Just thought I'd pass on an experience I had last week with the Etrex submersability issue. I was using mine without a drybag (I found it too much of a hassle to operate the controls and read the display inside a drybag), and it fell off my deck into about a foot of water during a landing in mild surf. Took a minute or two to find it, due to the cloudy water (in this regard, the yellow color was a big help in locating it). Anyway, it not only got water in the battery compartment (which anyone whose been following this thread in the past knows is NOT watertight), but also some kind of green slime (sort of like liquified seaweed). When I tried to fire it up, it wouldn't come on, so I left the battery cover off to dry out for a while. Still wouldn't come on. I tried cleaning the battery contacts etc etc and nothing worked. Unfortunately, this happened the day before we got caught in a fog bank between Hot Springs Cove and Cow Bay in the Clayoquot sound area when it would have been rather nice for it too have worked. Dang! Evan Woodinville Washington *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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