Ralph writes: I've been using a Garmin eTrex Venture for a couple of months... Over the last two weeks I noticed that when there were drops of water on the screen and the unit was in full sunlight, there appeared areas of condensation on the inside of the screen -- or between two layers of the screen at least. Is this a common problem? Is it worth discussing with Garmin? Ralph, I am now in the market for a new GPS. Saturday I was rolling with my Etrex in a waterproof chart case, but it was not properly sealed. Once I saw water in the case I went to shore and opened the battery compartment. It was dry, but I left it open in my trunk hoping any humidity would dry out. The felt temperature was about 102 that day. The Etrex died even though there is no corrossion or other evidence of water problems. I would try to do something about it but the unit is two years old and the warrantee is only for one year. Do not trust their statement that the unit is waterproof. Brian Blankinship *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> Ralph writes: I've been using a Garmin eTrex Venture for a couple of > months... Over the last two weeks I noticed that when there were drops of > water on the screen and the unit was in full sunlight, there appeared areas > of condensation on the inside of the screen -- or between two layers of the > screen at least. Is this a common problem? Is it worth discussing with > Garmin? > > Ralph, I've had the same problem on rare occasions and its not really a big deal as far as I'm concerned. I've been using my Venture weekly, on my deck without secondary containment, for over a year now with the only problems being replacing the batteries every once in a while. Chris *************************************************************************** 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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