"Patrick Maun" wrote: > I'll second the idea of the waterproof pouch but throw in one caveat. > A friend of received the wonderful gift of one of the Garmin mapping > units. > The problem is that it has a little joystick as its primary > interface. Put one of these into a pouch and you run into problems. > On the Garmin unit the joystick can also be depressed as the "enter" > button so that in addition > to moving constantly it was always selecting things. That's one of the strong points of the 76S, it can be operated without problems while in a waterproof bag. I've used both the eTrex Vista and the 76S, and now only use the 76S while paddling. The Vista is used on dry land (cycling and walking). (I also have a GPS-V for in my car, b.t.w., and still own a 12XL and a GPS-III. yes, I admit I'm a GPS freak) regards and don't get lost, Kees *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Jul 24 2003 - 11:03:44 PDT
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