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Old 06-13-2016, 01:50 PM   #76
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Originally Posted by ranger42c View Post
I have Furuno and I've been pleased with it. OTOH, I'm not able to make a comparison between my stuff and other brands, no recent experience on the others.

Garmin seems tobe popular with the "intuitive" crowd (not at all meant as a criticism). A dock neighbor is typical; he has Garmin, loves Garmin, recommends Garmin... and he's never actually read his manual. In fact, I'm not sure he can actually read. Well, OK, probably he can... but he won't. Literally: won't.

OTOH, he doesn't really know how to fully use his plotter. If he can't figure it out by stabbing the screen, he can't do it. I'm guessing that means he uses maybe 20% of the available functionality.

Probably no way in Hades that he'd figure out our system. I'm guessing that means he and his plotter are better matched than if he'd bought a different brand.

Just an observation...

-Chris
Same things. Our Garmin system is simple...all Garmin. Our Furuno's are a mixed bag of integration with others but all work great for us.
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