Extreme test of a Garmin Map 60C

[Ray]

It finally happened! I left my GPS 60C on the roof of my car and
then drove away from a geocache we had just found. The receiver hit
the road at about 55 mph. I stopped the car and went to retrieve it
with my heart in my throat. The case is a little ragged from hitting
the pavement, but it still operates just fine. ~tb
😯

[Cache_boppin_BunnyFuFu]

WOW.. now THAT is impressive.

Darn near makes me want to buy a Garmin……… NAW.. I’ll stick with Magellan 😉 Better be careful or you may find youself working for Garmin in their crash test lab!! LOL

[zuma]

Cool story. I guess Garmin makes stuff a little better than Palm. I learned today that my Palm is NOT waterproof. Like a fool, I went cachin in the rain, since I personally dont mind a lil liquid sunshine. I dont even mind the wet dog smell in the car from cachin in the rain with Jesse the geohound. (She is the one who smells like a wet dog–not me, BTW.)

Anyway after the first few caches, my Palm just upped and died, so I had to fly blind the rest of the day. I am drying it off, but I think it is probably dead.

zuma

[marc_54140]

Aha! I told you Jessie stinks!

[Cheesehead Dave]

Wow. I did the exact same thing with my Legend, except it did take a little bit of damage: The left ten pixels of the screen are dead from top to bottom. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to make it unusable, so I couldn’t justify buying a new one. 🙁

It’s still working to this day.

[hogrod]

garmin will replace your gpsr if it takes a fall and is showing damage, it will only cost you the price of shipping it to them. They have very good customer service.

[Team Hemisphere Dancer]

Thanks for just another reason I can justify a 60 CSx.

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