KIT REVIEW
MEMORY-MAP
ADVENTURER 3500
Great for walking and biking – but are they any good for airsoft?
Nige takes an Adventurer 3500 unit into the field to find out
L
et me get one thing out of
the way: I like Memory-Map
products! I used one of its early
software versions many years
ago, before Google (let alone
Google Maps) was even a spark in the dark
recesses of Page and Brin’s minds.
Hooked up to my old eight-channel
Garmin, my work laptop sat on the passenger
seat running MNav software as I drove to
appointments in some of the most remote
parts of the country. Having spent a lot of time
stomping around various bits of the UK I am
well-used to reading maps (although there
are some that will attest to me making the
odd mistake) and as MNav uses Ordnance
Survey (OS) mapping it was simple for me to
understand and follow.
Earlier this year I went to the Outdoor
Trade Show, where I found Memory-Map
had a stand and was displaying its latest
range of handheld GPS devices, including the
Adventurer series.
With its big bright touchscreen
display I was immediately
struck by the Adventurer
3500 and wondered:
does it have a use in
airsoft?
Only one way to
find out: borrow a
unit from MemoryMap and try it for
myself.
The unit I was
sent is the GB Edition,
which comes with OS
Landranger 1:50,000 maps for
the whole of the UK. These maps
are great for walking an