I've been using Gaia as well, and have historically been doing my map work in ArcGIS. But recently I switched to QGIS for mapping which I really like. I haven't tried it yet, but it's available to run on an iPad so my goal is to get map creation and field work all on a single platform. So far that has been elusive, but I'm optimistic that I am close to getting there.
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No, since the air tube goes to ones right, I can't see how to use it with your left hand.
I haven't used one either, but from what I see the air rushing out of the tube will push it backwards and possibly put a torque on the whole person, but the hand it more just directing the flow left/right/up/down. Seems like it would be a lot less stress than using a hand-held blower where the entire stabilization requires the whole arm from the wrist on up - the handheld induces stress everywhere even just holding it steady, while I'd think the backpack unit wouldn't affect the arm much except to move the nozzle around? @ArlyA will have to tell us
Here is some "close ups" of the blow tube and its controls. I'm not seeing how "handle bars" would change this setup to be on your left. This machine does indeed push back and twist on the operator but I got used it in about 3 steps. The controls are nice and require little effort.I haven't used one either, but from what I see the air rushing out of the tube will push it backwards and possibly put a torque on the whole person, but the hand it more just directing the flow left/right/up/down. Seems like it would be a lot less stress than using a hand-held blower where the entire stabilization requires the whole arm from the wrist on up - the handheld induces stress everywhere even just holding it steady, while I'd think the backpack unit wouldn't affect the arm much except to move the nozzle around? @ArlyA will have to tell us
I think handlebars would actually increase the load for both arms in this case, because there's so little load in the first place and handlebars have mass of their own.
