Which is precisely why I say get an aquapak if you want something to be waterproof. The foam and trapped air will let it float, a side benefit.
All those people who dissed the emap because it wasn't as waterproof as other Garmin units missed out on a neat GPS.
-----Original Message----- From: Lucien Van Elsen [mailto:lucien@prodigy.net] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 10:43 AM To: gpsstash@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [gpsstash] eTrex Waterproof tests
The fundamental problem is that you can't make anything battery powered truely watertight - the batteries outgas as they discharge. The tradeoff garmin makes is that their battery compartment is as water resistant as possible, while the electronics compartment is watertight (and even nitrogen filled in some cases, I believe).