05-21-2007, 05:23 PM
Hey Jesse, I would sway from buying used marine electronics. It's just a thought, but a couple of my friends have had bad luck with used stuff in the past. For the cost, you're better off to go ahead and buy it new.
Both my GPS's are Lowrance and both use Navionics software. Depending on what you're doing, each map has it's advantages. Check out this website:
[url "http://www.gps4fun.com"]www.gps4fun.com[/url]
They have just about everything known to man for GPS and Loran C's and they have reasonable prices and shipping to boot. Alot of times an additional map isn't neccesary depending on the GPS unit. I know my H2O I Finder came with a high quality marine map and structure already programmed in. All I did is purchase charts of the local waters with GPS numbers on it and hand program them in myself. Along with my "quick save" secret hotspots, i've got a rather large base of numbers just from that.
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Both my GPS's are Lowrance and both use Navionics software. Depending on what you're doing, each map has it's advantages. Check out this website:
[url "http://www.gps4fun.com"]www.gps4fun.com[/url]
They have just about everything known to man for GPS and Loran C's and they have reasonable prices and shipping to boot. Alot of times an additional map isn't neccesary depending on the GPS unit. I know my H2O I Finder came with a high quality marine map and structure already programmed in. All I did is purchase charts of the local waters with GPS numbers on it and hand program them in myself. Along with my "quick save" secret hotspots, i've got a rather large base of numbers just from that.
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