Gps for CF29

I found this Gps kit for CF29 on internet.
http://www.custom-toughbooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=180
What do you think of it?

 

If you want any easy setup it should work fine
It uses the SiRFIII GPS module that I like
I personally prefer the antenna mounted in the lid rather than the palm rest area, but if you read the GPS thread you will see that we have quite a few different ways of integrating GPS units

The seller’s name is Vincent and he is from overseas like yourself, so for you shipping will not take long

Alex

 

There have been mixed results, as far as I am concerned, with this unit. Vincent went out of his way to put together a complete unit and his instructions help immensely with installing it. I had two units sent to me (well... I paid for one of them) The first was an early prototype and I could not get it to work. It could have been a bad solder joint somewhere... I don't know. I sent the whole thing back to him for him to review. I broke the GPS when trying to remove the antenna. I don't think much of the Holux model used... It doesn't seem rugged enough for me.

The second kit seemed to work fine... Not quite as well as the EM-408 with the various antennas that we use here... But good enough for me to include it in one of my Ultimate Toughbooks. (Only because the customer wanted bluetooth and his kit included it.) When the end customer tried it out... He sent me a picture of himself in the middle of a baseball diamond at 3am and he couldn't get a satellite lock. He also couldn't get a BT pairing with his cell phone. This baffled me because it worked for me. I told him to send it back (on my dime of course) and I would replace it with one of my units. When I started it up... I got a 3 satellite lock. I left it outside and it finally hooked up to 4 satellites but then dropped the lock for about 45 seconds and then started all over again. It was cyclic almost to the second how it did this. The bluetooth is VERY short range as it is buried in the main part of the laptop with no external antenna.

So... Overall... Does it work? I have heard of many happy customers that have purchased it and it has worked well for them. I have also talked to a few members here that have tried them and were not impressed. But some of these people were also used to building their own system(s).

My thoughts? If you have the means, the skill, the tools and the patience to do you own... You will have a superior system. If you are a "plug and play" type and don't really want to go any further than removing the 20 bottom screws of your laptop.... Maybe give it a try. It's not like the kit costs $1,000... But you can build your own for less.

 

Thanks for the review, i asked because there is one on Ebay right now.
If he doesn't go to high i think i give it a shot