The ones I bought (not from Wal-Mart) were good against light rain, but
leaked slightly in driving rain, yours might be different, be worth a try.
You could add some compound on the seal to help with this. On mine the O
ring is a bit too hard and the lip a bit too soft to make a really good
seal, made worse if the sides are deformed by over-filling.
David
G3UNA
A few days ago, I discovered some polycarbonate boxes in the camping
section of our local Wal-Mart. They are watertight, have an O ring
gasket around door fitting, clear (with a blue tint), and come in 2
sizes.
I couldn't find them on the WM website, but did find them on the
Outdoor Products site:
http://www.outdoorproducts.com/proddetail.aspx?sku=172OP
The larger box fits my KX1 (with the paddle attached) and leaves a
little room to spare for extra batteries, antenna, mini-manual, etc.
I imagine that the smaller box would hold Altoid's tin-sized rigs with
a little room to spare as well.
Oh yeah, these boxes will set you back a whopping $7 & $9 at Wal-Mart
for the small and large sizes, respectively.
Cheers,
Tom
kf4tzk
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