GPS

[micah]

I'm in the market for a gps. I've had my eye on the garmin Vista or Legend. I can't decide if I need color or not. I also can't decide whether I need the barometric altimeter and digital compass. Any suggestions from the BOC members.

[jim]

Make up your mind!!!!:big_smile::lol:

[ncfowler]

i have several one of the features i got was the ability to screen scroll, the color one is a definate plus. all the others features are nice and worth having, what i would do is look at if it can be upgraded and have a removable memory card. do not be price driven do your homework and play with them first.

[Mr.T]

You don't need a barometric altimeter; you have a GPS that can get a 3D fix to within 50 or 100 ft. That's plenty accurate.

Besides, the pressure altimeter is only useful if you have a nearby reference (such as the ATIS report from an airport) for obtaining the current sea level pressure - without a reference, you don't know the true altitude and all the altimeter tells you is whether you're going up or down.

[Grumper]

First of all, I installed a new locator on my boat without GPS. I was thinking I didn't need it..... well, I was wrong. So instead of spending another $500, to get another unit, I just bought a handheld instead. It's a Lowrance i-finder Explorer. It's not color, but i'm not really a color fan anyway. It is waterproof, has the barometric altimeter, compass, and an SD slot for map upgrades. I like it alot, but the only downfall is it is a little bit larger than the garmins. It's fairly simple to use, and if you have any experience at all with Lowrance GPS sonars, it works pretty much the same. I think I paid around $200 for it at Bass Pro.

[Shanadoia]

Well i have a Bottomline 5300 sonar/gps unit that does it all and the gps is soo acurate its unbelievable! I bought this unit on ebay for 500 bucks and can sell it for even more but i am keeping it for my personal use because now that i have learned all the features on it i almost feel like i am swiming underwater..to me bottomline units are one of the best on the market and although pricey, they can do soo much...Ck one out before ya buy a unit and i think you will be suprized what they do...i am putting a pic of my unit here for you to ck out.