Cycliq says “Using the latest nanotechnology, Fly6 is safeguarded against any wet weather nature can throw at you.” That’s not quite the same as saying it’s waterproof, but the plastic lens cover sheds water surprisingly well.
We were caught in a brief downpour on a recent ride and, not unexpectedly, water covered the rear-facing lens:
A larger drop ran down the left side, merged with the previous drop, and blurred two thirds of the image:
Three seconds and a few major jolts later, the lens was mostly clear:
Half a minute later, it’s looking even better:
The jolts come from the deteriorated paving and poor patches along Rt 376, but at least they shake the water off the lens:
Ten minutes after the first image, both the lens and the sky were almost completely clear:
A pleasant surprise!
That transverse crack just behind me? Charlie Brown’s First Principle of Puddles applies: you cannot tell how deep a puddle is from the top. That sucker goes down through at least three layers of paving:
I forgot to put the Sony HDR-AS30V helmet camera in its waterproof housing before we left, so I put it in the (not exactly waterproof, either) underseat pack when the first drops fell. Sony makes no pretense that the bare camera can survive a rainstorm, but the packs are good for our simple needs.
Ed’s First Principle of Rain Riding: After the first five minutes, you don’t get any wetter.
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 