Which guidebook should I use on my thru-hike?

[bladnik26]

I'm planning on leaving March of 2017, and I currently have the AWOL Northbound guidebook for 2016 (http://www.amazon.com/The-A-T-Guide-Northbound-2016/dp/0982980892/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1ARR15FJ8SDAJX 3SZ1KM), but there's another prevalent guidebook that claims to be the official guidebook (http://www.amazon.com/dp/1889386960/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2PP9 2F50YIGH9&coliid=I2BEOK0HL5ZHW5). Which of the two should I actually take (obviously the 2017 version of either) on my thru-hike, or is there another guidebook you use? Thanks for the input!

[Rain Man]

I like the Awol loose leaf paper guide pages as my primary go-to guide, but also take a pdf version of the ALDHA AT Companion, and the Guthook smartphone app. That pretty well covers me. I have different versions (paper, pdf, app), plus the different versions occasionally have something one or the other doesn't, or if I just want to double check. I also take ATC maps.

[jj dont play]

I got both guides Awol's and Thru Hiker's Companion in today
Going to see which I like best and purchased the full Guthook app

[lonehiker]

Either work. I preferred AWOL's guide.

[TiHiker]

depends on what format you like better...I prefer AWOL's, The A.T. Guide. I like the profiles and info all on the same page.

[jj dont play]

Have received and looked over both and definitely prefer AWOLs guide


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[CamelMan]

I'm going to "pay" for my Nook reader by leaving the dead-tree guide at home and taking two PDF copies, one on the Nook and one on my cell phone. I still come out ahead I think and get to take some books in case I get bored.

[Don H]

AWOL, by the unbound version and only carry a hundred miles worth at a time.

[Cheyou]

AWOL at guide . Someone suggested having Staples make it a spiral book. Cost was less then $5. No more pages falling out.

Thom