JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com wrote: > As to its submersibility: one piece of anecdotal information (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. I'd be surprised if Garmin is weasle-wording its watereproof statement, however, and the battery case does have a thin "O" ring seal on it, but I'm going to test this bit out now and will provide some feedback. If the battery compartment leaks, it goes back for a refund. > > Any other eTrex owners have water problems yet? > > Jack Martin, getting a six foot long, international orange streamer for his eTrex > Just after I bought mine I was questioning the same thing, so I put it in a bowl of water for 15 minutes, no leaks to be found. I don't know yet if it will seep water at the depth of a roll (I will find that out soon if I don't get a dry bag for it), but it is ok sitting barely submerged. Mike, who puts his eTrex on a special shelf in his desk. -- 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue May 09 2000 - 08:58:58 PDT
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