humminbird 898

[iceman16]

i just got the unit and in the store it was showing the weather map but when i got it on the boat and set up and go through the pages on the unit i cant find the weather. do i have to download it? thanks for any info

iceman

[Mike Stark]

you have to buy the XM® Satellite Weather Receiver to get weather data. retails at $250.

[mojogunter]

And also I think $12 per month

[hanson]

Yep. Correct & Correct on the previous posters comments.

You have to buy the receiver and then pay for the monthly service.

[iceman16]

does anyone have it? and is it worth it?

iceman

[mojogunter]

I have it, and I like it. The feature I like the most is you can set it up to post warnings to pop up on your screen. I have it setup when a warning is within 60 miles of where I am at. The only bad thing it doesn't show the radar in Canada, so if you are on the border and the weather is coming from the north you can't see how bad it may be. I checked and it is $10 per month. It is nice to be able to see how bad a storm looks, and if it is headed towards you, and if there is lightning or just rain. If you fish big water i think it is worth it. I would hate to be 10 miles out or more, and have something really nasty hit without knowing it is coming.

does anyone have it? and is it worth it?

iceman

[JohnMickish]

A couple of nice things that it adds that a smart phone won't do (yet) is that it will give you the different wind speed/directions in the area and within the storm and it will show you lightning strikes so you can judge for yourself how bad things are going to get.