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Taco

Taco

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Aug 17, 2026
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Provide outdoor tech. Differentiate from the typical urban tech trend. Electric drivetrain, safety tech, but not a spaceship. I visualize wanting a Scout in more of a Mad Max future not a Wall-E hover chair future.

So plenty of reliable off-grid no subscription nescessary tech that gives us outdoor data and comms. What features do Garmins have that keep them around? Maybe importing custom tracks for overlanding, good hunt/fish times, sunrise and sunset, moon phase? What about like a Brunton ADC Summit handheld weather unit...give us a barometer and all the weather data those have. Other threads about ham radio, but what if there was a built in 2m/70cm ham radio with APRS for wire to wire (no network) text and location sharing between Scouts and compatible radios? Show me elevation and the angle of my truck like an OG SUV.

What other outdoor tech do you use or want that could be built into a vehicle?
 
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Taco said:
Provide outdoor tech. Differentiate from the typical urban tech trend. Electric drivetrain, safety tech, but not a spaceship. I visualize wanting a Scout in more of a Mad Max future not a Wall-E hover chair future.

So plenty of reliable off-grid no subscription nescessary tech that gives us outdoor data and comms. What features do Garmins have that keep them around? Maybe importing custom tracks for overlanding, good hunt/fish times, sunrise and sunset, moon phase? What about like a Brunton ADC Summit handheld weather unit...give us a barometer and all the weather data those have. Other threads about ham radio, but what if there was a built in 2m/70cm ham radio with APRS for wire to wire (no network) text and location sharing between Scouts and compatible radios? Show me elevation and the angle of my truck like an OG SUV.

What other outdoor tech do you use or want that could be built into a vehicle?
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I'd like to see an Iridium chip as a more secure alternative to GPS navigation. Beyond that, I'm not wanting much tech.
 
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