The watches are rated in a static situation. When you are moving your hand through the water, the pressure increases significantly. cya -----Original Message----- From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of Shawn W. Baker Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 4:05 PM To: Ferdinand Soethe; Paddlewise Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Waterproof rating of electronic devices (was: GPS) >Careful about interpreting these standard definitions for waterproofness. They >are used in watches as well and have a totally different meaning when >interpreted from a technicians point of view. > >When they quote that standard and a depth of one meter they are really talking >about the pressure equivalent to a depth of one meter of *unmoving water*. So...this makes me wonder about my new Pentax WR105 camera. It's stated depth is one meter, and I've rolled with it tucked inside my PFD. Should I be worried? Has anyone ever had a WR105/WR90 fail after a roll? Shawn >When buying a watch I was told to go for a least 30 meters to be save when >swimming on the surface. Hmmm...I always wondered about the depth on watches. I've never owned a "waterproof" watch that was for less than 30 meters. Of course, I've never been below 3 meters--makes my ears/sinuses hurt too much! Shawn -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 2000 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.geocities.com/shawnkayak/ *************************************************************************** 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/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn W. Baker [mailto:baker_at_montana.com] > > So...this makes me wonder about my new Pentax WR105 camera. > It's stated > depth is one meter, and I've rolled with it tucked inside my PFD. > Should I be worried? Has anyone ever had a WR105/WR90 fail after a > roll? > My 4 yr old Pentax WR90 has been taken for several unplanned swims in salt water because I forgot that I had it tucked inside my PFD. No problems yet. Dave Seng Juneau, Alaska *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> > Careful about interpreting these standard definitions for waterproofness. > > They are used in watches as well and have a totally different meaning when > > interpreted from a technicians point of view. > > > When they quote that standard and a depth of one meter they are really > > talking about the pressure equivalent to a depth of one meter of > > *unmoving water*. > So...this makes me wonder about my new Pentax WR105 camera. It's stated > depth is one meter, and I've rolled with it tucked inside my PFD. > Should I be worried? Has anyone ever had a WR105/WR90 fail after a > roll? Inside your PFD it's less than 1 meter down, and the water inside the PFD isn't flowing very fast, is it? My WR90 has been through Class III's with no problems. Steve *************************************************************************** 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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