Product Description

Hardware: # Adopt MTK II latest chipset with high sensitivity -165dBm and 66-Channel tracking # Ultra lower power consumption up to 42hrs operation # Less than 15-Sec. AGPS fix support: download almanac data to realize faster TTFF and positioning under warm start # Stand-Alone travel recorder to log up to 200,000 records (*) # Easily switch Travel Recorder to LOG mode or NAV mode (Navigation + Log) # Support button push manually to memorize your location immediately # Update Rate 1~5Hz changeable by utility provided # G-Mouse + Bluetooth in one: wired and wireless GPS receiver # Fast Position Fix ,Cold start 35s, Warm start 33s,Hot start 1s # Auto On-Off function for smart power control # Personal/Portable Navigation (PDA, Smartphone, PC, etc.) # QZSS, DGPS(WAAS+EGNOS+MSAS) support Software: # Support Multi-mode setting to record data (Vehicle, Bicycle, Jog) # Provide Travel Recorder PC Utility V4 with built-in Google Map, Multi-language support, and Visualization UI # "Wizard interface" for Utility to easily manage importing and exporting tracks # Provide RaceChrono 5Hz software for high speed sport racing # Auto track split function helps you organize your travel path # Support Track Edit function allowing you to remove unnecessary waypoints # Track playback function, changeable different track color and name # Active NMEA protocol VTG / GLL manually via Qstarz setup tool # Output your travel record as GPX / CSV / NMEA / Google Earth file format. # Draw your navigation path immediately on Google Earth as default # Support GeoTagging function for digital photo and generate KMZ file easily # The waypoints would be decreased when the more options of Log Format are selected

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11800 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Qstarz
• Model: Q-1000X

Features

• Time to First Fix (TTFF) : < Average 1/33/35 sec. (Hot/Warm/Cold start) AGPS: < 15 sec.
• Output Message : NMEA 0183 v3.01 (Default: GGA, GSA, GSV, RMC; Optional: VTG, GLL)
• Accuracy : Without aid: 3.0m 2D-RMS <3m CEP(50%) without SA(horizontal) DGPS (WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS):2.5m
• Frequency: 1 - 5 Hz user configurable
• Dimension: 72.2 (L) X 46.5 (W) X 20 (H) mm

Customer Reviews

Travel test for the Qstarz BT-Q1000P
I took this GPS on a 9000 mile, 3-week trip by land, sea and air, and it stored my positions without having the opportunity to download the data or change settings during the trip, since the sub-notebook I took ran LINUX. I did some trials while walking and car riding before leaving to arrive at a compromise setting which would last the trip, which was 30 meters and 30 seconds. This, by the way is either. not both. I did not use it on the plane, but it was satisfactory on bus, train, cruise ship and walking. I found it to be very sensitive. On the ship or train it would generally work if within a few feet of a window. In a bus or car I could keep it in my pocket. It even stored during some indoor rides in Disney World. I wish the software would allow several trips to be selected without re-downloading the tracks each time. Also, I usually use a Mac.

Good system
The Software is good, Installs and Loads OK, nice features including showing path taken on Google maps (nicely integrated with internet on-line maps and satelite pictures), and speed during the trip (Can click on speed vs distance graph, and it shows where on the map speed limit was violated). However if I leave the software running on my PC for an hour, Windows says it is taking too many resources, and it hangs/freezes.

Program allows pictures to be tagged with location and elevation, with an adjustment if needed for Camera and GPS times being offset.

The accuracy is good, It generally shows the exact parking space I was in, and which lane I'm driving on a wide street. However, If it sits in one spot for a few hours, it has occasional drift in calculated position, and looks like it is moving around the size of a soccer field, with an occational spot several blocks away, even with a view of the clear sky and good signal lock.

The device has a nice feature to save data space, with option to only record points if they exceed a certain distance or speed from earlier points. Data point entries can be also programed for variable time between points. Battery life is over 24 hours. Minor incovenience is the upload of the data log is slow, takes several minutes.

Blue Tooth allows this to work real time with my palm pilot and PC map programs when I'm driving. In addition to logging the route for later playback. The size is small and easy to fit in a pocket. Comes with USB cable, AC wall charger and 12V DC car charger. Printed documentation is OK but tiny font and black & White pictures, Better to read the documentation on the Disk (easier to read on the computer and is in color).

All in all, I'm glad I purchased this device. If they have software upgrades in the future to address consistant accuracy and S/W hanging, it would be 5 stars.

Amazing piece of hardware
During a recent trip to Colorado and Wyoming I compared the BT-Q1000x with two other GPS Data Loggers. It's truly an amazing piece of equipment!

The good:
1. The GPS chipset is very sensitive. It even tracked my flight when placed in a pocket in my backpack that was in the overhead bin on the plane.
2. The battery life is advertised to be 40 hours. I tested it up to 20 hours and it still worked when two other units died due to exhausted batteries.
3. Moreover, the battery can be user-replaced as it is a standard Nokia cell phone battery.
4. There is a switch that you slide to switch the unit on and not a push button. No problem with accidental disconnections.

The bad:
1. Qstarz Travel Recorder software hangs a lot on my Vista 32-bit laptop computer.
2. QStarz Travel Recorder software is not very well designed as opposed to @Trip PC, a wonderful and mature product by a competitor that makes the IGotU units. Please note that it is very easy to export the tracks from Travel Recorder to the *.gpx format and import them to @Trip PC.

If someone found a better GPS Data Logger than the QStarz BT-1000x, please post in this thread.