Re: [Paddlewise] GPS

Jack - You wrote, RE: waterproofness of the Garmin eTrex GPS, that

<(from a retailer of eTrex, suggesting his source was Garmin) is that, while
the electronics portion of the unit is submersible, the battery container
may not be. >

That's exactly what I learned, after I'd gotten rust in the battery
compartment of my Garmin II+ for the first time . The water got in not from
anything close to immersion, but from drips off the paddle while paddling on
a relatively calm day. At the time, Garmin claimed their II+ unit was
"waterproof" to immersion. Nobody at Garmin ever admitted, either by phone
or in e-mails, that the battery compartment wasn't immersion-proof as well.
So - stupid me, after the unit was repaired, I went ahead and used it on
deck without a waterproof deck bag, for a second time. Rust again, right
away. Repaired again. Lost all my waypoints. Now I never use it without the
Aquasafe. No mas. Nunca mas. Never again.

Bill Hansen
Ithaca NY

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