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Customer Service replaced my unit with a new one when mine started behaving that way. -Loyal

My 60C started losing satellite in a random fashion and customer service had me send it in under warranty with an RMA. I was without my GPSr for about 5 days, and I was hoping the whole time that I wouldn't become one of those nightmare stories you read about on message forums... Well, I too have to compliment Garmin. I got my original unit back with a detailed report, updated software, and all of my waypoints/software. It seems that an internal battery connection was loose and had to be fixed. Also, my screen was apparently slightly chipped (I hadn't noticed), and they replaced that for me, too! I just finished using the GPSr on a 1500 mile roadtrip and it worked flawlessly the entire time. Go Garmin!

You bet. Excellent product.

Okay, I looked around the internet for battery weights and conversions and such... I haven't done much of this since High School physics, so correct at will! If each AA alkaline battery weighs .85 oz (24.1 grams) then two would be 1.70 oz (48.2 grams). This gives us an actual weight of 198.2 grams for the eTrex with batteries. Density calculation then comes up as approximately 1.15, which will sink the little buggers. Yes? No? Maybe?

I have personally lost an eTrex that sank to the bottom of a muddy pool when it slipped from my pocket. (Yes, I was an idiot and had it in my breast pocket as I bent over to look into the pool.) Also, a good friend took his along as he rode SeaDoos with some friends. He tossed it to one of the other guys who fumbled. It sank right to the bottom of the lake. Perhaps the previous density calculations don't take into account the batteries? Or maybe I just have experience with really dense eTrexes, eTrexii, eTrex, uh, whatever the plural for eTrex is...

Since I just bought a Pocket PC Phone for my wife's holiday present, I kind of thought this would be nice whenever I "borrow" the unit from her...

1,376 caches From latitude: 33.7469166666667 longitude: -117.621833333333 Silverado, CA Yikes! I'd better get busy.