>>(must operate after submersion in one meter of water for 30 minutes.)>> One way to test this would be to hold it in your teeth while capsized. Of course, you must be sure to remain perpendicular to the boat while capsized. :-) Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I was about to order the etrex yesterday because I can't find anything cheaper, waterproofer and more suitable for kayaking as far as I can tell. But then I stumbled on Garmins German homepage across the info, that eTrex has NO internal backup battery. Can anybody comment on that please? Does that mean that I'll loose all stored info like trip data and waypoints if I need to change batteries along the trip? Or does the eTrex use some sans-battery buffering mechnismen that protects data for a couple of minutes. Secondly: Can anybody recommend a really cheap source for etrex (by private mail). Regards Ferdinand ------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 0 Ferdinand Soethe o/ o__/ Wollkaemmerei 8 -----</-----[\/------ D-30519 Hannover ´~~~~~~`----/-------/------´~~~~~~~~~` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ph +49-511-9845437 mobile +49-170-6362720 email f.soethe_at_apc.de ------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Ferdinand Soethe wrote: > I was about to order the etrex yesterday because I can't find > anything cheaper, waterproofer and more suitable for kayaking as > far as I can tell. But then I stumbled on Garmins German homepage > across the info, that eTrex has NO internal backup battery. > > Can anybody comment on that please? Does that mean that I'll loose > all stored info like trip data and waypoints if I need to change > batteries along the trip? Or does the eTrex use some sans-battery > buffering mechnismen that protects data for a couple of minutes. > The data I read somewhere ( I have been trying to quickly find it, unsuccessfully so far.) states that there is no need for a battery backup. I have replaced the batteries in my Etrex once already with no loss of data. Mike -- Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space. Mark H Hunt *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> Ferdinand Soethe wrote: > > I was about to order the etrex yesterday because I can't find > anything cheaper, waterproofer and more suitable for kayaking as > far as I can tell. > [...] Found in rec.backcountry: "The eTrex Summit is due out very soon, it will have everything the eTrex has plus electronic compass and barometer." You may want to wait a bit if you're a gearhead. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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