Best Gps for me???

[Bassboy1645]

while pondering the many goodies I could ask for this christmas Gps popped into my mind and now its all I want. Parents have a 100-150 dollar price range for my 2 bros and I. My unit would be in a RAM mount in my boat for fishing big water; think lots of fishing spots(waypoints) wiht a few routes on big water.....It would double duty in the fall for marking treestands(more Waypoints)and definetly alot of routes ( I dont like to use ribbons to mark my track). Whats the best Gps for my purpose in the price??? If Its 75 more dollars or less than my range include it anyways. Thanks alot!!!!

[nluchau]

H20 non color? $169.00

[Bobb-o]

I agree with the black and white H2O i got mine this summer for $129 new and i dont go anywhere without it now.

[dustin85]

h20c is $207

[TeddyBoy]

My wife just bought the H20 off the web for $129 shipped to my door.

[Surface Tension]

I'd get the H20 or H20c and then save up for a Navionics or LakeMaster chip. I paid under 200 bucks for my H20c last Spring online.

[Blaze]

Hmmm, let's see: H2O, H2O, H2Oc, or H2O...guess that one's a bit unanimous, eh?

I'd agree - for the price, a B&W iFinder H2O is the way to go.

Not to hijack the thread at all, but can anyone recommend an automotive GPS for my non-fishing father-in-law for Christmas? It's strictly for street use. We're trying to keep it around $300+/- and I'm leaning towards the Garmin StreetPilot c330 or Garmin StreetPilot i5. Any input would be appreciated.

[Bassboy1645]

Thanks for the help guys but soo far the only reseach I have done was also garmin....Mainly the extrex or the cheaper models. Any thoughts on those?? According to ppl up here i guess a gps will lose signal under big pine trees. Anyone have a problem wiht that in the ely area or anywhere for that matter?? IS that more cheaper models or is that every one??

[BobT]

I use my Garmin on both land and water and have no trouble with it. Occasionally, if you are in very hilly terrain or extremely heavy cover you may have trouble holding enough satellite connections but this is not inherent to brand. The signals used in GPS don't travel well through solid objects.

The Etrex is a good one that will work for you but for future expansion I'd recommend no matter what model you end up choosing, choose one capable of downloading map data and of course the most memory you can afford.

I have no experience other than the Garmin products so I can't vouch for others but you will find an overwhelming number of members to this site use the H2O. I may have to check that one out for myself one day.

Bob

[83walleye]

I just bought a Lowrance iWay 100m Automotive GPS online. Dig around - you can find them on hsolist for $140, brand new and shipped to you. Great simple units that run identical to the iFinder H2O units. Comes with MapCreat 6.3 and a RAM windshild mount as well. Heckuva unit.

[BigWadeS]

Bob do the Garmins use the lakemaster or navonics chips?

[PierBridge]

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Bob do the Garmins use the lakemaster or navonics chips?

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They have their own Micro SD chip, it's a LakeMaster Product and it looks decent.

[BobT]

I have the Lakemaster software for my Garmin. I like it because I load it on my home PC and can download map details to my Rino as needed. I also have land topo software that I use for hunting and ATV riding and Roads and Rec software for travel that seems decent.

I'm not absolutely sure but I believe the Lakemaster software is actually a Lakemaster® product configured for Garmin compatability and Garmin markets it.

Bob

[Blaze]

Anyone have opinions to offer on the Garmin Streetpilot c330? That's the one we're leaning towards, with the smaller/slightly cheaper Garmin Streetpilot i5 as second option. Any feedback would be appreciated.