Opinions Wanted: Best Marine GPS
Doug Willoughby - Area Systems Engineer
I appologize if this is FAQ material, but...
In pursuit of my goal to make this a very merry
Christmas for me too, I'm interested in your opinion
of the best GPS for marine use. Price range?
Between 300 and 500 dollars, if that will do it.
Also, best (lowest cost, good delivery) suppliers.
Thanks,
Doug
Rick Itenson
wrote:
>of the best GPS for marine use. Price range?
>Between 300 and 500 dollars, if that will do it.
Garmin 65. Reliable, easy to install. Only drawback is that the
display is a bit small.
>Doug
Rick Itenson
Harry Krause
: wi...@youcon.Central.Sun.COM (Doug Willoughby - Area Systems Engineer)
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I'd go for the Garmin 75. About $489. Bigger display.
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: >of the best GPS for marine use. Price range?
: >Between 300 and 500 dollars, if that will do it.
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: Garmin 65. Reliable, easy to install. Only drawback is that the
: display is a bit small.
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: Rick Itenson
: La Belle Aurore
: Toronto
: ite...@icacomp.com
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Harry Krause Krause & Associates, Inc.
Post Office Box 7575 Jacksonville, Florida 32244
hkr...@gate.net or (904)350-1648
Bill Rohde
probably confusing the Garmin 65 with the smaller Garmin 45.
The Garmin 65 is identical to the Garmin 75 except that: 1) it is not
portable, the battery pack portion of the case does not exist and a
power/data cable is supplied with the unit to tie into ships power and
other nema-capable instruments, 2) it has no attached antenna, instead an
external antenna and about 25' of antenna cable are included, and 3) it
has a much better mounting fixture, which allows flush mounting into an
instrument panel or on a very stable tilt-mount bracket.
The Garmin 45 is smaller, has a smaller display, and has no numeric
keypad as the 65/75 do.
We have a Garmin 65 and are well satisfied.
Bill. s/v Superior Pilot, Lk. Superior
JaymeW
units are more user friendly.
Garmin 45 and 120 are the new Garmin units.
Magelllan meridians and 5000 dlx and dlx 10 units are more rugged and have
better reciver performance. but are bigger.
You can not go wrong with any of these unit but watch out for Magellan
2000 and 3000 and Garmin 40 or for that matter any unit that that does not
have an antenna sticking out of it that looks like a short stick. The
"patch" flat type ant does not even compare in performance! I mean hours
vs. min to aquire sats! I work for West Marine and have tried them all. I
would buy a magellan 5000 dor dlx 10 for myself.
Dean A. Briggs
I dissagree! I bought the Garmin 40 and it worked GREAT
until............the battery gauge read 1/2 or lower!
THEN it took forever. I only took it back to west marine and got a
Garmin 45 when I found out I would have to make my own cable if I
wanted to supply power externally because the 40 needed 6 to 8V. No
internal regulator provided provided in the 40, but there is in the 45.
Someone get back to me on this if you have more info.
dean
Rick Itenson
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>I'd go for the Garmin 75. About $489. Bigger display.
The displays on both the 65 and 75 are exactly the same size -
85 x 64 pixels. The only difference between the units is that the 65
is a fixed mount and the 75 is a hand held.
Steven Hoenig
wrote:
>I appologize if this is FAQ material, but...
>In pursuit of my goal to make this a very merry
>Christmas for me too, I'm interested in your opinion
>of the best GPS for marine use. Price range?
>Between 300 and 500 dollars, if that will do it.
>Also, best (lowest cost, good delivery) suppliers.
>Thanks,
>Doug
Doug,
I have had a chance to sail with all of the current models out there
well testing them out for wotk.
In your price range I can strongly recommend two brand names.
Magellan and Garmin.
The Magellan Meridian XL is chock full of features and has a larger
display, comparable to that of the Garmin 75. It comes with power and
mounting accessories so you can easily use it as a fixed-mount or
portable unit.
Also the Garmin 45 is equally impressive, a bit more compact and very
user friendly. Both companies are very supportive if you have
questions over the phone.
If you buy it at a West Marine retail outlet or through their mail
order # 800-538-0775, you will have a true no-hassle warranty or
replacement program to back you up.
Both are WELL under $300 and have a bunch of accessories you can put
on you birthday or Christmas list.
Safe boating to you!
-Steve Hoenig
Peter Harmsworth
>Garmin 65 and 75 are good units but came out about 3 years ago, newer
>units are more user friendly.
>Garmin 45 and 120 are the new Garmin units.
>Magelllan meridians and 5000 dlx and dlx 10 units are more rugged and have
>better reciver performance. but are bigger.
>You can not go wrong with any of these unit but watch out for Magellan
>2000 and 3000 and Garmin 40 or for that matter any unit that that does not
>have an antenna sticking out of it that looks like a short stick. The
>"patch" flat type ant does not even compare in performance! I mean hours
>vs. min to aquire sats! I work for West Marine and have tried them all. I
>would buy a magellan 5000 dor dlx 10 for myself.
I bought a Lowrance LMS 350A last spring and although Its the only GPS
I've tried (other than my Pyxis :-( ) I would recommend it to anyone.
It has hi-res easy to use windows,fast reciever,respectable waypoint
storage (200),sonar capability and reasonably priced (800 $Can. for
the sonar unit and the same for the GPS reciever I think its a good
buy for what you get.
Peter Harmsworth
phar...@awinc.com
Estevan,Saskatchewan,Canada
Sean Holland
In a previous article, ite...@icacomp.com (Rick Itenson) says:
>hkr...@gate.net (Harry Krause) wrote:
>>I'd go for the Garmin 75. About $489. Bigger display.
I prefer the Garmin 45 for ease of use, installation and interface with
PC, and the Magellen 5000 DXL for a high end unit. good sailing.>
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Sean F. Holland
S/V Spindrift NP2AU
au...@lafn.org
KnotOnTime
I would go with the Garmin 75....has ability to be mounted in the boat,
but can also be used with AA batteries as a portable....I'm glad I bought
one.
D. Fortner
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: >hkr...@gate.net (Harry Krause) wrote:
: >>I'd go for the Garmin 75. About $489. Bigger display.
:
: I prefer the Garmin 45 for ease of use, installation and interface with
: PC, and the Magellen 5000 DXL for a high end unit. good sailing.>
I recommend the Eagle AccuNav Sport, larger/higher resolution display,
full keypad, 5 channel parallel receiver and the PC Interface kit is
reasonably priced ($46 vs. $150).
Dave Fortner
for...@ddi.digital.net