Jamey Jacobs wrote:
I've followed a few of these threads, and they generally concluded
that the iPAQ 3955 was the "least bad" of the options, especially with
the ClearTouch anti-glare screen. So I bought a 3955 and plan to
install it in the traditional articulated panel mount approach in my
new glider within the next month.

However, I have not heard of success / failure with a shade hood. Has
anyone tried this approach, or is the problem when the sun is coming
from over your shoulder (thus a hood would be ineffective)?

I don't think a shade hood will help, based on my experience with a 3835
and a 2215 (same screen type as 3955, I'm told). The problem with the
2215 doesn't seem to be light washing out the screen, since full
sunlight on the screen makes it quite readable. The screen is hard to
read when there is sunlight, but it isn't directly on the screen,
perhaps because my pupils are contracted and the backlight isn't strong
enough. Under cloud, my pupils expand, and the backlight is adequate.

The 3835 screen is more visible in the glider cockpit in all situations
I've been in (don't know about night or cloud flying) than the 2215. I
prefer it, even though it's processor is as fast as the 2215.

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