I just went on line and ordered a shipment of dry pak silica desiccant paks from Sorbent corporation. It was a seamless affair Done in minutes, great web site. The pak is 500 2 gram packets for 44.00 I usually throw two or more of these in the west marine aqua pak for my hs-350s and map 330m and camera and cell phone to keep them dry inside. It eliminates the fog or condensation in the bag the best way is to store the units in the bag with fresh packets and put new ones in when going to the water. Its a cheap way of guaranteeing a 100 % dry atmosphere in the dry bag they also make large packets for use with larger dry bags. Here is their web address http://www.sorbentsystems.com Go to the desiccant section and you will see an ordering link with prices and products available. Ulli Hoeger wrote: > Hi, > > Looking back there seems to be the general problem that the > manufacturers understanding/definition of waterproof is frequently > very different from the expectations of us wet boating folks (in > contrast to dry boaters, like yachters and most power boaters). I > learned that when my first GPS drowned . It was replaced by the > manufacturer without any questions asked -good service or guilt?-. > My conclusion was that GPS, VHF, and cell phone travel in a a dry > bag (aquapak looks pretty though), to increase the chance that > they still work when I need them. > Think about it, even if something is supposed to be waterproof and > proofed in the past to be waterproof, there is a chance that it gave > up its waterproofness just when you really need it to navigate or > make a distress call. Nice if the manufacturers policy is to replace > units that failed -even after it was used for some time-, but that is > only of interest if you make it back to claim that service. > This risk can be significantly lowered by using a suitable dry bag. > Also not a 100% insurance, but at least you did what was possible. > > My 0.02$ > > Ulli > > P.S. I hope the Canon Shure Shot A1 I bought, it's rated > waterproof down to 15 feet, will survive my upcomming kayaking > adventures. > > (All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new > and improved ways of spelling old words.) > > Ulli Hoeger > Dept. Physiology and Biophysics > Dalhousie University > Halifax, B3H4H7, Nova Scotia > Canada > > Phone I : 902-494-2673 > Fax: 902-494-1685 > Phone II :902-488-6796 > http://is.dal.ca/~uhoeger > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed > here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire > responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. > Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net > Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > *************************************************************************** -- Perry Chamberlain Kato_at_qnet.com Liv'n on de Edge n de Desert Everyone has someone in their family who is crazy, if you don't know who it is, its you! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Mar 02 2001 - 09:25:07 PST
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