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Jobst Brandt
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Bill Brannon writes:
> Though yours may be reliable and my third one has held up for 6 or so years that can't be said of
> the product in general. If they were dependable they would still be making them and putting money
> in the bank because all the development costs would have been recovered long ago. Two years ago I
> saw them for sale at a couple shops in Italy. Nothing here. Not good enough for us or less likely
> to come back and bite them?
Most of these instruments failed from water intrusion that occurred from descending substantial
elevations while the instrument was wet. I discovered this while riding in heavy rain over a long
distance including the climb of a 9000ft pass. The instrument worked flawlessly all day until I
descended about 6000ft of that climb, at which time the typical failure symptoms appeared. As I
recall, 9000ft atmospheric change is about 8ft of water.
> Your right about the battery covers but at least you can buy them. They are so poorly designed
> they should just toss them in an envelope when you call instead of making you buy them and a pair
> of batteries.
Two covers are part of the battery replacement set. Get the batteries from your bicycle shop or
Avocet direct:
http://www.avocet.com/secureorder/ordersecure.html
Jobst Brandt [email protected] Palo Alto CA
> Though yours may be reliable and my third one has held up for 6 or so years that can't be said of
> the product in general. If they were dependable they would still be making them and putting money
> in the bank because all the development costs would have been recovered long ago. Two years ago I
> saw them for sale at a couple shops in Italy. Nothing here. Not good enough for us or less likely
> to come back and bite them?
Most of these instruments failed from water intrusion that occurred from descending substantial
elevations while the instrument was wet. I discovered this while riding in heavy rain over a long
distance including the climb of a 9000ft pass. The instrument worked flawlessly all day until I
descended about 6000ft of that climb, at which time the typical failure symptoms appeared. As I
recall, 9000ft atmospheric change is about 8ft of water.
> Your right about the battery covers but at least you can buy them. They are so poorly designed
> they should just toss them in an envelope when you call instead of making you buy them and a pair
> of batteries.
Two covers are part of the battery replacement set. Get the batteries from your bicycle shop or
Avocet direct:
http://www.avocet.com/secureorder/ordersecure.html
Jobst Brandt [email protected] Palo Alto CA