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I've had 2 of these GP-E2 GPS for my cameras for several years and have had no breakage and they stay on my cameras most of the time. You mention your camera fell down a rocky slope. You were lucky your camera and lens survived ok but the GPS is made of plastic and only held on at the hot shoe, it was the weakest link in the chain as they say. Probably better it broke than your hot shoe. And who knows what happened in your day pack, was the pack a padded one? Did it get set down hard? Cameras and accessories are delicate instruments. I once dropped my Canon 1Dx MkII when I picked it up off a coffee table and the strap caught on the edge, it only fell on the carpeted floor from about 30 inches up but required a Canon Service repair to re-adust the mirror to fix the focus costing me well over $100.I'm very late to this thread. The GP-E2 is a piece of crap! The electronics function well, but the mechanics are fragile! I do a lot of hiking around. First GP-E2 broke when my neckstrap broke and my camera tumbled down a rocky slope. The camera was fine, but the GP-E2 snapped off from the mounting attachment. Canon doesn't make parts and wouldn't repair it. $300 down the drain. Second GP-E2 snapped off the same way when my camera was in my daypack. I shouldn't have attached the GP-E2 before I put it in the pack, but I didn't realize it was that fragile. I think there may have been a 3rd one that failed, too. I tried the Solmeta and it didn't work properly at all. ARGH! So I then went to using a GPS app on my phone, then a 3rd party Geotagger that added the location based on timestamp once I uploaded them to my computer. PITA! I finally bought a used 7D mk ii just so I could have the location in my photos w/o hassle. Unfortunately, the 7D mk ii has terrible low light capabilities, but otherwise is a super nice body. Looking forward to the R5 mk ii. Hope to heck it has GPS in it!