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I have a Garmin Etrex Legend. The plastic bar at the bottom that you thread the lanyard through broke off. Does anyone know of a alternate fix for the problem? thanks 🙁
We have that problem also and we attached the lanyard to the loop on the battery cover.
I would recommend that you NOT use the battery cover D-ring for a lanyard attachment. The problem is that normal jostling while walking/wading/climbing/falling can cause the cover to pull open, which will leave the cover on your lanyard and the rest of your GPS on the ground. My yellow etrex went sledding, swimming in Lake Michigan, and cliff diving (without the benefit of water) all without the battery cover, before I got smart and moved the lanyard. Amazingly, it still works perfectly, but certainly this sort of abuse is tempting fate. For an example see link.
Incidentally, I suspect that if you call Garmin, they will offer to repair the broken pin for little or nothing.
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