If you look at the back of the unit http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/gallery/MiscPhotos/IMG_1630 on the right you will see some green tape. This covers the hole for the battery cover latch. This tape is intact. Water getting into the batter compartment will wreck the batteries but will not get into the electronics unless this green tape fails. It is more likely the tape under the black rubber will fail first. The seal to the battery compartment is waterproof enough that it is unlikely that there will be pressurized water trying to force its way through the green tape. In previous units like the Etrex and 76 the seal is created by the black rubber around the perimeter. It looks like the 60 does not use the same seal system between the front and back. It may be better, but then again I expected the 76 to be better because it did not try to put controls in the perimeter rubber which compromised the ability of the Etrex to maintain a good seal. Waterproof is not conceptually hard. All you need no holes. A GPS does not need significant pressure resistance, it just needs to keep water out when briefly dunked. This should not be that hard. On Feb 12, 2004, at 8:10 PM, alex wrote: >> http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/gallery/MiscPhotos/IMG_1630 shows my >> Etrex after it died. The black rubber at the top of the picture >> creates >> the seal around the front and back half of the unit. On the upper >> portion you can see the inside and you can see some grayish spots. >> This >> is where the double-sided tape that forms the seal has separated from >> the rubber. > > Quite informative picture. It really went through the seal (which was > supposed to be waterproof) , - not through the slots around battery > cover. > Btw, I tried recent suggestion with transparent vinyl drybag (Legend, > same > class as Vista, only without compass) - not too good. Wrap is bulky, > doesn't fit into any PFD pocket, and readability of screen isn't beter > than > in Aquapack bag. Until I get enough dough for a $300 waterproof model, > looks like drybag (or Aquapack) + silicagel is the way to go. Just > don't > see any better solution. > 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 13 2004 - 06:36:43 PST
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