Just got an H2O

[Sandmannd]

I bought one off of Craig's List and it works great. I don't have a lakemaster chip yet (might get one at the ice show)so it doesn't really show roads at all, just major highways. Haven't messed with it much either. Is it work getting the mapcreat software? Curious if anyone out there has it and if it's worth getting and what all it does.

[croixeyes]

Once you get the lakemaster chip youi will have great road detail,at least for minnesota.

[walldoggie]

You will not need the map create software unless you will be useing it outside of minnesota. Because once you buy the lake master chip that will give you detailed maps of smaller roads, and other cool stuff like phone #'s and addrs to POI, that are on the chip.

[Bobb-o]

If you are planning to use it for hunting the mapcreate wull be nice, as it has topo maps on it, but otherwise its not really needed.

[PierBridge]

Mapcreate is an awesome tool for fishing it's exceptionally good for route planning and waypoint management.

[Swill]

I too just bought a h2o. I picked up my at the ice show it is new, color h20 for 230.00!

As far as a chip I purchased the Navionics Hotmaps premium lake maps. You get over 8000 lake maps covering MN, WI, Dakotas, MI and Iowa, plus the lake maps much easier to read. The lake contour maps when you zoom in are mostly black and white lines on a blue shaded background.

Plus, according the the Navionics literature..many of maps were made from Lakemaster and you get HD lake maps on the popular lakes like my fav...Mille Lacs

1 ft contour resolution compared to 3ft on LakeMaster.

The price was 150.00, with 50 dollar mail in rebate. So if works out to the same.

Very cool...

I am sure both are really good, but I like the one i bought. I guess I could always but the lakemaster someday too....but why?

Swill

[Ralph Wiggum]

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I am sure both are really good, but I like the one i bought. I guess I could always but the lakemaster someday too....but why?

Swill

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Lakemaster has roads on it

And I don't know where you got your info, but the LM chip has 1 foot contours for Mille Lacs.

[Sandmannd]

I got the lakemaster at the ice show for $80 at Reed's. Funny thing on that and kinda chapped me, when I first got there I asked one of the guys at Reed's the price and he said $69.95. I had just got there so was going to do some looking. Got back to Reeds an hour and a half later, couldn't find the same kid and the two I talked to said it was $79.95. Couldn't argue them back down. Saw the original kid after I paid but couldn't catch him and lost him in the croud, I think he went to luch or somethin. Happy with the chip though, just ticked it cost me an extra 10, but still cheaper than any store.

[dustin85]

my wife just bought me an H20c from thenerds.net for $207. Now I just have to play around with it and learn how to use it.

[minneman]

swill, good luck with the Navionics rebate, ive followed the instructions to a T and still after 2 months ... nothing!

[Swill]

Minneman...Oh no!!! Don't tell me that...

I hate these rebate things...Why don't they just knock off 50 bucks! Plus, I wanted to see if Thorne Bros would cut me a deal on the chip and he said if I did not buy the card for 149.99 that the rebate slip would not be valid.

[Sandmannd]

Companies always do rebates because they bank that not all people are going to send them in. Look through the thread though. There was an FMer on hear that worked for Nav and one a guy got a hold of him, he got his rebate in no time.

[nluchau]

Stopped by Cabelas in Roger's and they have the Navionics for $99. Even though it showed $149 on the package they said it will ring up as $99 so you don't have to worry about the rebate.

nluchau

[schweady]

So, Nick, you bought it, right??

[nluchau]

Schweady,

No I didn't buy it. I spent about $100 at the ice show on a few things. Gotta have some for X-mas.

BTW - I got the chip Saturday. Thanks again!