Garmin Rubber Problem

[agentmancuso]

I've seen all sorts of suggestions for dealing with the perennial problem with Garmin rubber surrounds coming loose - here's what I've done with mine, for better or for worse:

The black rubber bit started coming loose at the top after about a year. Even at this stage early it seemed a bit stretched. After another year it was completely detached, but I kept going for another 6 months just holding it in place. (This worked better than it sounds, as I mostly use the etrex for hillwalking rather than geocaching, and so generally walk with it held firmly in my hand). But gradually the band was getting stretched further, so I decided to do something about it.

After cleaning all the old glue away manually, I cut it at the bottom with a sharp pair of scissors, removing about 1/4" of length in the process. I tried sticking it back on with the glue from a bicycle puncture repair kit, on the grounds that that was designed for rubber too. It didn't work. Instead the rubber curled outwards hideously, and stretched even further; another 1/4" had to come off. Having cleaned all the glue off again, I thought of trying a sort of Bostick/superglue that was lying around. But I couldn't get any of that out of the tube, even with scissors, as it was all dried up. So in desperation I used the only adhesive that was left in the house - No More Nails. It worked perfectly, first time! Of course, having cut 1/2" off, it's now too short, so doesn't meet properly at the bottom. But the glue seems absolutely solid, and the buttons all work fine. So a success, of sorts. :socool:

[Bear and Ragged]

Evo-stick

Or similer 'rubber' glue.

Cut to size after sticking.

[molfrew-mosstoad]

we used double sided tape after finding various glues didnt hold.

BTW the tapes still going strong after 18 months, that surprised us too lol

[agentmancuso]

The No-More-Nails seemed scure enough the first few times I used the etrex. But yesterday was the first full day's trigging since the repair, and it just didn't hold up.

Plan B: lecky tape, round the outside. Looks duff, but seems to hold well, and the buttons work no problem under the tape. Ought to make it more water proof too...

[nobbynobbs]

have you tried garmin themselves?

[agentmancuso]

You have a point all right, I should have done that when it first started coming loose.