On 13 Oct 2004 05:31:20 GMT, Marshall Banana wrote:

Also Sprach Short Wave Sportfishing :

Being a person who wouldn't own a Garmin anything even if you paid me,
the 72 is actually a glorified compass like the Magellan 300 series?

Well, a little better than that. It does have a plotter screen, so you
can display your course and record your tracks, and it does have a larger,
higher resolution screen than some of Garmin's other handheld units, but
no mapping.

BTW, I personally give Garmin two thumbs up. My GPSMap 176c has been
very reliable, and Garmin sent me a free Bluecharts CD when they released
a newer version than the one I bought. My only real complaint is that
their blank data cards are WAY too friggin expensive. I mean, a 32mb
Garmin cart costs around 60 bucks, while I can buy a 1 gig compactflash
card for $67.

I had a run in with their "technical support" a few years ago and I
vowed to never buy a Garmin product again - and I haven't. :)

That card deal is pretty much the same with all of them though. They
all have their proprietary software and somebody else's isn't good
enough. :)

Take care.

Tom

"The beatings will stop when morale improves."
E. Teach, 1717