iway 100m handheld GPS

[Fishing_Rookie_123_]

Anyone have any experience with one of these? I see that they are on sale at Reeds Sporting Goods for $149. It seems like a pretty good price, but I'm wondering why they discontinued the model.

[broman]

I don't have one, but researched it heavily before buying an H20. I think it will do the map chips, but you should check their HSOforum first. It's not a waterproof model and I think that's why most people buy the H20. Plus, the 100m is discontinued.

Has anyone used the lakemaster maps in the iWay 100m?

[Fishing_Rookie_123_]

I called up Reeds and the guy said that you can use the MMC/SD lake map chips, but you have to switch back and forth between those and the road maps used for the turn-by-turn directions mode. I asked him if he thought that doing that would be a pain and he said he didn't think so.

Apparently the unit opperates very similar to the H2O when not in the turn-by-turn mode. It is waterproof, too.

Just wondering if anyone here had any first-hand experiences with one of these. Reading the specs, it just sounds too good to be true, and I wonder why they discontinued the model. I also wonder if they will stop doing updates for the software and stuff since it is a discontinued model.

[munchy71]

I'm pretty sure my H2OC does NOT have turn by turn mode. All the navigating I do with it is as-the-crow-flies. My Etrex has turn-by-turn and it also has automatic route creation. Bad part about the Etrex is that it doesn't accept Navionics or Lakemaster chips....

-Munchy