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this is the GPS I went with I hope it works out.

Anyone know of a Cheap place to buy the Garmin detailed maps?

The guy is offering a extended warrenty for 3 years for $44. I usually don't buy extended warrenty should I buy it?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...;rd=1&rd=1

thanks

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Looks like a nice unit. Enjoy. :)

Airslot

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Good Luck!! I love Garmin, yours looks like the B7W version of mine.

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I went to bass pro shop an saw the unit I bought in action.

It is not as nice as the Lowrance unit that it compare to. The lady at Bass Pro Shop said that would exchange it for store credit if I wanted a lowarance unit.

The lowrance map was alot brighter and had more details.

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I would consider trading up to the lowrance. Spending this much money whats another $50 or so. Just make sure you are not settling for it. You will kick your self in the butt for a long time.

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i have the 498c w/the built in blue charts i saw today they are on sale at west marine. very easy to use

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I have the same unit, got my map @ westMarine for almost $200.00 :P Worth the $$$$ very detailed @ least for my area...

I love the unit but the only problem I had was the screen ended up getting all blurrie and smudged from eel juice, squid slime and god knows what else!! :-X
I called them let them know and they told me just to send it back in and they would take care of it.. Know that I think of it I need to do that soon..
Good luck, you cant beet that unit for the price

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I have a 172C and its done everything I've asked it to do and never talked back to me (more than I can say for the wife).

I personally like separate units, so I went with a Garmin 250 (black and white) Fishfinder unit. *Side by side they are the same size and look like they were made for each other.

I'm pleased.

The 178C isn't much different besides the addition of the FF. I think you'll like it.

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Turbo!!...THANX for postin' the Lowrance Emulator...I recently installed a 337 and have been diggin' the Emu. ...that's a BLAST ;D ...and you got a great price on yours, but you already know that ;) ...

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I would rather have the Garmin unit myself. The garmin units are very user friendly and have the built in tide charts, which are great. When I compared the Garmin against the Lowrance(comparable priced model), the "redraw" process when it switches screens was alot faster on the Garmin, (we were looking at the 172C).