Curious and needing some reassurance please

[witzend]

The seller's profile has alarm bells going off in my head. The guy could be legit.

Well He wasn't I took a chance and Ebay refunded my money today

 

[Fisherman]

Umm where we had no tv signal there was no phone either or at least on our o2 phones. Which makes me laugh when people say they are going hill walking with no map or compass as their phone is both.... that is when it works of course.

Done 186 Munro’s, over 200 Corbets.
I use compass and maps.
But I use my phone with or without a signal on ViewRanger never had a problem.
Even with absolutely no phone signal.
I also carry a portable recharge, just in case,
I know what it’s like to struggle in the mist.
And I have with the aid of a phone helped to get myself and others off a hill covered in mist so dense I could only see 30-40 feet ahead.

As far as I am concerned anything that helps with navigation has to be good.
But you should also know how to use a map and compass.
Use modern tech to assist, but never be totally reliant upon it.
But don‘t be a Luddite either, use modern technology wisely instead.

 

[GrahamPye]

O2 is useless in Scotland I've been told

I don't believe that's the case. there are certainly places where you can't get an O2 signal, but that's true for all the networks. The Highlands and Islands Development Council encouraged (I think there was money involved!) Vodafone and O2 to share masts and increase coverage in order to make it easier for businesses to develop there. At one time O2 and/or Vodafone was actually the *only* signal you could get north of the border...

Nowadays, all the networks are increasing their coverage, and we increase our chances of getting online by covering several bases - my phone is O2, my wife's is Vodafone and our MiFi box is EE. We can usally get a signal from one of them