"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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"Peter Aitken" wrote in
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Can anyone point me to some good sources for reviews of marine
electronics, specifically GPS plotters, fish/depth finders, and radar?
I will be equipping a 28' sportsfishing boat and want to gather some
info in this area before listening to the dealer's pitches. Thanks


Just pick up any boat magazine. They all have "good" reviews on
everything
for a boat, especially their advertisers' products....everything is just
wonderful in a boat magazine.....

Now, if you're looking for an HONEST review, I don't think Consumer's
Report ever does marine electronics....

Nobody is going to tell you the Raymarine 2KW radars suck because the dome
gets all wet inside and the damned thing is made of cheap pot metal and
corrodes like hell when Raymarine is buying six full-page color ads,
including the inside back cover. For that information, you need to read
rec.boats.cruising and rec.boats.electronics and hear it from the screwed
customers....(c;

Boat magazine reviews suck even worse than the worst product they give
glowing reports about! Everything in there is just a sales brochure to
move the advertisers' crap!


I've noticed that magazine reviews never have anything bad to say. They may
pick a nit or two in an attempt to seem objective, but I just don't trust
them. Also a product may work fine when new but be subject to problems down
the road like the one you describe.


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Peter Aitken