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dvIceT
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 Great (and/or twisted) minds think alike!

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Originally posted by ageibel
I feel better about taking my Visor out on the trail with me, since I made recently purchased a waterproof/padded bag for it.

It's made by Voyageur, and I bought it from REI.com for $20.
http://www.rei.com/cgi-bin/ncommerc...prrfnbr=3620622



That's the exact dry bag I got for my visor! And I thought I was being weird! Since I was only going to use it to protect the Visor itself, I thought about getting the shorter but same width Voyageur bag designed for FRS radios, but it costs way more because it has a headset pass-thru plug built-in.

I have the same concerns about the bag (exposed face) that you have, but I'd feel confident clipping it to my backpack or shoulder strap for easy access.
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ageibel
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 Talking Re: Great (and/or twisted) minds think alike!

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Originally posted by dvIceT


That's the exact dry bag I got for my visor!
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I have the same concerns about the bag (exposed face) that you have, but I'd feel confident clipping it to my backpack or shoulder strap for easy access.


Ha! This is funny - people are going to think we work for Voyageur... :-)
We don't, honestly! But they should send us a T-shirt or something...hehe.

Yeah, if the bag had some kind of flip-down padding to protect the face when not in use, it would be perfect. As is I'll just have to be mindful - which I was planning on doing with or without the bag!

I too was planning to clip the thing right on to my backpack shoulder strap - with an additional 12"-or-so tether to keep it from biting the dust when handled with slippery gloves and/or butterfingers.

Well good luck! And wish me luck too - my visor w/bag is going with me on my 1000 mile hike this summer!

-ageibel
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VTL
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Great suggestion - I've got another thread running that asked about bags of this type for a GPS.
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kevin_i_orourke
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 Question Re: Water Protection for Visor w/Magellan

quote:
Originally posted by ageibel
I feel better about taking my Visor out on the trail with me, since I made recently purchased a waterproof/padded bag for it.

It's made by Voyageur, and I bought it from REI.com for $20.
http://www.rei.com/cgi-bin/ncommerc...prrfnbr=3620622


Does anyone know of a European/UK stockist for these? I would order direct from REI but the shipping charge is as much as the cost of the bag!

Alternatively: does anyone know of a similar bag available in the UK?

Kev.
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VTL
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I purchased a Voyager Drypack over the weekend for my Magellan/Visor combo, and I'm pretty pleased with it. It's a tight squeeze to get the unit in and out, but otherwise I was pretty happy with it when I took the combo out in a light drizzle over the weekend.

To answer Kev's question, check out

http://www.aquapac.net/homeframe.html

They make something very similar, and are based in the U.K.
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kevin_i_orourke
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Originally posted by VTL
To answer Kev's question, check out

http://www.aquapac.net/homeframe.html

They make something very similar, and are based in the U.K.


Thanks, looks good.

They don't seem to do one big enough to hold the Visor with a large (GPS for example) module.

Kev.
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VTL
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The Aquapac cases designed for a Palm won't be big enough - you'd have to buy one for a GPS.

I eyeballed my prism with the GPS inserted, I think one of the GPS cases would work. They come in different sizes, and tell you what the maximum dimensions they would accomodate would be.
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