[Az-Geocaching] Garmin GPSMAP76 dropped from 1500' above the groundand survived!

[Brian Casteel]

Hey Scott.  Did you by chance buy one of those protective covers for the
screen?  Mine arrived this morning, so I'll put it on tonight.  Supposedly
it's the same material that is used to protect rotor blades on helicopters
and stuff like that.

Brian
Team A.I.


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The Wind
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:10 AM
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Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Garmin GPSMAP76 dropped from 1500' above the
groundand survived!


http://www.garmin.com/whatsNew/adventures/story23.html#

You can click on the link below the story to find out how he went about 
trying to find it.

I too use my Garmin GPS's ballooning and while I have never dropped one out 
of the basket.... I have had them thrown out on fast landings and I have 
even had my basket run over them a time or two (that goes for my radio's 
too!). Although the last time my Etrex Legend fell out and got run over by 
my basket it didnt make it. It didnt have a scratch on it and it looked just

like new still.. but it didnt turn on after that. Although the durability of

it was not in question. It held up great. That is a 600 lb balloon bouncing 
across the ground and your GPS goes under it! Something must have got nocked

loose inside it. I have had that same GPS trampled before though and it has 
held up great. One time I had it around my neck and on a windy fast 
landing.... it swung and hit one of the metal propane tanks. I heard it wack

the tank and thought for sure it was toast.... no problem. Worked great 
after that!

My new 60C is built much tougher than the Etrex line. I always thought the 
Etrex was rather cheap feeling... but they are very durable. The 60C even 
more so.

Scott
Team Ropingthewind


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