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Choosing a GPS help.
Anyone have any advice on what gps units are good and economical?
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02-16-2012, 06:58 PM
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I have an old lowrance lcx-15mt. It isn't fancy, not color, doesn't monitor my engine or mpg's but it just always works.... Maybe not much help but it's all I have for ya.
I'm sure some folks with deeper pockets will post up on the newer stuff soon.
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02-16-2012, 07:00 PM
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I have always use Garmin and they have been great!! I have a 4210 now with radar and fish finder, but they are $$$$
http://wellcraftv20.com/community/sh...ighlight=radar
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02-16-2012, 07:10 PM
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Also I have a good working Standard Horizon Color GPS CP 180 That I used for a year before I bought the new one. I need it for the sea ox when my old one died, I can sell for $150 has att, bracket, owners manual and cover if interested
http://www.standardhorizon.com/index...3&isArchived=0
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02-17-2012, 10:43 AM
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02-17-2012, 01:15 PM
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I have been using the Garmin out of my wifes car lately...suction cup sticks right to the windsheild...you just have to be sure to put it in "off road" mode.
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02-17-2012, 01:20 PM
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yeah.............. uh...... I have a new one of those now..... I was using mine on dad's bass boat testing the new motor...... I bumped it with my hand and it popped off the mount and went in the drink... I tried to grab it and actually touched it in the water and then it, along with 8 years of saved addresses, was gone
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02-16-2012, 07:13 PM
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Northstar 951X is the hot ticket, you will not find one better, just so happens, I have one for sale
 If you are interested, send me a PM.I tell all my customers to get a Garmin, the 441 and 541 are both nice units, they are color and come with built in charts. I was in West marine yesterday and happended to look at one, i couldn't believe the price, they have gone up quite a bit since hte last time I looked at one. Lowrance is a hit or miss, my friends that install depth finders/gps' for a living tell me all the problems they have with them, but the fishing boards are all about themPS, I also have an older Ray marine rc320 for sale cheap
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02-16-2012, 08:51 PM
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Lotta peeps using an ipad for navigation and I can see why...I put a navionics app on my new iphone and it's fookin' GREAT!!...has all the detail and MORE of the chart functions that my chart plotter has in the boat...arrow follows the course over water, displays speed over ground and the contrast, picture quality is world class...and when not in boat, can be used for laptop computer...so it's a two-fer that's hard to beat...comes in black or marine white and there is a boat mount you can get for it...fo shizzle!!...
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02-16-2012, 10:05 PM
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only downside is that (I THINK) you lose gps when you leave cell service
I know my iphone does but maybe the ipad is different
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