I will certainly admit that there are several things I like about the Lowrance; mainly the vertical orientation of the screen. But just the physical size made it difficult to use in the -6.
aparchment said:My experience with Lowrance left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I was pretty unimpressed with how they supported, or failed to support, my Airmap. I basically got to use it for a little over a year (I bought it new) before it became obsolete (database became too big for the unit). They offered me $100 for it if I bought another of their models. I am sure Lowrance knew that memory size would soon be an issue for the unit. Buyer beware you may say, but I view it as borderline deceitful. Then to offer to buy the unit back for a fraction of its purchase price is a great way to treat customers. How difficult could it have been to charge the customer for a memory upgrade? Maybe that would have been cost prohibitive, who knows.
Has this sort of thing happened to the Garmin 296 people?
Antony
mrreddick said:I prefer my 2000C over my panel mounted Garmin, any day of the week!
cobra said:Larry,
It seems to me the resolution issue might be significant if you use the 396 as a handheld (close to your eyes) or mounted a "steering wheel", but not if it is mounted on the panel. On the panel, bigger seems better to me, particularly with the digital number displays.
Shine'r said:Has anyone else had problems with the color not showing up in the sunlight? What about the Garmin in the sunlight? For less than half the cost the 2000C is looking real good!!!!!!!!
That's the price I get. Wow - that is really a lot cheaper than the 296. I hope they come out with a model with weather and traffic!AZtailwind said:And check out PAcific Coast-
http://www.pacificcoastavionics.com
Is that a mistake? $699 for a 2000C?
I just read this thread and started looking at the differences and ... wow Ther must be no accessories included or something? what a deal mon!
Brad
cobra said:Dont forget the the 2000C also comes with "free" software for auto navigation- the Garman charges a bundle extra for theirs. It doesn't do weather mapping yet
cobra said:Dont forget the the 2000C also comes with "free" software for auto navigation- the Garman charges a bundle extra for theirs. It doesn't do weather mapping yet