Re: Garmin Edge 830 elevation issues

Am Fri, 02 Aug 2024 08:47:46 -0700 schrieb Jeff Liebermann
<jeffl@cruzio.com>:

On Fri, 02 Aug 2024 07:32:05 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:

I suspect that Garmin and
others are aware of such problems and settled on the most reasonable
protection solution that doesn't involve complex and expensive
solutions.

>
Various vendors offer waterproof "dry bags".
<https://www.google.com/search?q=gps+mobile+phone+dry+bag&tbm=isch>
<https://www.amazon.com/Pelican-Marine-IP68-Waterproof-Dry/dp/B0B52B5MGC>
These were intended for cell phones work well for hand-held GPS
receivers.  Do NOT buy the bags with radiation shields, IR blocking or
reflective plastic.  These will block the signal from the satellites
to the GPS.

Ortlieb, a German maker of a series of bicycling bags, produces a
waterproof bag for their Ultimate handlebar bag
<https://www.ortlieb.com/usa_en/ultimate+F3131>
specifically for Garmins GPSmap series of GPS devices.

Being retired, I don't have a need to ride in the wet anymore and some
reasons to avoid it.  But I did a lot of riding in the rain on my
commute and during vacations.

<https://www.mystrobl.de/Plone/radfahren/technik/komponenten/navi/img-5685.jpeg>
<https://www.mystrobl.de/Plone/radfahren/technik/komponenten/navi/IMG_1405.jpeg>
The latter, newer photo from spring 2011 was taken here, btw.
<https://www.google.de/maps/@43.3632593,2.6300401,3a,79.5y,264h,76.03t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sz3iFFh4NezN4f2JhbT2bnA!2e0!5s20110301T000000!7i13312!8i6656?coh=205409&entry=ttu
Wasn't raining, that day. :-)

>
How to mount the Garmin Edge 830 in a bag on a bicycle might be a
challenge.  Rubber bands, elastic bands or packing tape will work, but
are rather ugly.

Mounting the Ortliebs GPS case on top of my Ultimate Classic worked
quite well.

Ortlieb still sells both the large map case
<https://www.ortlieb.com/usa_en/ultimate-map-case>
and the smaller bag, called "Safe-it" and somewhat hard to find without
knowing that name.

<https://www.ortlieb.com/usa_en/safe-it+D2111>

Needs a separate attachement kit for mounting on the Ultimate Classic.

"attachment set (Article No. F1420) for mounting your Safe-it to
Ultimate handlebar bags (except for the Ultimate Compact) available on
request"



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