I considered one for a while but they are just too big and awkward to handle though most caves I frequent. Sketching would be great but unless you are mapping a big easy to walk through cave then I don’t think a Toughbook would last two minutes. Also I’m not sure battery life would be good enough for anything other than short sessions.

Dell Axim pda in an Otter box 1900 is the best I have used, the screen is small but so far it has been a bomb proof combination. The Otter box is a good choice as I can climb with it tucked down the front of my oversuit, the hand strap means I never drop it and it really is water proof if you keep it clean. I was receiving data from the Disto the other week when the pda was 6” underwater. I found that quite exciting in a sad sort of way. The whole set up including the Disto and an Olympus TG2 compact fits perfectly into a Peli 1120 case which is very easy to transport.

It would be interesting to here from anyone who has tried a Toughbook as they can go for not a lot of money on Fleabay. Won’t beat £15 for an Axim though and I now have enough Axim’s and Otter boxes to last me for the rest of my active life all for less than £90. Let’s hope those Zebedee things don’t work as that will have been a waste.

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From: therion-bounces@speleo.sk [mailto:therion-bounces@speleo.sk] On Behalf Of Rob Countess
Sent: 19 October 2015 16:39
To: List for Therion users
Subject: Re: [Therion] Do people use Toughbooks for mapping

My caves are deeper than my pockets....

I almost bought one but decided to try a cheaper option first.

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 4:33 AM, rowena <rowena_l@tpg.com.au> wrote:

Hi,

Does anyone use a Panasonic toughbook for caving?  Do you get the DistoX data direct uploaded to Therion on a toughbook?
If so how well do they go underground and what other mapping tools do you use with it?

Rowena

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