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very cool … while my numbers are lower than most, my T/D ratings are “above average” … which is makes sense, since we tend to go after the caches with longer hikes and scenic setting … so it passes my testing
@Jeremy wrote:
That being said I’ve used many a Garmin unit in some really bad rainy and snowy conditions and never had a problem (knock on wood).
Ahhhhhh …. but we’re you at an EVENT (ie. pressing buttons for a whole bunch of caches) or doing regular caching (ie. pressing buttons every so often) … it’s all about accumlative exposure (which is the reason The Beast and I always wear shirts while swimming outside).
@tyedyeskyguy wrote:
… the face was cvered in snaw … the snaow away … I hekld it there for a minute …
by any chance did you drop your keyboard in the sink with your GPSr?
I have a theory on how the water got into Uncle Funs GPSr … but I might be full of beans 😳 since I don’t have the same unit to look at …
If one was to drop the unit in a creek, you wouldn’t be pressing any buttons at the time it enters the water. But when geocaching in the rain, one is pushing buttons. It could be that the buttons only seal out water when they are not depressed … that pressing a button creates a short-term gap between the rubber button and the case. If this is the case, it would explain why USING the GPSr in the rain is a no-no; while dropping it in a creek is Ok (sort of) to do. If this is the case, the simple act of putting the thing in a ziplock bag would go along way in protecting the unit … and at the same time means that putting the unit in a nice waterproof case (as shown in the picture) would have not helped much.
I get this information from the water-resistant Timex watch I have … the warn you to not press buttons underwater, for that very reason.
Sorry about your GPSr …. I saw your log entry on the event, somewhat near my log entry indicating that might GPSr bit the dust too … actually dust was not the problem, just the opposite.
However, in my case I have an old Garmin eMap … which is NOT suppose to be water-resistant. It worked fine at the event, but when I powered it up at home to check my battery life, it powered up but none of the buttons would do anything. 😥
I tapped the unit on my palm (my human palm, not my Palm) … about a half a teaspoon of water came out around the keys … then I put it by the wood stove overnight (next to my coat, next to my WGA hoodie, next to my pants, next to my insulated underwear, next to my hiking boots, next to my socks) … and ta-dah, on Sunday the thing worked fine, I cached with a youth group in the Kettle Moraine with it for about 3 hours. 😕
My conclusion … the non-water-resistant units are better in the rain … because they let the water get back OUT 😯
True, changing them can be a pain if you have a lot of caches.
I think I did mine (about 25 I think) in about 30 minutes, once I got in the swing of it.
A comprimise could be to just do it for the caches that are longer walks … such as those in wooded settings … and skip the drive-up / sidewalk type caches. From my viewpoint, I’d like to know that I got to leave my dog in the car, before I consider a 15+ minute hike into the woods, but who cares if it’s a drive-up cache. I think the same would be true for other vital attributes such as hunting.
Chicken!
@hogrod wrote:
I recommend using tabbed browsing, even IE7 has it now(suppose to go public next month).
Will it support Windows 3.1?
Disclaimer: I was kidding.
My mind never changed … I like it the way it is.
As you stated, the way now you have choices: (a) click to open in same window, (b) shift-click to open in a new window.
As you also stated, if you change it then we’re all stuck with no options … it will then ALWAYS open in a new window. I like the current options … leave it be.
In good ‘ol Internet Explorer … holding down the [Shift] key while clicking does the trick too.
I for one like it the way it is … as I click around a fair amount and would hate to end up with 10 windows open.
exactly … that’s my idea of “drag and drop”
that reminds me of a place I know of in my area that actually has an old bowling ball wedge into the root system of a tree … I really must get around to hiding a cache in that spot.
At first I thought this subject title was going to deal with extremely large travel bugs!
This would appear true everywhere … if you call corporate they indicate the item is selling for $69.99 Now if I could figure out an excuse why a guy that caches as little as I do needs 3 GPSrs.
Number 11 is Fuzzy Underlit and his older cousin Dotty Shadows.
Disclaimer: please do not belief anything I say.
Not sure why they state that number, but it’s certainly wrong. I believe it would be more accurate to say 900 “teams”.
I would venture to guess that there would be about 90,000 PEOPLE caching WORLD-WIDE.
As world-wide there are currently 33,920 “account holders” … if you assume the average team/family is 2.653 people … there’s your aprox. 90,000 people.
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