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July 2015 Tech Update

by Donn Downey | Jul 21, 2015 | Apps, Cases, Ecological Data Capture, Hardware, Navigation, Ruggedizing, Uncategorized

Here are a few tech accessories that have been introduced in the past year. LifeProof (www.lifeproof.com) waterproof rugged cases are starting to get built-in auxiliary batteries. This makes an iPhone (case currently available for the 6) a true 10 hour device under...

New Tablet Chest Packs

by Tig Tillinghast | Mar 20, 2014 | Canada, Cases, Ecological Data Capture, GIS, Hardware, Instruments, Navigation, Non-Forestry Uses, Ruggedizing

Our friend Brian Saunders of tabletEXgear has a few new products, illustrated in the video here. We have a few of his packs ourselves, and there’s nothing better for cruising.  

Tablet-Ex-Gear iPad Mini Chest Packs Now Available

by Tig Tillinghast | Jun 13, 2013 | Cases, Foresters, Hardware, Ruggedizing, Uncategorized

Just ordered mine. We’ve been waiting for the mini version to come out. For those foresters who like chest packs, this is the one designed specifically for the purpose. $129.95 USD. I’ve spoken a couple times with Brian Saunders, the designer up in British...

Chest Case for Forestry Tablets

by Tig Tillinghast | May 10, 2013 | Cases, Foresters, Hardware, Instruments, Ruggedizing

A former forester up in British Columbia, Brian Saunders, came up with a brilliant chest pack for tablets. He started off with an iPad-sized one, and we called him up right away to ask about an iPad Mini-sized variant. It took him but a few weeks to make a prototype,...

Waterproof iPad Mini Case (iPega) Review Update

by Tig Tillinghast | Apr 8, 2013 | Cases, Hardware, Non-Forestry Uses, Research and Studies, Riparian, Ruggedizing, Uncategorized

Tig’s Take: It handled the two-year-old during the pre-bedtime bath. There isn’t much worse it could be subjected to. I did notice that placing a sharp-cornered plastic box  made a little mark in the rubbery screen protector. The box was only about half a...

Waterproof Tablet Case for Forest Inventory App

by Tig Tillinghast | Mar 31, 2013 | Foresters, Hardware, Instruments, Landowners, Navigation, Non-Forestry Uses, Ruggedizing, Uncategorized

The Ipega waterproof iPad Mini case appears to work well, even passing the hand-it-to-your-two-year-old-in-the-bathtub test, which says something. If it can do that, it can handle forest inventories. It does not appear to be as hardy as a case as, say, the Otterbox...
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