$300 drop for Garmin 396 - what's Garmin have in store?

Scott Will

Well Known Member

• Jun 7, 2006

• #1

OSH is not too far away... and this morning I get a few emails from various pilot shops saying the 396 just dropped to $2195 (this after I bought it about 1.5 months ago).

Makes me wonder what Garmin has coming out this summer. Any leads?

 

Phyrcooler

Well Known Member

• Jun 7, 2006

• #2

Scott Will said:

Makes me wonder what Garmin has coming out this summer. Any leads?

Click to expand...

Maybe the question should be - what is LOWRANCE coming out with?!

With the 2000C having rave reviews and a less than $700 sale price... I bet they are moving product. I wonder if they have a weather mapping addition in the wings.

How's that for a rumor...

 

Chino Tom

Well Known Member

Patron

• Jun 7, 2006

• #3

Did they drop the 296 price also?

 

rv8ch

Well Known Member

Patron

• Jun 7, 2006

• #4

New stuff from Garmin

This post had some interesting things:

http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=7812

 

Davepar

Well Known Member

• Jun 8, 2006

• #5

Did a little search for rumors and found a few interesting articles. Here's some speculation on the Piper forum about when the 496 will arrive:
http://www.piperowner.org/viewforumtopic.asp?id=63389

Avionics West article on whether the GNS480 is dead or not (conclusion: it's alive and kicking):
http://www.avionicswest.com/myviewpoint/gns480deadalive.htm