Best GPS for the money
11-29-2011 | 09:51 AM
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Make sure you watch the maps option, because some units can be a lot cheaper but you make up for it in buying maps.
I have GARMIN but IMVHO i think Garmin runs a raquet between how do maps and stuff being interchangeable between units. My boat garmin is used, if I went new I would have went lowrance.
I have GARMIN but IMVHO i think Garmin runs a raquet between how do maps and stuff being interchangeable between units. My boat garmin is used, if I went new I would have went lowrance.
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11-29-2011 | 09:57 AM
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only 100 bucks after i spent 400 bucks for the unit.. Not into spending big money on a product then oh by the way have to spend more money just for it to work
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11-29-2011 | 06:48 PM
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Ck out the Garmin 740 also. Nice unit for the money but has no video inputs though. Also Simrad has the new NSS series they are touch and come in 7" , 8" and a 12". Built in Gps antenna. Ray marine also has anew E7. Hybrid touch, Bluetooth to your phone, iPod, iPad and a wireless control for the wheel.
11-29-2011 | 07:49 PM
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Then let me re-phrase that. Garmin charges $100 less for their chartplotters if you don't want the charts included.
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11-30-2011 | 06:27 AM
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I too which there was a decent solution utilizing the iPad. If someone could come up with a good way to mount it, protect it, charge it, and make it visible in sunlight, they'd all but kill the entire market for everybody else.
11-30-2011 | 06:51 AM
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Its going to come. And when it does we will see garmins hold on the market loosen and products get way cheaper.
11-30-2011 | 09:25 AM
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Extended warranty!
Soldier, I don't think all of the concerns I mentioned are easily fixed, especially the display in direct sunlight. Wild brings up another good point, how well would they hold up to the vibration and impacts of offshore boating? I would be surprised if all of these things will be easily or quickly addressed.
Soldier, I don't think all of the concerns I mentioned are easily fixed, especially the display in direct sunlight. Wild brings up another good point, how well would they hold up to the vibration and impacts of offshore boating? I would be surprised if all of these things will be easily or quickly addressed.
11-30-2011 | 11:26 AM
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If you look a the price of just a sunlight-viewable screen, you're already over the price of an iPad. Unless you've actually used the current generation of Garmin (and the marine brands) GPS's, don't be too quick to criticize the cost/benefits ratio. All of these companies make a very nice products in quantities far smaller than notebook PC's.
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