I'm on my second 76. Never fully submerged the first one, just well splashed. It got water inside and died. They sent me a new one and said that it shouldn't do that, but after I had an Etrex die inside a drybag, I'm not very confident. The problems seem to stem from being out in the sun then getting doused with cold water. I doubt the IPX7 standard tests for this kind of situation. It is one thing to put the unit under water for a while in a lab, and another to cook it for a while in the sun then dunk it in chilly water. On Feb 6, 2004, at 5:08 PM, B. Douglas Jensen wrote: > Steve, > > I have the 76S and find it a great unit and its taken a couple of > dunkings without pausing. I've owned several Garmin units and it > sounds like you did get a lemon. > > Doug Jensen > Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA Ph/Fx: (860) 659-8847 http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ *************************************************************************** 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 Feb 06 2004 - 15:23:10 PST
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