Has anyone seen these or tried these. They look cool.

I use a Panasonic Toughbook Laptop at work, it has a touchscreen. IMO they always need to be cleaned, scratch easily, and are hard to see with just a few fingerprints on them. Even the supplied stylus, and replaceable film on the screen and they still scratch.

Has anyone seen these or tried these. They look cool.

Matt, We also have a touch screen unit at my work and I love it in that environment. Fast and easy to use.

I think for a fisherman, we would destroy it pretty quickly. I saw the me Garmin units at the Boston Boat Show and the rep I spoke with conceded that these are ideal for a guy with is family in a SeaRay going to Nantucket, but for someone who is fishing on deck and running the boat, maybe not so ideal. They sure look slick as hell.

I was truly impressed with the new Furuno NavNet 8 and 12 inch plotters. Not the 3D part so much, but the screen was crisp, the controls are easy to read and manipulate, I think that they are a heck of a unit.

Agreed they will get messed up pretty fast the way we use them.

Just wait a couple more years and the voice activated system will be ready......:tm:

I looked at the touch screens as well and decided to go with buttons, I couldn't justify the additional price.

I also agree with The Specailist. I have a touch screen GPS in the car and I am constantly having to clean the screen.

Good advice guys. Im going to stick with my trusty button Furuno.

Those touch screens are slick as hell though.