Technical On X Map Question

[OltHunter]

I put my cell phone in the life saving category.  I want max battery and for it to be used as communication only.  USB chargers can die, it might be left at the tent/truck, cord my not work or get lost and if you've been using your phone exploring a whole new area, marking points, and only a few miles from the truck with cell phone service, you slip and fall and become immobile and realize you have 1% battery left, you probably aren't going to be able to call for help. 

And yes, I also carry an InReach as a backup communicator.  And don't have the InReach+ for the same reasons, that I want a dedicated GPS, a dedicated Phone, and a dedicated Sat communicator.

That is my world....hopefully you aren't as crazy as me though and can find a better balance! 

I exclusively use my GPS, it's not much hassle to load KML files from BaseCamp to OnX for checking out online or your app when back in the city/home/work or from OnX to Basecamp to keep them synced.

Outside of the woods, I use OnX almost daily online and sometimes on my phone.

 

[banishd]

Phone with inreach backup. Picked up a luci solar light that recharges my phone to 50% when the solar charge is full, more if you use it in the sun. I keep my phone on airplane mode and 50% charge is a lot more than i need for a days use. Have used rhinos but unless everyone has the higher wattage ones they are basically just a gps with a small screen in mountainous terrain.

[Elkcollector82]

Phone with inreach backup. Picked up a luci solar light that recharges my phone to 50% when the solar charge is full, more if you use it in the sun. I keep my phone on airplane mode and 50% charge is a lot more than i need for a days use. Have used rhinos but unless everyone has the higher wattage ones they are basically just a gps with a small screen in mountainous terrain.

 

[Karl Blanchard]

I put my cell phone in the life saving category.  I want max battery and for it to be used as communication only.  USB chargers can die, it might be left at the tent/truck, cord my not work or get lost and if you've been using your phone exploring a whole new area, marking points, and only a few miles from the truck with cell phone service, you slip and fall and become immobile and realize you have 1% battery left, you probably aren't going to be able to call for help. 

And yes, I also carry an InReach as a backup communicator.  And don't have the InReach+ for the same reasons, that I want a dedicated GPS, a dedicated Phone, and a dedicated Sat communicator.

That is my world....hopefully you aren't as crazy as me though and can find a better balance! 

I exclusively use my GPS, it's not much hassle to load KML files from BaseCamp to OnX for checking out online or your app when back in the city/home/work or from OnX to Basecamp to keep them synced.

Outside of the woods, I use OnX almost daily online and sometimes on my phone.

 

personally I'm never going to rely on my cell phone for emergency help while I'm on the mountain.  Some of the places I hunt I'd be an hour  drive just to get service and I can forget about service while on the mountain.  If the inreach won't get out, my cellphone sure as heck won't. 

[dscubame]

Hmmmm. All these comments are going to have me making a go with the phone this year. 

Does the onx chip go in the phone like it does in the Rhino?

[CP]

Can I pipe it into my truck's Synch 3 with Android Auto?

[CAMPMEAT]

MotionX is good app for a $2.12 download. Runs off of satellites. I've taken it out in the desert and it kept track of us to the T. I downloaded it on my iPhone 7 and iPad.

[ghosthunter]

Rhinos all the way.
Don’t own a smart phone or want one.

[WAElkhunter89]

Might be a dumb question, but if you exclusively use your smart phone and the OnX app, what do you do for actually dropping pins for a trail you've taken or so you know where you are on a map? The areas I hunt there is virtually no cell service. Just curious as I know with a Rhino it will pin point your position.

[Bob33]

Might be a dumb question, but if you exclusively use your smart phone and the OnX app, what do you do for actually dropping pins for a trail you've taken or so you know where you are on a map? The areas I hunt there is virtually no cell service. Just curious as I know with a Rhino it will pin point your position.

Phones have GPS units built in.

[Bluemoon]

Thank you all for your input.  Now I am really confused on which way to go.  My situation is I am moving my guide service from N.C. Montana (Where I know every fence post) to eastern Montana.  So I need a system to keep me on our leases which is entwined which other properties.  Please keep the feedback coming.

[X-Force]

Might be a dumb question, but if you exclusively use your smart phone and the OnX app, what do you do for actually dropping pins for a trail you've taken or so you know where you are on a map? The areas I hunt there is virtually no cell service. Just curious as I know with a Rhino it will pin point your position.

The GPS on your phone doesn't need cell service and having a detailed downloaded map with overlays makes zero cell service a non issue.