Hey fellow paddlers One month ago my three year old Garmin 12 GPS took it's final dunking. I had seen it coming. A spring inside the battery compartment rusted away last year and some of the push buttons have been acting strange lately. I've most of the time kept the GPS in an Aquapac(tm) case, but the case has been leaking for a while. Lesson learned: the GPS always goes into a _waterproof_ case. I decided to replace the dead unit with the Garmin etrex Venture GPS. One observation - the battery compartment of the Venture looks less water-resistant than that of the 12 model. At least Garmin recognize that the compartment isn't waterproof: Quote from the box: "Electronics are protected if immersed, but battery compartment may get wet." Anyway I've learned two things, which may interest you: First - The etrex models fits in the Aquapac mini phone case. This is great - much less bulky than the small Aquapac GPS case. Second - It's very hard to operate the tiny clickstick of the Venture through the Aquapac case. This was never a problem with the Garmin 12. Depending on how you use your GPS, this could be an important issue to consider before buying a 'clickstick' model GPS. I've mostly stopped using waypoints these days, and tend to only use the GPS for reading my current position. Since the clickstick isn't required for this operation, I can live with the problem. However if you like to play with waypoints and routes while on the water(as I did, when I first got my GPS), then you should think twice before getting a clickstick GPS/aquapac compo. kind regards Peter *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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