no longer waterproof?

[cookie]

my friend mentioned today that he was out off from buying a 2720 as it is not waterproof & garmin do not recommend it for bike use & he should use the 2610 which is waterproof.

i found this hard to believe & had a shufty at garmin's web site. i cannot find anything on their site that suggests either unit is IEC 529 IPX7 compliant.

i'm pretty sure the 2610 was listed as such when i bought mine, do you think that has now changed?

i always was suspicious of a waterproof USB & MCX socket.

 

[Taff]

Funnily enough I was looking in the manual for the section that says the 2610 is waterproof (as the 2610 rubber flap certainly doesn't look water tight) but I couldn't find it. The manual for the SPIII was very clear and said that it could withstand immersion in a bucket of water for 30 mins. Have I missed the bit in the manual about the 2610, or is it just not there?

 

[(RIP) Bobble]

Just looked in the owners manual that came with my 2720 (today) and it says:
Unit case: Rugged; fully gasketed; IPX-7 waterproof*

*remote control is not waterproof.

Hope that helps

 

[Flip]

Well mine has'nt flooded yet!

 

[PanEuropean]

my friend mentioned today that he was out off from buying a 2720 as it is not waterproof & garmin do not recommend it for bike use & he should use the 2610 which is waterproof.

Your friend is misinformed and full of baloney.

The 25xx, 26xx, and 27xx series of GPSRs all share the same physical construction, and they are all waterproof. Period. Plain and simple.

When I test these units, I intentionally leave them on my moto all the time, including when I wash the moto with a high pressure coin op sprayer. I've never had a problem with any of them.

The USB and antenna connectors are totally waterproof - the rubber caps are just there to keep dust and particulate matter out, not to provide waterproof characteristics. You could, in theory, cut the rubber caps off, and the GPSRs would still be waterproof. I don't recommend you do that, though, because you would then have to go to a lot of trouble to make sure there is no moisture in there that would screw up the connection before you plug something into either of those outlets.

Michael