2610-went south in the garage?

jfrazsr said:

I had noticed some moisture under the screen months ago,but it would burn off kind of like your wrist watch does if it gets a little damp.I thought these units were water proof but I guess not.One good thing it happened all at once and before the warranty was up.Has anyone else seen this trace amount of moisture on their screen or had it to wrinkle up?John

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I have noticed from time to time some moisture in the center and under the screen, always in the same spot. It always clears up while riding. When I first saw it I was riding for a week in the rain and I fiqured it was because of that, but I have also seen it come back when it hasn't gotten wet, like on a cloudy day when it looks like it's going to rain. The spot has always went away when the sun shines on the screen for a while. I always use the Garmin screen cover on the 2610 when the bike is parked and I have even started to take the 2610 in the house instead of leaving it on the bike in the garage but it has made no difference. My 2610 works just fine and the screen coating looks fine, it's just annoying me that this unit is supposed to be waterproof and I'm getting this moisture spot under the screen. I wonder how the moisture is getting inside the unit.

I had the same problem on my 376c on the way to Alaska. We were riding in the rain. The first day I didn't cover it up, so it got pretty wet. After that I kept it covered but even so it got so bad I couldn't see the screen at all. Finally, in desparation I took it apart. There was actually a little free water in the bottom of the unit and some very fine dust.

Cleaned and dried it (twice), left it open and sitting on the hotel window sill in the sun for a couple hours, when I reassembled it was good as new. Rode the rest of the trip with a baggy over the top (even though it is supposed to be water proof) and never had another problem.

When I got back I called Garmin and they had me send it back. I even told them that I had to open it up on the trip. They sent me another one in a new box, wrapped as new but very close inspection showed it was a refurbished. No problem with the refurbishment since works great (except for a discoloration on the screen that I had to remove, same as my original 376C) but that's in a different post. http://www.gl1800riders.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=63237