Boat Electronics 101?

[Gater]

Originally Posted by PUREBAY2200

Do nOt buy ur electronics from a dealer!!!! Those prices u were quoted are crazy high!! U can install these units Urself,look at hummingbird, garmin & lowrance. Make sure they are all similar when u compare.
Pm me if u got ???

X2, never buy electronic's from a dealer! In fact I would not buy from a marine store. All of my electronics were purchased online.

Some good sites to check are Ebay (do not buy from an individual)
The GPS store, Marine Electronics Unlimited, and getfeetwet.com are some of the places I have purchased from. There are a few others out there if you do a Google search.

Go to the West Marine or Cabela's to play with these unit to see which you like best but don't buy from them. You can save a good chunk of money by buying online and as Purebay mentioned install them yourself.

Get the biggest screen and highest resolution you can afford, you won't regret it. I prefer seperate units but others like the slpit screen. I use a 10" Garmin GPS and a Garmin 340C bottom machine and it works great for what I need. IMHO, Icom makes the best VHF and get you a good quality digital antenna.

Gater