On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:43:35 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:15:18 -0400, HK wrote:

Anyone publishing these?

As in, $1000 chartplotters/fishfinders, six new units tested.

That sort of stuff.

I'm surprised I didn't comment on this. Here's my take.

1 - Anything you buy today will be automatically obselete tomorrow.

2 - Instead of comparision, figure out what features are important
then look at different units to see if any match your criteria. It's
not like there are a ton of manufacturers out there.

3 - Once you find that match, it's just a question of price.

Recently, I've been in the market for a combo unit - radar/gps, etc
and have looked at quite a few. I'm kind of constrained to units that
use the Navionics package in the CF card format - I have a lot of
money invested in Navionics Gold and Platinum CF cards and I don't
want to lose that investment.

There isn't a lot of choice.


Your approach, which seems quite logical, is what Chuck was suggesting.
Actually, the comparison approach could be enhanced using a weighted matrix
for a little attribute analysis. But most of us do that in our heads
anyway.