On Thursday, October 18, 2012 2:38:05 PM UTC+1, JohnDeRosa wrote:
On Oct 17, 6:20*pm, waremark wrote:

but I find handling micro SD cards too fiddly.



Waremark - Can you detail why you comment that MicroSD cards are too

fiddly? I use one in my Oudie and, while they are pretty small for

large hands to handle (don't drop one in tall grass!), they are

robust. I then use an MicroSD to SD adapter (cheap on eBay and other

sources) to allow it to be used in my laptops SD slot. You can also

purchase inexpensive USB readers which handle all types of cards,

including MicroSD. Thanks, John.

Thanks for all the input which has been helpful.

I have a micro SD card and the associated adaptor which makes it possible to plug it into my laptop. However, I find it extremely fiddly, and it is far easier to plug the Oudie straight into the laptop using a USB cable. Obviously my fingers are clumsier than yours! I find it odd to have designed the Colibri II so that it cannot be downloaded direct to either a PDA or a PC..

Of the three loggers which have internal backup rechargeable batteries, the UK prices before discounts are Colibri II £528, Nano £470, and EW Microrecorder £330. The EW has a full size SD card and communicates with either a PDA or with a laptop. Its downsides are that it doesn't have the extra info of the Colibri, or the Bluetooth of the Nano, and that the included GPS antenna is external. But I have been using one quite happily as the backup logger in my existing glider, and it looks like the best for my requirements as well as the cheapest solution as the backup logger for my new glider.