Gps holder for seakayak

[Brix]

Hi all!

I enjoy too take a kayak and paddle a trip. one of my friends have a Garmin Etrex Gps and wanted a holder there could go on his spraydeck. a spraydeck is like a skirt you have around the manhole, so there don't come water in the kayak!


I made this! what do you think? it's a proto so I need to polish it a little more, special the holes.

sorry for the quelity of the pic

Nicolai

 

[le.freak]

nice looking.
i wanted to make similar for my mountainbike, didn´t have the time yet. how did you press the kydex onto the gps? just in using gloves? i dunno how to fit it to the gps without applying too much pressure.
(and for my bike the holder should be quite sturdy and keep that thing secure)

 

[Beisser]

hi nico,
question: is the gps waterproof? if not, you should not fix it on the spraydeck

Arne

 

[Brix]

waterproff!

Hi biesser

of cause the GPS is waterproff els I would not use it for watersports!

Nicolai

 

[Havor]

Hey Brix

Please do not count on your GPS being waterproof, because, hmm "waterproofness" is tested in the lab not in the field.
If a GPS is critical for finding home (or a lovely camp spot) use an aquapac or something similar and always have a backup stoved away really, really good.
Trust me on this one, i´ve lost a few GPS handhelds this way while i was sailing.

To put it short, problem is, in a lab water- and airtemperature are the same while in the field they are not. The usually colder water causes your GPS to cool down a little. This of cause also cools down the air in the case and that creates a slight vacuum. That vacuum then literally sucks in water from around your GPS.