I'm in the market for a hand-held GPS. We've got a Garmin GPSMap 492C (I think it is) on Abracadabra, and we're quite pleased with it, but Garmin hand-helds seem awfully expensive for what you get, and hand-helds, in general, don't usually have very big screens.
Enter the Lowrance XOG. It's touch-screen, so all the real estate is display. The same GPS can be used both in the car and for marine use, with just the addition of a $110 NauticPath card. And the XOG has a street price of under $200.
The last time the XOG was brought up, it looks like the only down-sides were, according to camaraderies's comments, a built-in lithium battery with 2.5 hour run-time and "the unit's case isn't waterproof." Well, I can live with the battery issue. There'll nearly always be a cigarette-lighter socket available where I'll use it (in car or boat), anyway. As for the water issue, the XOG's description says it's "Rugged, weatherproof." (ref: XOG | Lowrance ) To me, "weatherproof" means it can at least stand up to being rained on, so it should be able to handle whatever spray gets thrown-up over the bow, etc., no?
Comments?
Thanks,
Jim
Enter the Lowrance XOG. It's touch-screen, so all the real estate is display. The same GPS can be used both in the car and for marine use, with just the addition of a $110 NauticPath card. And the XOG has a street price of under $200.
The last time the XOG was brought up, it looks like the only down-sides were, according to camaraderies's comments, a built-in lithium battery with 2.5 hour run-time and "the unit's case isn't waterproof." Well, I can live with the battery issue. There'll nearly always be a cigarette-lighter socket available where I'll use it (in car or boat), anyway. As for the water issue, the XOG's description says it's "Rugged, weatherproof." (ref: XOG | Lowrance ) To me, "weatherproof" means it can at least stand up to being rained on, so it should be able to handle whatever spray gets thrown-up over the bow, etc., no?
Comments?
Thanks,
Jim