"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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Josh Assing wrote:
My GPS was stolen off the boat; so I need to replace it.

What's an inexpsnive unit that includes depth (fishfinder type mode ok)
and
speed-over-water? Wouldn't mind water temp too; but that's only for
curiosity
sake. Alarms: near arrival point; anchor drag, depth

Color unit is prefered, but B&W is ok to save a few bucks.

Thanks for you thoughts
-j


I believe you're from the Puget Sound area?
The Boat Show starts in under 4 weeks, so if you can hold off that long
you can do some serious one-stop shopping and observe the different
makes and models head-to-head.
Every major player will be at the show. Sometimes the pricing is a
little better at the show than otherwise, but the markup on electronics
is so ridiculously low to begin with it's hard to save a meaningful
amount unless something is being phased out. It would take you four
weeks to research everything piecemeal, so you would save a lot of time
spending a few hours making comparisons at a common location.

My experience is there is quite a range of prices on electronics, including
marine gps/sonar. Just for one example, the Lowrance LMS-337C DF,.after a
quick Google search revealed prices from $720 ~ $1150.

Last year I bought a Garmin RoadMate 760 and the price range I found was
from about $450 to $900.

When you decide on a model, a little Internet research can save some bux.
When buying from an unfamiliar seller I always check with resellerratings.
So far I've never been burned and I've spend significant $$ purchasing via
the web.

Other things to consider when buying on the Internet is the total cost which
includes shipping and tax if applicable.