Westwoods 2
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Thanks for the interesting replies. Looks like the Garmin extrek20 wins the day. Will look to buy one in the new year
providing my 10 year old Garmin keeps on working.
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Quite happy to join and wish you well with the venture,but wonder why other attempts have failed?I know there are other successful groups,(Look up Warrington Geocachers),maybe Devon is too big an area?
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Thanks for your reply,rubber still holding-will report back in a years,time! We also have an Explorist-so far so good!
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Unfortunately, this is not a defect. this is a feature of the eTrex line..
I had the same happen awhile back with a Legend (clear-blue).. and years before, to the original eTrex Yellow. (non-H) It has something to do with getting heated, (in a warm car, etc.) But it doesn't want to re-seal..
When I initially wrote to Garmin about it, I was contacted with a email to send my shipping address.. result, a box arrived, with a new rubber and a piece of CAD-Cut double sided tape on a sheet of paper. I ended-up fixing the device, for free.
Now, if you write to Garmin for the same thing, they'll ask you to send the whole device in for service. thjey no-longer will give you a part# or anything for the replacement.. They now, want you to pay outright shipping and repair.
Honest truth, this is a known defect (despite my sarcasm at the beginning of this message.) but they refuse to see it as such. Mind you, the eTrex line was a good, solid line, but this was the only flaw. Now, it's push to get hyper connected to the internet, and options & tools you'll never actually use.
the other problem, with the rubber.. It seems to absorb skin oil, and other types of oil, keeping the rubber expanded to larger than the case, so you won't get a solid seal anymore.. I even tried soaking the rubber in things like rubbing alcohol, or Simple Green (full strength.) it does nothing to extract the oils, and the rubber is pretty much loose from there on.
The odd thing is, there are other Garmin models which use a similar adhesive mounting to the device, and the rubber piece stays normal size, and right to the case.. With the eTrex, it's a losing battle, every time you opened the cover over the Data connection, You partially pried the rubber away from the adhesive. It was a losing battle from the start.
I'm kind of wondering, if the same will happen, with the cover for the Magellan Explorist-GC, with the cap over the data plug?
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We've been using an e-trex for over a year in the U.K.and had the same problem with the rubber sleeve.
Having read the previous answers which didn't seem to solve the problem completely I removed the rubber and the plastic inner strip and very carefully applied Evo-Stik Serious Glue (available from Tesco's).
It has now been in place for several weeks without any problem. Hope this is helpful.
comparing Magellan Explorist GC & etrex20
in GPS technology and devices
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I purchased a GC in September 2010.In less than a year the rubber nipple on the joystick came away and the unit was replaced by Amazon.
The replacement unit has developed a new fault,the "back" button doesn't work.I am in touch with Magellan but I don't hold out much hope of progress so I am looking at the etrex 20 in the hope that this is a more robust unit.