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ATTN: SW Tom
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:12:28 -0400, HK wrote: Anyway, I'd like to get a dialogue going about specific GPS/Chartplotters. You mentioned last week you had heard some "horror" stories about Lowrance. We are gravitating towards that brand and towards a Standard Horizon. Both companies have 7" horizontal units that sell for well under a large, seem not overburdened by silly features, and seem to work smoothly and almost logically. Please understand that anything I say is strictly anecdotal based on conversations with owners and a couple of dealers I know. I have no direct personal experience with Lowrance's newer units. The problem as I understand it is that Lowrance quality is hit or miss. When they work, they work fine, when they don't, it's a problem. You send the units back, reportedly fixed, get it back on the boat, it's still broken. Parts mixups. DOAs. Lost units. Customer support from Lowrance reps isn't terrific. As I said, anecdotal - I have no direct experience with any of this. I trust the information because these folks aren't prone to exaggeration. One dealer that I know very well told me that the Lowrance DOA rate on their boats was pretty significant. It could just be a bad batch of units, but in my small boat world, the sample is getting greater every year - you keep hearing more and more complaints. As to all-in-one units, Standard is a sound name. I've never heard anything bad about Standard which is kind of unusual. I have old style DS600 Raymarine sonar and use a Raymarine RC400 handheld GPS in a fixed mount on the console - justwaitafreakinminute has seen the setup - it's pretty simple. I prefer Raymarine, but they don't really have anything that would be similarly priced to the Standard - the C series display w/sonar/GPS is a good, but pricey. And I've heard odd things about Raymarine recently too - nothing horrible. They've always been very good to me and I can't complain. That help any? |
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