At the start of the season my yard gave me a Garmin 492
GPS/Chartplotter and a Furuno 1623 radar as part of my barter deal with
them. I never got around to installing either as we didn't do much
cruising.
I'll probably install the radar now since it's useful for spotting
T-storms here, but the GPS is another matter. Next season we have two
trips planned early in the season, so a better GPS will be handy and
fun. On board I have a Garmin Foretrex and the Garmin GPSmap76.
A few people have told me that the maps on the Garmin 492 are somewhat
weak, and not really very detailed compared to some slighty more
expensive models that take chart chips. Has anyone here used the 492
enough to confirm this? I'm ready to dump it and buy a better model if
that's the case. And no, the 492 is not for sale.

Thanks for any advice. BTW, the GPS will have a mount at the pedestal
and below, so I'll want a model with internal antenna and then add a
remote antenna for below deck.



Robert
35s5
NY