Hi Tony The edge will handle weather no problem, in fact it can be submersed with no harmful effect
Water resistance: IPX7 This device meets the IPX7 water-resistance standard . According to this European standard, the device can be submersed to 1 metre for up to 30 minutes without harmful effects. Battery Life is another issue however you can use external UBS battery devices to give a longer life. The standard is supposed to be 15 hours but 10 is more the norm. With an external UBS device you can run for longer times and or recharge the device. Peter On 24-Sep-08, at 2:47 PM, Anthony Thompson wrote: > I've been using paper maps exclusively for a long time. But I > confess I have wondered about the Garmin Edges. > > The biggest reason I've been resisting one of these units is the > worry over battery life. I like multi day tours and I don't like > carrying along lots of batteries and bulky chargers. I mean what if > you camp? How do you recharge the unit? > > While I'm asking, how resistant are these units to bad weather? > > Still skeptical in Kentucky, > > --Tony > > > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 3:55 AM, Piaw > Na(蓝俊彪) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There's been a few discussions about using GPS units on tour on these > lists, and on my recent Tour Across France, I found a little-mentioned > setting on the Garmin MapSource software which turned the GPS unit > from being a nice toy/substitute computer to an almost-essential > touring tool: > > http://piaw.blogspot.com/2008/09/introducing-piaw-routing.html > > It's obviously most useful for people who do dynamic routing on their > GPS units (as described in: > http://piaw.blogspot.com/2008/05/tips-on-using-garmin-76csx.html), and > do self-support multi-day tours. It does have interesting quirks (as > described in the article), but with this tool, I found roads that I > never would have found otherwise, so I'm publishing how to use it in > the hopes of seeing others use it (and refine it). > > -- > Piaw Na > http://piaw.blogspot.com > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
