification – Added diving no-fly and surface time features (widgets/data pages, etc…) – Added access to phone assistant via microphone/speaker (with your smartphone) – Added taking phone calls via microphone/speaker (with your smartphone) – Added voice notes recorder (on watch) – Added new offline voice assistant – Added new maps radius zoom UI change – Added new maps North Up quick toggle – Added new maps layer selection quick access menu – Added quick access touch unlock feature (temporarily unlocks touch, such as for a map during workout) – Added new ‘Active Navigation’ menu system while navigating a course/waypoint/etc – Added new consolidated ‘Saved’ feature, to find saved routes/waypoints/etc – Added new dynamic round-trip routing, to auto—change route mid-way to achieve a specified distance if you go off-course (e.g. set for 5 miles) – Added ‘Set a Target’ distance reminder, to remind you to turn around after the half-way point – Added Ski difficulty tracking option – Added strength training plans (4-6 weeks, via Garmin Connect) – Added new watch face editor, and new watch faces – Added new Countdown app to countdown to various dates/events – Added new Focus Modes – Added new online processing of troubled GPS tracks, using internal watch sensor data to correct them – Major redesign of user interface, including widgets, settings, and activity/workout pages – Revamped Notification Centre to include Garmin-based notifications (e.g., Morning Report or Daily Summary) 3. Irish mapping for TwoNav – potentially getting updated Source: LPSNI Northern Ireland Scale: 1:50.000 Format: Topographic Size: 437.19 Mb Resolution: 4.0 m/px Version : 2012 £34.16 Southern Ireland OSM & TomTom Overseas and Irish map options for TwoNav GPS Units 4. NEW – GPS Training courses over Zoom for 2025 Over the next couple of weeks we will be putting our 2025 GPS Training courses on the website – Two-day ‘physical’ training courses around the UK – £195.00 Scottish Borders Northumberland Lake District Peak District Northamptonshire Gloucestershire South Downs New Forest Then we have out 1:1 over Zoom – 2 hours - £89.00 – at a time that suits you best BUT, new for 2025 we are having 1 day group courses over Zoom Unit specific – TwoNav, GPSMAP series, Montana series and maybe watches and other series of units going forward. These will be - £75.00/ person During the week 10.00 – 16.00 (with x 1 hour for lunch – giving time to digest what has been taught Unit specific – Cover how to use GPS unit and planning routes on our free OS planner – 4 people on each Zoom training course 5. Andy’s top tips TwoNav If you own a computer you can organise your Routes into Folders From your computer Windows File Explore, Mac Finder,
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    55 mins