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Old 11-19-2009, 09:01 PM
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Looking for some input on a good GPS to dash mount! I don't need deep finder on it or anything special.. I use my hand held 90% of the time! Just want one to mount on dash for driving in dark and just riding!
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Old 11-19-2009, 09:07 PM
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I'll tell ya a good one, ifff you give me your spots in your old gps.
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Old 11-19-2009, 09:07 PM
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I have a Hummingbird since that is what came with my boat but I changed it out for a better one without having to change things around...Basically everything plugged into it my new one.........but if I were to get another one I would get a Garmin...500 series.....
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Old 11-19-2009, 09:31 PM
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dash mount boat or vehicle?
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Old 11-19-2009, 09:32 PM
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Old 11-19-2009, 09:35 PM
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[quote="W";79615]Looking for some input on a good GPS to dash mount! I don't need deep finder on it or anything special.. I use my hand held 90% of the time! Just want one to mount on dash for driving in dark and chasing birds![/quote]

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Old 11-19-2009, 09:39 PM
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you forgot....going thru the weirs!!!!
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Old 11-19-2009, 09:42 PM
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go garmin for sure. I have the 4208 with xm weather. Thing is awesome.
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Old 11-19-2009, 10:18 PM
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I have a Garmin 76C on my Chris Craft. Very nice.
I have a Hummingbird on my Cobia. I am not liking it at all.

Go with Garmin, they are hard to beat.
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Old 11-19-2009, 11:01 PM
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We use to use nothing but lowrances but they keep giving us problems after a couple years. Swithched to garmins and so far they been pretty good for us.
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Old 11-20-2009, 02:02 AM
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yeah i got the Garmin GPS Map 498 awesome piece of equipment...very user friendly...got current tides and everything built in
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Old 11-20-2009, 08:01 AM
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Garmin 540s.................i got the 440s and only regret is the size..................It's bad azz. I was looking at the Raymarine A series, but the Garmin were cheaper and did more stuff................really easy to use too!!!
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Old 11-20-2009, 08:17 AM
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What's your budget? GPS only or Depth Finder GPS combo? For $650 it's hard to beat a Lowrance HD5. It's a great unit. OR for around $2,000-2,200 you can get a Humminbird 997/998 CSI side finding unit. If we meet up Sunday morning I can give you a demo ride with mine, but be fore warned, once you go side finding you won't go back. They are TRUELY AMAZAING. Watch these 3 youtubes of it while your waiting for your boat to make it to town. #3 deals with saltwater applications.

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**Lowrance just came out with thier HD series. Many many bass fishermen are upgrading so there are good deals on the 332,520 etc units used.
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Old 11-20-2009, 09:32 AM
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w I have that garmin for sale
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Old 11-20-2009, 11:24 AM
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Lowrance HDS
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garmin 540
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Old 11-20-2009, 12:26 PM
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not a mounted gps expert by any means...but my buddy got the garmin 540 and it was real easy to use...
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Old 11-20-2009, 02:38 PM
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I've got the 540s, I like it a lot. And you can download updates on Garmins website.
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Old 11-20-2009, 02:41 PM
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I have the Garmin 4208 and love it. In my opinion garmin makes the best unit for saltwater fishing and there new platform for the 500,4000 & 5000 series is as good as it gets right now. All of these units are designed to be a chartplotter and sonar so I would highly recommend adding the sonar as it will tell you depth, temp, and let you read the bottom while cruising. One of the coolest things I just did is wire my E-Tec directly to my unit. The garmin will give you the readout coming straight off of the outboards ECU which is more accurate than any other means. The unit will display MPG, GPH, Fuel Burned, Fuel remaining in the tank, Trim % & RPM's. I am not sure how your Optimax would need to be wired to do this but I am sure it can be done. Another thing I would recommend is buying the unit from somewhere local or only a site like http://www.boemarine.com/ where there is a person like Jim that handles his business. With advanced electronics you will have problems and you need someone there to take care of you when it happens.
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Old 11-20-2009, 02:48 PM
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have lowrance, but if I did it all over again, would go Garmin with sat radio & weather.
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