Garmin GPS - My Forerunner is SOAKED

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My Forerunner is SOAKED - any suggestions?

Bill G

2006-10-27, 12:33 pm

Last night I left my Forerunner 301 on the hood of my car to acquire and
then changed my plans and canceled my run.

Unfortunately, I forgot the Forerunnner, drove off with it on the hood.

This morning, I miraculously found it 2 miles down the road, still in one
piece, face down - it was raining all night.

I've had the product a year and, even with its idiosynchrasies, I wouldn't
run without it. I'm concerned about any problems I might have now.

It did power up. I have it off and am letting it sit in my laundry room
(~90-100 degerees F). Planning on trying to charge it in 24-48 hours.

Anyone ever have any similar experience? What can I expect?

peter

2006-10-27, 12:33 pm

Bill G wrote:
> Last night I left my Forerunner 301 on the hood of my car to acquire and
> then changed my plans and canceled my run.
>
> Unfortunately, I forgot the Forerunnner, drove off with it on the hood.
>
> This morning, I miraculously found it 2 miles down the road, still in one
> piece, face down - it was raining all night.
>
> I've had the product a year and, even with its idiosynchrasies, I wouldn't
> run without it. I'm concerned about any problems I might have now.
>
> It did power up. I have it off and am letting it sit in my laundry room
> (~90-100 degerees F). Planning on trying to charge it in 24-48 hours.

The Forerunner is rated to IPX-7 standards of waterproofness which is
immersion for 30 minutes at a depth of 1 meter. So I'd expect it to be
able to handle a days worth of rain without any problem. Are you
seeing any evidence of water inside the unit? If not then I wouldn't
worry about it. If you do see water inside then I'd check with Garmin.
Although the official warranty is one year, I've known of cases where
they extended it for units that didn't live up to the waterproof specs.

Bill G

2006-10-27, 12:33 pm

Thanks - there are a small few spots on the LCD that weren't there before -
they may clear after it's been given time to dry. My main concern was re:
what ELSE might be wrong. My effort to dry it out was after a call to tech
support.

I think having the unit fly off the car at 65mph might constitute abuse,
misuse or accident. Can't rule out that a semi or two may have run over it,
too.

I'm counting myself lucky just to have found it.

"peter" <prathman@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1161969489.703371.270710@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> Bill G wrote:
>
> The Forerunner is rated to IPX-7 standards of waterproofness which is
> immersion for 30 minutes at a depth of 1 meter. So I'd expect it to be
> able to handle a days worth of rain without any problem. Are you
> seeing any evidence of water inside the unit? If not then I wouldn't
> worry about it. If you do see water inside then I'd check with Garmin.
> Although the official warranty is one year, I've known of cases where
> they extended it for units that didn't live up to the waterproof specs.
>

Bart Bailey

2006-10-27, 3:33 pm

In Message-ID:< 5YqdndUvxJyjq9_YnZ2d
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Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:41:26 -0500, Bill G wrote: Begin

>Last night I left my Forerunner 301 on the hood of my car to acquire and
>then changed my plans and canceled my run.
>
>Unfortunately, I forgot the Forerunnner, drove off with it on the hood.
>
>This morning, I miraculously found it 2 miles down the road, still in one
>piece, face down - it was raining all night.
>
>I've had the product a year and, even with its idiosynchrasies, I wouldn't
>run without it. I'm concerned about any problems I might have now.
>
>It did power up. I have it off and am letting it sit in my laundry room
>(~90-100 degerees F). Planning on trying to charge it in 24-48 hours.
>
>Anyone ever have any similar experience? What can I expect?
>

If the case integrity was compromised due to the initial landing trauma
or subsequent vehicular activity, then best to see if you can get the
company to replace the case, maybe even paying a service charge,
otherwise, if it will power up, and shows no indication of internal
moisture, just buff down any cosmetic blemishes and continue to use it.
If it does however show waterseal damage, and there's no company remedy
available, you could take a chance and continue to use it as a fair
weather device, or simply replace it, and regard the additional cost as
either a dunce penalty or tuition in the school of life.

--

Bart

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