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Celestron TrekGuide
Cost: £35 / $34.95
From: David Hinds Ltd
The Celestron TrekGuide is a four-in-one digital compass, barometer, altimeter and thermometer that worked well overall, however, we couldn’t rely on it for land navigation through a dark sky site and the altimeter is not very consistent. After holding the TrekGuide’s thermometer in our hand for a period of time we noted that the measurement was off by a few degrees compared to other thermometers in the area. Letting the device adjust to the surrounding air, however, seemed to rectify the problem. On the other hand, the weather forecast feature seemed to work fairly well. A bright green light, which serves as a…
