On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 16:59:53 GMT, "Old Salt" wrote
(with possible editing):

Anybody have anything to say (good, bad or indifferent) about Magellan GPS
units and/or about Magellan customer service? I pretty much had trouble with
my Magellan Blazer 12 (low-end GPS) for most of the 3 years I had it. I used
it for about a month when I first bought it and it worked fine. Then I let
it sit till last fall when I needed it, but it wouldn't pick up satellites
until a Magellan rep told me how to reset it. It then functioned, although
erratically, until finally croaking completely this summer. When I asked
Magellan for a replacement, they said they'd be happy to give me 40% off one
of their higher-end units. I told them that since the Blazer was obviously a
bad purchase on my part, I had no interest in buying another Magellan unit,
but thought they should replace the one that had given such poor service.
End of discussion. Just wondering if anyone has had some positive
experiences with them. Bernie


I haven't had any experience with Magellan, as I have used Garmin
units, both marine and land-based (no significant problems other than
the expense and their policy of charging by region). That said, I was
recently speaking with a captain who claimed extensive experience. He
said he thought Lowrance was best, based on both ease of use and
availability of maps. I _think_ he said there was a way of
downloading US Government charts and somehow converting for use by
Lowrance equipment. I don't KNOW that, but if I were buying another
unit, I'd definitely want to check that out.

--
Larry