Check the price. I reckon it's a bit steep, personally. http://www.misco.co.uk/productinformation/~105155~WW~/index.htm -- Cheers! Fr Jack 90 CB450DX (The Moped) FRJACKUKRM AT GMAIL DOT COM skype: fr.jack (without the dot) We'll open up your eyes, just to check that you're asleep, again
Feature wise it's pretty similar to the TomTom go 700 which costs £550 list price IIRC so it's not that overpriced for the waterproofing. There's probably a market for one based on the 300 for the uk only though which is only around £300 -- Alex Hermes: "We can't afford that! Especially not Zoidberg!" Zoidberg: "They took away my credit cards!" www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk
That's not *too* bad, although certainly more than I'd want to pay. Before release it was touted as likely to cost over £700!
Given how long they have taken to work out how to waterproof it, I will let someone else give it a go first.
They won't selling *any*. Still vapourware. Misco have none in stock and no advice on when delivery is due. Break out the smelling salts.
It's not waterproofing that would worry me - it's vibration. The Garmin units are certified/designed/whatever to withstand and resist being shaken apart. My first E-Trex still spat the dummy eventually though - my current one hasn't had the issue yet (RAM mount probably has a lot to do with this and the use of some bathroom sealant ) I'm going to be very interested to see if the Rider holds up to actual real bike use - from the pictures it just doesn't look sturdy enough but flip wibble.
I watched my mate's eTrex go bouncing down a waterfall on Nevis the other day and still work fine. Convinced me it was tough enough for mountain biking anyway. Only drawback I've now found to it, is it interferes with my cordless cycle computer.
