HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Jun 15, 7:26?am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
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It is almost impossible to check out all the possibilities in your local
West Marine or any other major marine equipment store. First, they don't
have the depth of inventory. Second, they rarely have things hooked up
so you can mess with them comfortably. Third, they never seem to have
things like manuals handy. Fourth, the sales people they employ simply
have no depth of information about much of anything.



Vs. the challenges of doing a valid head to head, real world test?

You'd need to rig an individual boat with a half dozen depthsounders,
plotters, etc. How else would you be able to compare operation under
the exact same circumstances?

Disregarding your nasty personal remarks below, (surprise, surprise),
could you please explain to the group exactly why the very same
features and functions will always be important to a guy trolling for
billfish in the Atlantic and a guy with a bass boat in Minnesota?
Whose subjective priorities should prevail? The reviewer's?


Your arguments are specious. Similar products with different feature
sets are evaluated together all the time by all manner of printed and on
line "publications."

Harry,
I am curious, since you are online in rec.boats, 7 days a week, and are
proud of the fact that your Parker has very little hours on the engine,
why would you want an expensive chart plotter/ fishfinder?