My older GPS receiver, a Garmin GPSMap 60C, has had a problem the last couple of years in that it’s almost impossible to turn on. For a while I could sometimes get it to turn on by random pressing of the power button but a lot of the time it just wouldn’t turn on and over the last 9 months or so it just wouldn’t turn on. So, in May I cashed in an ( Read more... )

While I was out getting my 999th geocache this weekend, I got caught in a rainstorm. After finding the cache and finding shelter from the rain I noticed moisture and condensation inside my GPS receiver screen! Now, one of my GPS receiver's features is supposed to be that it's "Waterproof to IEC 60529 IPX7 standards (can be submerged in one meter ( Read more... )